I will address a few of these speaker stereotypes and hopefully simultaneously construct a not-to-do list that aspiring speakers may use on their roads to success in the lucrative speaking industry.
Motivational Speaker Stereotype Number One:
The “Over-The-Top” Speaker
The “Over-The-Top” Speaker or the O.T.T. Speaker appears to have discovered a new fad diet which includes mountains of pure sugar and caffeine.

The O.T.T. will at any given moment find it necessary to expend, three person tent
, tremendous amounts of energy racing about the platform as if a sniper has them in the crosshairs. During smaller office presentations, The O.T.T. speaker may also be seen jumping atop a desk shouting “Go For It!” or performing their best impressions of former Governor and one time Presidential hopeful, Howard Dean’s famous “YEAAAAAHHHHHH”.

It didn’t work for Mr. Dean either.
Reality:
I do not desk hurdle. Many professional speakers whom I admire keep their gestures natural and their tones conversational, three person tent
, in nature. This is not “Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey” and a speaker’s stage is not a big tent.
Motivational Speaker Stereotype Number Two:
The “T.M.I.” Speaker
In efforts to emotionally connect with the audience, the notorious T.

M.I. Speaker offers up way Too Much Information of a personal nature. To the bewilderment of the hiring authority, the TMI speaker utilizes 90% of their time recanting inner-turmoil, teary-eyed, blow-by-blow commentaries of abuse, personal struggles and tragedies. Though touching, the program’s focus is obscured and the message diluted by the T.M.I. Speakers deluging pity party. The T.M.I. speaker fails to realize the goal of any program is to inspire some sort of action of the audience, not to become a martyr or charity case.

Reality:
Engaging your audience is the goal of any professional speaker, but personal stories should only be used if they directly support and impact the overall theme of your program. Please allow me to cement my viewpoint with a brief story: During my first professional position as a paralegal for a government agency I had the marvelous, three person tent
, opportunity to work side-by-side with a number of experienced individuals, three person tent
, and mentors.

These mentors taught me many compelling business principles that I currently utilize. One day at work on a crowded elevator I struck up a conversation with one such mentor. In the efforts to protect the innocent and the ignorant I’ll refer to the mentor in this story as “Mr. Edwards”.
Me: Hello Mr. Edwards, I noticed you in the lobby earlier today…
Mr. Edwards: Yes, Timothy my family paid me a visit.

..
Me: Really? Was that your son you were holding earlier?
Mr. Edwards: Oh no, that was my nephew. I can’t have kids, I’m sterile.
Me: Okay
Motivational Speaker Stereotype Number Three:
The “High-Tech, Low-Performance” Speaker
The H.T.L.P. Speaker loves to put on a show! The H.T.L.P’s program not only begins, its middle and its end is littered with state-of-the-art, eye-popping sound-effects and a fantastic frenzy of flashy visuals.

In the outset the audience is totally mesmerized, but it becomes grossly apparent that the H.T.L.P. is heavy on the glitz and light on the substance. The H.T.L.P. is a show-person. The H.T.L.P’s entire speech can be boiled down to a bookmark of inspirational quotes which can be readily found by any 12-year-old conducting a 30-second search on GOOGLE. Yes, the H.T.L.P. catches the audience’s attention, but has, three person tent
, no inkling where to go from there, except, you, three person tent
, guessed it, onto the next variation of visual, vain displays which culminate into sensory overload and useful substance deprivation.

Solution:
Many professional motivational speakers acknowledge the need to capture the audience’s attention, but should a professional speaker need a truckload of explosives to do it? No. The highly regarded professional, three person tent
, speaker realizes that he or she is the distributor of the information being disseminated not some slide projector, movie screen or artificial simulator. The speaker who relies too heavily on electronics to deliver a message detracts from the human-element of their content.

Limiting the bells and whistles in the show will allow both the audience and the speaker to focus on the theme and purpose of the program. Clients watching their Rate of Investment (ROI) versus their Rate of Return (ROR) will expect less show, more business and measurable results to justify a speaker’s fee. In short, if the only requirements for an effective presentation are flashy PowerPoint slides and spectacular visuals, there’s no need for a human-being, and, three person tent
, I beg to differ.

Wrap Up:
Many elements can, three person tent
, be included in a speaker’s arsenal to deliver the utmost impact in their programs. Story-telling, humor, props, visuals, gestures, role-playing, personal anecdotes, eye contact and poignant quotations all serve as a means to effectively communicate the overall theme of a motivational speaker’s message. A speaker shouldn’t rely on any one method too heavily and the ultimate goal must always be to leave the audience with a course of action they are motivated to pursue.

After all, it’s what, three person tent
, happens “after” we leave the stage that matters most, right? A professional speaker who leaves his client with positive measurable end-results is a highly sought-after resource and no joking, three person tent
, matter.
Timothy Crawford is DC, MD and VA’s Top Up and Coming Motivational Speaker. Timothy delivers high-content Corporate Event Programs as well as Inspirational Infusions to Associations and Civic Groups.

Visit his website for more information:(http://www.timothycrawford.com)

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How are you going to score?

The 4 Questions That Every Audience Asks Themselves
Hopefully you’ve been given a great introduction. Now it’s your turn to speak. Dana LaMon who was the Toastmasters’ 1982 World Champion of Public-Speaking says that as your audience awaits the start of your speech, they are sitting there asking themselves four questions:

Am I going to take the time to listen to this speaker?
Am I going to benefit from what he / she talks about?
Will they say anything that is valuable that I can take and use?
Will anything that they say be worthwhile for me to take action on?

If you waste your first few words, then I can tell you what the answers to these questions will be – and you’re not going to like it!

Am I going to take the time to listen to this speaker?
Aren’t those Blackberry’s and iPhones just the coolest? Today more than, dana point real estate
, ever your audience has other things that they can do while you are talking if they aren’t interested in what you have to say.

Let’s pretend for just a moment that today’s jaded audience starts by answering this question with a “No”. Now you’re not just trying to move them to a “yes”, instead you’ve got the doubly hard job of moving them off of “no” and over to “yes”.

Every, dana point real estate
, speech that you give will be different, but you can lose your audience every time if you make one of the following common speaker mistakes:

Thanking Anybody: the first words out of your mouth in a speech are the equivalent of waterfront property in real estate – super valuable.

Why would you waste them by saying something like “I’d like to thank the Dairy Producers Council for inviting me to talk to you today…”
Calling Out Important People In The Audience: I don’t care if Obama himself is sitting in the front row or your audience, wasting your opening words pointing out that you’ve, dana point real estate
, got important people in the audience is just you complementing yourself and nobody really wants to hear you do that.

A Man Walks Into A Bar…: Why would anyone waste an opening of a speech on an old, tired joke that has nothing to do with what they are going to be talking about? I’ve seen this happen over and over again. Even when the joke is funny, all too often it doesn’t lead anywhere – it was just a cute thing to say and then the speaker starts his / her speech and the opportunity to grab the audience’s attention has been lost forever
The Title Of This Speech Is.

..: What? Why would I be sitting in the audience if I didn’t already know what you are going to be talking about? Also, don’t waste an opening by, dana point real estate
, introducing, dana point real estate
, yourself “My name is Bob Johnson and I’d like to talk to you about…” Assume that either the audience already, dana point real estate
, knows this information or they just don’t care about it.

Get on with the meat of what you are there to talk about

Am I going to benefit from what he / she, dana point real estate
, talks about?
I’m a busy guy and assuming that you have somehow gotten me to answer “yes” to the first question, you sure don’t have any guarantee that I’m going to keep listening to you – I’ve got a lot of email that I could be working my way through on my iPhone.

Right off the bat you are going to have to very concisely tell me why I should care about what you’re going to be talking about for the next 30 minutes, dana point real estate
, or so.

Whatever this speech’s purpose is, you’re going to have to keep it short – one sentence is the rule. If it’s longer than that, I’m not going to pay attention. Do this and there is a chance that you’re audience will remember what you said after you are done.

Will they say anything that is valuable that I can take and use?
What’s the greatest complement that a speaker can receive? Is it a standing ovation? Nope.

It’s when your audience whips out a pencil and starts to take notes.

In every speech there are some “nuggets” that you want your audience to remember and use after you are done talking. It’s your job as a speaker to make these pieces of actionable information easy for your audience to find and remember. Saying things like “Here are three things that you might want to write down…” are a great way to motivate your audience to take notes.

Will anything that they say be worthwhile for me to take action on?
I’ve taken notes at a lot of speeches that I’ve attended and then I’ve gone home and filed them away somewhere and that was the end of the story. As a speaker this is exactly what you don’t want to have happen.

Instead, you want the information that you are passing on to be used – you really want to change people’s lives. To get your audience to take action you need to do three things: you need to tell them what you want them to do, you need to tell them why they should do it, and then you need to tell them that they can be successful in doing it.

What All Of This Means For You
When I’m coaching speakers who are struggling to break through to the next level, dana point real estate
, in their speaking skills, we spend a lot of time working on the opening of their speech because it is so important. There are an almost unlimited number of ways that you, dana point real estate
, can successfully grab an audience’s attention with your first few words.

Unfortunately, there is an almost equal number of ways that you can lose them forever.

You’ll lose them if you spend your time thinking about yourself when you are putting your speech together. If, instead, you spend your time putting yourself in the position of your audience and making sure that you answer the questions that are running though their minds, then you’ll find the words that will grab their imagination from the get-go and you’ll be off and running with the best speech of your life.

Dr. Jim Anderson
http://www.TheAccidentalCommunicator.com

Do you give speeches today, but want to learn how be more effective? Dr. Jim Anderson believes that great business skills are no substitute for poor presentation skills. Dr. Anderson will share with you the knowledge that he has gained while working to improve the speaking ability of both individuals and teams of speakers for over 20 years. Learn the secrets of effective speakers and really connect with your audience during your next speech.

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