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Frog Act posted:the whole thing is about gay rights so i bet this would be a pretty good icebreaker really, maybe i could wear a pink triangle for laffs Here's one: "all gay people deserve rights! And a couple of lefts too!" Then just start shadowboxing during the rest of the convention
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Frog Act posted:im also the only straight person on the stage, which isn't a problem or anything, but is an interesting inversino of usual proportions Make sure to open with "My people, The Straights..." when it is your turn to talk.
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Oct 4, 2016 00:28
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What everyone else said. Practise the opening and the closing. These are the bits where people are most alert. If you open poorly, you'll lose the audience immediately. If you open well, they will be more forgiving if you make a mistake later. If you're going to make any gestures (pointing at parts of a diagram on a slide, generally talking with your hands) make them large and sweeping. For example, don't pick out something with a laser pointer by shining it directly at the spot, make a circle around it instead. If your hands are trembling and you try to make precise movements, it will show up much more. It also means people at the back can see your actions. Even slightly walking around and gesticulating will hold people's attention longer than standing stock still. If your mind goes blank, either take a sip of water or clear your throat and say 'excuse me'. Nobody will remember you even paused. Good luck!
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Oct 4, 2016 00:29
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Me, uhhhhhh I am.
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Don't start with a joke, gently caress, that poo poo is for office meetings, not public speaking if you're concerned about talking in front of a crowd. Lady Demelza has some good hand gesture poo poo, but assuming you're goony as gently caress, just don't put your hands in your pockets and you're set.
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Oct 4, 2016 00:40
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huh, I don't know lemme see *comes back in covered in my own vomit* nope!
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Oct 4, 2016 00:42
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i give speeches to thousands of people at a time but I'm wearing a fursuit while doing it so that helps with the anxiety my advice OP, get a fursuit or maybe just imagine yourself in a fursuit while giving the speech hope this helps good luck
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Oct 4, 2016 00:50
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i like giving talks, OP, and have one or two big talks a year in addition to other stuff (media, lectures, whatever). Personally i never practice, i just go over slides or notes and ad lib a bit. The more I've practiced any talk, the worse it's been. Just ignore you have an audience and be yourself. Otherwise get a time machine, go back in time, and do speech and debate and model UN in HS.
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Oct 4, 2016 01:13
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I'm actually a better public speaker than I am one on one or in small groups, it just feels less personal to me
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Oct 4, 2016 01:15
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1st_Panzer_Div. posted:Don't start with a joke, gently caress, that poo poo is for office meetings, not public speaking if you're concerned about talking in front of a crowd. Idk about that. I definitely wouldn't recommend it as a standard thing someone should do, but I've always been impressed with and envious of people who manage to inject humor into their conference talks
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Oct 4, 2016 01:16
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I am a very very good public speaker, and am sociable generally. 
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Oct 4, 2016 01:17
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Remember that everyone is only there either because they have to be, or there's a Lapras that spawned in the room and they're trying to catch it. Mostly the latter.
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Oct 4, 2016 01:17
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AugmentedVision posted:Idk about that. I definitely wouldn't recommend it as a standard thing someone should do, but I've always been impressed with and envious of people who manage to inject humor into their conference talks do the zizek thing and tell a long, raunchy joke to punctuate one of your thousands of disconnected points
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Oct 4, 2016 01:20
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I've given a few public speeches, believe it or not. I find it more awkward to talk while streaming video games than I do to stand up in front of a few thousand people. Your discussion is very guided by the topic at hand when you're giving a presentation. There's no real trick. Know your subject, have a loose series of topics/details/whatever you are going to run through, and then take your time while speaking. I don't practice or memorize I just kinda do it on the fly, but I do outline the presentation and come up with things I want to talk about for each topic or slide. While prepping think about how you felt in the audience of the last one of these things. Then realize, no one actually cares that much unless it's a topic real interesting to them. And if it's a topic real interesting to them they are going to eat up the details and follow up on it later. Works for me, but I tend to be kind of grating to the stuffier types who expect something hyper serious. On the other hand, I've received compliments for getting the material across well, not being boring as gently caress, and looking natural on stage. That last one was a little backhanded. I've only given presentations on physics/programming/oceanography stuff. No idea how good or bad I am, but I'm passable. Khorne fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Oct 4, 2016 |
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I'm actually pretty dang good. It's a bit late now but signing up for toastmasters is a great way to learn. They have clubs everywhere. Other than that my main tip is not to write a speech down to each line unless you have time to rehearse it and perfect speaking it naturally. If you don't than you are better off just being prepared in the sense of knowing your topic very well and having had conversations with people where you deliver the information. Keep it conversational and natural and smile.
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I'm really good at public speaking but I'm not going to tell you what works for me because it probably won't work for you. I'll speak as an audience member: I came here to hear about the thing the program said the person was going to talk about. Oh you're good at public speaking and you've got a slick routine? I actually personally don't like that because the slicker the talk, the less information is conveyed. Don't try and wow me with your smooth transitions and word-to-word slide changes. Just loving tell me about the thing the program or announcement told me you were going to talk about. You get stuck and stutter and stop from embarrassment? No worries. Take a second, gather your thoughts, and get back to telling me about slug migratory patterns or the new Management Initiative or new product or Q3 financials or whatever. Just loving tell me what you know about the thing you're talking about, as much information as you think I can handle, with as little bullshit as possible. Please just get to the point and give me information. Don't try and be like some slick ~Ted Talk~. If you're comfortable and chill, ok. Nervous? Fine. Just do your best to teach me about the thing I came here for. Don't waste my time trying to impress me with stuff that has nothing to do with why I'm here. If I wanted entertainment I'd watch a comedy special.
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Oct 4, 2016 02:40
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I'm not even a good public poster, let alone speaker
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Oct 4, 2016 02:48
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DamnCanadian posted:I think the best thing you can do is to keep in mind that your audience is there because they WANT to hear what you have to say; they're not there to rag on you. About the only time the latter is true is stand-up comedy. You know your subject; you're an authority on it; your audience is not. They're not there to critique you on the quality of your delivery. They're there for the content. This. I actually find public speaking relaxing, I'm more comfortable in front of an audience than most other situations. When in doubt, just pee your pants... it deters any nitpicking follow up questions, and it's very relaxing.
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Oct 4, 2016 02:56
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watch that episode of The Office where Dwight has to give a speech to salespeople and slays by mimicking mussolini
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Oct 4, 2016 03:17
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or just learn from the best he's dictator of my heart 
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DamnCanadian posted:I think the best thing you can do is to keep in mind that your audience is there because they WANT to hear what you have to say; they're not there to rag on you. About the only time the latter is true is stand-up comedy. You know your subject; you're an authority on it; your audience is not. They're not there to critique you on the quality of your delivery. They're there for the content. delivery does matter otherwise this is mostly right
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Oct 4, 2016 03:36
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Just imagine you're in your underwear and the audience is clothed. Make sure you have enough caffeine to be sharp but not enough to be jumpy, they'll notice that poo poo immediately. Take a nip from a flask about five minutes before you begin, it'll hit the sweet come up right as you get up to the podium and you will be cool as a cucumber. I've literally done a lot of AM radio.
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Oct 4, 2016 03:42
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Frog Act posted:i'm sure there are some GBS posters who are eminent and important figures in their fields *presents graduate level course on thermodynamics* now excuse me... *shitposts on the SA forums*
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Oct 4, 2016 03:59
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soz OP, there's no tricks, just practice. seconding toastmasters if you're gonna make it a regular thing.
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Oct 4, 2016 04:08
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Do you have to pay for toastmasters? Cuz if you do that's as dumb as a resume service
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yeah idk about toastmasters, what got me confident about speaking in front of real crowds is dumb as hell, but it was large corporate conf calls. when u gotta run those 50+ person calls and there's some weirdos breathing heavy into their phone, some inconsiderate fucks not muting while they are in the airport or having side conversations, etc, then standing in front of so many people you can't even see them all gets easier but I am still paranoid about making sure my fly is all the way zipped before I walk out lol
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Frog Act posted:so I have to speak on a panel in front of between one and three hundred people tomorrow. i'm part of a group of four people reading a ten page narrative that i did a lot of the primary research for (and wrote the first draft of), which will serve as an introduction to the other panelists who will be taking questions. luckily i'm not gonna be speaking extemporaneously at all, which is good, because i'd probably just drop dead now if that were the case i am pretty good. i was in sales and did many presentations before C-level execs, board of directors, purchasing agents + staff and peoples. i also did debate in college and hs. i do implementation now and train in front of large amounts of peoples. i dont have any tips for you just go up there and talk man
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Waroduce posted:i dont have any tips for you just go up there and talk man ultimately trying to teach someone to both understand a topic and present it smoothly, interestingly, sounds about as likely as those creepy websites that teach you HOW TO PICK UP MAD GIRLS AT THE TIP OF YOUR TRILBY
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AugmentedVision posted:Do you have to pay for toastmasters? Cuz if you do that's as dumb as a resume service You pay to go through their course thing. I think after you get a bit more experience you end up paying mostly by your volunteer contribution as host or adjudicator. You can go to a few sessions for free, especially if you are there with a friend who is a member. It's the same as paying for singing lessons or doing an improv course. My main criticism of it is that it can become quite a responsibility and is even a little cult-like, rather than a more casual thing.
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Frog Act posted:i'm sure there are some GBS posters who are eminent and important figures in their fields I'm sure a number will have honed their public speaking skills at 12-Step meetings like AA and Narcotics Anonymous, and many more will.
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I stumble over words n stuff and probably sound like an idiot, but I don't give a gently caress who or how many people are listening. Which is kinda weird I guess because I have crippling anxiety about literally everything else
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think about the fact that when you go listen to a panel or presentation you are usually either thinking about a.) the subject at hand or b.) some poo poo in your own life. I don't think i've ever gone to a conference and sat there scrutinizing a speaker's ability to speak well. that will most likely apply to your audience as well!
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Oct 4, 2016 07:48
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If prone to anxiety listen to music that will relax you. I listen to opera usually. If audience remembers three things from all speakers combined you've succeeded. Think if only one thing they remember from your part what do you want it to be.
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don't do that thing where you put all of your weight kind of one one foot, then kind of all on the other foot. Just stand normal with an even weight distribution
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my comfort level speaking to other people is directly proportional to the number of people
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Frog Act posted:i've got a big bag of kratom extract do NOT do that you'd be better off sipping robitussin
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don't do that either though, just let your eyes go soft and don't focus on any one thing in particular when looking at the crowd. watch the kings speech
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the correct answer is to have Faith, friend
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I give talks pretty frequently for my job and as long as you make it through it, don't go over time, don't go extremely under time, and don't say anything too stupid during the questions part, people will consider it an above average talk. They won't remember anything about it except maybe the title if you're lucky, but they'll still come up and say "good talk" during coffee breaks etc. The key thing is when asked a question you don't know the answer to, deflect it. My go-to "I have no idea" answer is "that's something we're looking into and plan to address in the paper/in the future" or "that's a great question and I have a lot to say about it, so in the interests of time let's chat during the coffee break". Then just be conveniently not there during the next coffee break and they'll forget they ever had a question. During the talk itself, most of the good tips have been covered already - don't have your back to the audience the whole time, at least occasionally look up at the audience in case there's a question, limit the umms as much as possible, if you're using a laser pointer use your other hand to steady it if you're hands get shaky when you're nervous (nothing is more annoying than "as you can see here" and the pointer is darting across the entire slide), etc. Finally, never, ever use quirky slide transitions/sound effects, and never have a slide with music playing in the background. Some people think this will make their talk stand out, and it does, but not in a good way.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I give talks pretty frequently for my job and as long as you make it through it, don't go over time, don't go extremely under time, and don't say anything too stupid during the questions part, people will consider it an above average talk. They won't remember anything about it except maybe the title if you're lucky, but they'll still come up and say "good talk" during coffee breaks etc. yeah but what it's a reeeeaaaally cool song?
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