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Step 1
Start with the receiver.
Great football receivers like to catch the ball a certain way. As a public speaker, so does your audience. Start with their needs, wants, desires.
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Step 2
Figure out your strength.
I heard that Brett Farve of the Green Bay Packers can throw a football through a solid 4x8 sheet of plywood. That’s power! Brett knows that his strength is in his arm. While he’s quick, he doesn’t run too often. He knows that’s not his strength.
As a public speaker, you’ll come to find that there are certain groups you naturally connect with and others not. You’ll find that there are certain ways of delivery and content writing that are more effective than others. Find your strength. Don’t apologize for it and sharpen that skill anyway you can!
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Step 3
Deliver at the right speed.
If the quarterback throws to far ahead or behind, the result is a missed connection. If you speak to fast, slow, or present material that is confusing, you will not connect with your audience.
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Step 4
High-five the winner.
Celebration is a key to motivation. As a speaker, you have to celebrate the listener. In other words, you bring the message to a close with the attitude that together, you and they have finished the race. You have reached a positive conclusion to your journey and now everyone has been changed by the message.
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