Comments on: How to go from good presenter to great presenter http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/ Presentation tips from Olivia Mitchell Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:56:14 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: How to prepare a Pecha Kucha or Ignite presentation : Speaking about Presenting http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 How to prepare a Pecha Kucha or Ignite presentation : Speaking about Presenting Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:51:52 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-3576 [...] The value of rehearsal applies to any presentation, but it doubly applies to a Pecha Kucha presentation. It’s a dance with a partner who you have no control over. You need to have your side of the choreography – the narrative – down pat. [...] [...] The value of rehearsal applies to any presentation, but it doubly applies to a Pecha Kucha presentation. It’s a dance with a partner who you have no control over. You need to have your side of the choreography – the narrative – down pat. [...]

]]> By: Laura Bergells http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Laura Bergells Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:34:49 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-176 Thanks for the mention! Seems that quite a few of us are watching a decline in the devotion to presentation rehearsal. It's hard to imagine something so fundamental to good performance going to the wayside! Let's bring rehearsal back! Thanks for the mention!

Seems that quite a few of us are watching a decline in the devotion to presentation rehearsal. It’s hard to imagine something so fundamental to good performance going to the wayside!

Let’s bring rehearsal back!

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Olivia Mitchell Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:51:46 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-175 Hi Gopal, thanks for your comments. You've asked for advice on projecting your voice and articulating your words properly. I'll write my next blog post on that issue. Olivia. Hi Gopal, thanks for your comments. You’ve asked for advice on projecting your voice and articulating your words properly. I’ll write my next blog post on that issue. Olivia.

]]> By: Gopal Patil http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Gopal Patil Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:33:48 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-174 I liked the comments posted on this blog about importance of practice and rehearsal to make your presentations or public speaking successful. I always feel that I am not able to project my voice and articulate the words properly. Is there any material / information on how I can improve these areas? I liked the comments posted on this blog about importance of practice and rehearsal to make your presentations or public speaking successful.
I always feel that I am not able to project my voice and articulate the words properly. Is there any material / information on how I can improve these areas?

]]> By: Lisa Braithwaite http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Lisa Braithwaite Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:55:27 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-171 Thanks, as always, for a well-researched post with lots of great links. This is one of my pet issues, as you probably have discovered from reading my multitude of posts about preparation! Thanks, as always, for a well-researched post with lots of great links. This is one of my pet issues, as you probably have discovered from reading my multitude of posts about preparation!

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Olivia Mitchell Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:59:31 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-170 Hi John I agree with your quote - "Practice makes permanent". But I don't think that your advice to say the same words the same way works well for most people. It works for you - but I would speculate that that's because you're also an actor. As an actor your job is to recite learnt lines as if they were part of a natural conversation. People who haven't done any acting can't necessarily do that. If they memorise their speech so that they can give it exactly the same way every time - they're likely to come across as stiff and artificial. Thanks for the link to your rehearsal post - good advice on using video. Olivia Hi John

I agree with your quote – “Practice makes permanent”.

But I don’t think that your advice to say the same words the same way works well for most people. It works for you – but I would speculate that that’s because you’re also an actor. As an actor your job is to recite learnt lines as if they were part of a natural conversation. People who haven’t done any acting can’t necessarily do that. If they memorise their speech so that they can give it exactly the same way every time – they’re likely to come across as stiff and artificial.

Thanks for the link to your rehearsal post – good advice on using video.
Olivia

]]> By: John Watkis http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-168 John Watkis Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:15:10 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-168 Hi Olivia, These are some great points. I agree with you that the way you rehearse is crucial. I once heard someone say "practice doesn't make perfect, it just makes permanent." I think it is important to say the same words the same way once you've developed a flow. When I performed in plays, I read through the same script the same way more than I care to remember. When I did that, the words were seared in my mind ... just like the words to a song would be. That made it possible for me to be in the moment on stage while delivering the lines without ever having to think about what the lines were. The same is true of a speech. Saying the same words the same way helps to develop a comfort level. Many people will argue that they don't have enough time to read the speech over and over like an actor would. Fortunately, they don't have to. Simply recording the speech and listening to it while driving, taking the train or doing some sort of activity is another way to lock the words into the memory so they're effortless to remember. It's exactly what happens with songs on the radio. We hear them so often, we don't need to try to remember them ... we just do. I've also written a post on practice at: http://www.wellwrittenwellsaid.com/successfulspeechesblog/?p=43 Keep up the great posts John Watkis Speechwriter Hi Olivia,

These are some great points.

I agree with you that the way you rehearse is crucial. I once heard someone say “practice doesn’t make perfect, it just makes permanent.”

I think it is important to say the same words the same way once you’ve developed a flow.

When I performed in plays, I read through the same script the same way more than I care to remember. When I did that, the words were seared in my mind … just like the words to a song would be. That made it possible for me to be in the moment on stage while delivering the lines without ever having to think about what the lines were. The same is true of a speech. Saying the same words the same way helps to develop a comfort level.

Many people will argue that they don’t have enough time to read the speech over and over like an actor would. Fortunately, they don’t have to.

Simply recording the speech and listening to it while driving, taking the train or doing some sort of activity is another way to lock the words into the memory so they’re effortless to remember. It’s exactly what happens with songs on the radio. We hear them so often, we don’t need to try to remember them … we just do.

I’ve also written a post on practice at:

http://www.wellwrittenwellsaid.com/successfulspeechesblog/?p=43

Keep up the great posts

John Watkis
Speechwriter

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Olivia Mitchell Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:38:45 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-167 Thanks for the comments Chris, very much appreciate it. Olivia. Thanks for the comments Chris, very much appreciate it. Olivia.

]]> By: Chris Bonney http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Chris Bonney Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:41:47 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-166 Olivia- Thanks so much for the mention. And what a fantastically thorough post! Well done. I'm an instant fan. Subscribed and looking forward to more. Great blog. Olivia-
Thanks so much for the mention. And what a fantastically thorough post! Well done. I’m an instant fan. Subscribed and looking forward to more. Great blog.

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/delivery/how-to-go-from-good-presenter-to-great-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Olivia Mitchell Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:27:31 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=864#comment-164 Thanks Lee for your pointers. I've been reading your blog since it started (I think we started blogging at about the same time). Lee's blog http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/ is a great place to got to - to read about other people's presentation disasters before they happen to you. Thanks Lee for your pointers. I’ve been reading your blog since it started (I think we started blogging at about the same time). Lee’s blog http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/ is a great place to got to – to read about other people’s presentation disasters before they happen to you.

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