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"How to Succesfully Start Your Speech" |
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Do you find it difficult to come up with effective openings for your speeches? If you do, you're not alone. The opening of your speech is often the most difficult to develop and deliver. It's the most difficult to develop because there are a number of potential objectives the opening has to achieve. It's the most difficult to deliver because the opening of a speech is when we are most nervous. Not only is your opening the most difficult to develop and deliver, it's arguably the most important part of your speech. You see, if you don't have your audience's undivided attention when you open your speech, it's unlikely you'll have their attention at all. In this 60 minute teleclass, "How to Successfully Start Your Speech", I'll show you a number of strategies which will help capture audience attention, pique their curiosity and build interest in your topic during the crucial first moments of your speech.
Here are some of the benefits you'll receive from attending this session: - Capture audience attention by using a time-tested technique that is simple, yet effective. - Overcome initial resistance and objections when your topic is unpopular or controversial. - Build rapport with your audience immediately even if it seems you have nothing in common. - Discover when it's best to use various opening strategies. Using the same strategy for every speech could spell disaster. - Utilize information about the city, venue or date to draw your audience into your speech topic. - Establish your credibility and earn the respect of your audience within the first few minutes of your speech. - Incorporate quotations that will powerfully position and validate your point of few. - Avoid making the common mistakes that alienate your audience and sabotage your speech. Meet your teleclass host: My name is John Watkis. I'm a Toronto-based speechwriter and keynote speaker who specializes in helping my clients to develop and deliver memorable, moving speeches. For nearly 20 years, I've been delivering keynote speeches and workshops for a variety of organizations worldwide. People who've attended my presentations will tell you my sessions are both practical and entertaining. Here are a few comments: "I thought it was one of the most entertaining and informative talks I've attended. John was hilarious and obviously skilled at presentations. I'm in the process of writing some speeches so his advice is already useful." Sheila Olley "Great style, hilarious, entertaining, also packed with useful tips. The time flew by . .. " Karen Majerly "The results are in and it's no surprise that you were a hit with our CPBI audience who attended your November 29th performance. The attached evaluation results are the best I've seen and the percentage of respondents was very high as well. I think you even won over some of the usual sceptics in the crowd. Thanks again for helping us put on a very successful event." Ken Macdonald How it all works The 60 minute teleclass will be held using a conference line. When you register for the seminar (you pay by credit card or PayPal), you'll be sent a confirmation email with the conference number and log-in instructions. On the day of the teleclass, all you'll need to do is call the conference number and log in using the instructions provided in the confirmation email. Your phone company will charge you your regular long-distance rate for the call. It's that easy! Here's what your registration will include:
All this for only $34 Register early to avoid disappointment. Class registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.
Teleclass: How to Successfully Start Your Speech Host: John Watkis - Freelance speechwriter and keynote speaker Duration:60 Minutes Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Time:1:30 PM EST ( 12:30 PM Central, 11:30 AM Mountain, 10:30 AM Pacific) Sign-up Fee:$34 How to Register: I use PayPal to register participants for my teleclasses. To pay by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or PayPal, click on the button below and you'll be taken to a secure shopping cart. You don't need to register with PayPal or log in if you want to pay by credit card. See you at the teleclass!
John Watkis P.S. If your schedule doesn't allow you to attend the live teleclass, sign up anyway! You'll receive a high-quality recording and transcript of the teleclass … you won't miss a thing! |
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