Comments on: Give Me Three Minutes And I’ll Make You A Better Communicator

By: Vicki@collegeparentcentral

Vicki@collegeparentcentral — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:23 +0000

Great post! Any student who thinks about and works on speaking skills will have an advantage.

I’d add the advice – Practice! Practice! Practice! Beginning speakers almost always underestimate the amount of practice necessary to be in command of their material. You don’t want to practice “memorizing” the speech, but talk it through over and over – standing up and doing it out loud just the way you’ll do it in class – or meeting – or wherever it will be. Practice looking at the audience. Work with whatever notes you will use (just bullet points, not written out word for word). When you think you’ve practiced enough, do it a few more times. By the time you do the actual presentation, you’ll be completely comfortable.

So many people think you’re either born a good speaker or you’re not, but it’s really just a set of skills – and anyone can learn the skills.

By: Nate Desmond

Nate Desmond — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:13:02 +0000

@ Stephan

Great tip! I never like to listen to “speakers” who are really readers.

@ Sudeep

That is another excellent tip. Learning from great orators is an excellent way to communicate better!

@ Ralph

That is so true. When I start speaking, I have trouble remembering what I was going to say, much less the best way to say it!

Thank you all for your excellent tips! Keep them coming…

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:39:41 +0000

Those are great points but I think it may take longer than 3 minutes for some of us. Stefan makes a good suggestion. I know that I am at my best when I really know what I am talking about and it definitely helps if I know the audience. It’s one thing to know the points but entirely another when you are in the spotlight.

By: Sudeep

Sudeep — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:22:50 +0000

To give good presentation , have an habit of listening and if possible actually viewing some gr8 people , orators speech … Seeing them , hearing them would help each one of us a lot to decide our own style .Well try not to mimic them .. but why not pick the best style suited for us from them .
Regards
Sudeep

By: Stefan | StudySuccessful.com

Stefan | StudySuccessful.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:33:19 +0000

Good post!
A good speaker has all these things naturally and doesn’t need to force himself to look at the audience, but fortunately, you can make yourself in a good speaker!

My tip would be: ‘Now what you are going to tell, and tell it like you would tell it your friends.’ Don’t use a paper on which you have your presentation written, don’t use cards. Know what you want to say.
Speak to your audience as you would speak to your friends. If you explain something to your friends, they will get it right? Why won’t the audience get it then!

There is a lot you can do about being a bad communicator, go do it!

Stefan,
http://StudySuccessful.com