Power Presentations Tip 22: What do you stand for?

Power Presentations Tip 22:

What do you stand for?

Maybe nothing - especially if you don't stand tall and strong during your presentation.

Some presenters have protested, "I don't want to stand during my presentation. It makes me feel uncomfortable."

You might feel more comfortable sitting while you speak but your presentation will be much less effective.

Not only should you stand when you speak - you should stand as tall and strong as you can.
Why?

When you stand more listeners can see you clearly. If they can see you they will be more inclined to listen. If you are capturing two of their senses then you have a better opportunity to engage their minds.

When your listeners can see you they will judge both the importance of your topic and the credibility of your words on how you stand. If you are slouching, leaning on a chair, or sitting on the table - your message will appear unimportant. They might be thinking, "If it wasn't important enough for the speaker to stand - then it can't be important enough to listen."

When you stand to speak your voice will naturally project better. You make it easier for people to hear you. If they didn't hear you, it was a wasted presentation.

When you stand while your audience sits you hold the physical position of authority. In many cultures the kings and queens sat upon thrones that were higher than everyone else. This positioning is still practiced today in court rooms where the judge is elevated above everyone else.This feeling of authority when we look up to someone seems to have stayed with us.

What if the person who spoke before you didn't stand? You should stand to present because you want to be your best every time you speak. Never lower your standards just because the other presentations were weak.

Stand to present. It's simple and effective.

George Torok

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No time left for you to speak

How to handle NO time left to speak
by Rita Risser

I was scheduled to speak last on a main stage panel where we were each supposed to talk for 10 minutes and then take Q&A for 30 minutes. The first two speakers spoke 10 minutes. The third speaker took 50 minutes, despite the fact that the meeting planner came in and told her to wrap it up. The meeting planner left and the speaker finally wrapped up at noon. She turned it over to me, telling me to go ahead and speak, going over lunch. I smiled, said I knew better than to compete with lunch and that I would be available to anyone who wanted to talk that afternoon, or by phone or email.

Results:
Audience laughed and clapped and ran out of the room.
Meeting planner couldn’t thank me enough for not talking.
Meeting planner changed the afternoon schedule and gave me 20 minutes to speak.
Several good contacts called and emailed afterwards.
Meeting planner asked me back the next year — and not the other speaker!
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The above anecdote from Rita Risser appeared in Speaker Net News.

It illustrates the important message that when it is your turn to speak you must stay within the timeline given to you and sometimes you will need to cut your presentation short - even to the point of not speaking at all.

Kudos to Rita Risser for demonstrating this so clearly.


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