1. Introduction to
Secrets of motivational
speakers
February 24, 2013
Presented by Caroline Thay

2. Who are your favorite
motivational speakers?

3. Purpose and outcome
• Identify your purpose for delivering the
speech and desired outcome. What state do
you want to elicit in your audience?
• Who is your audience and what do they
want?
• Maximum impact when your purpose
matches what the audience wants.

4. Preparation before the speech
• Breathing exercises, stretching.
• Mentally go through the presentation and
visualize it unfold the way you want it.
• Mental preparation: get in your “zone”, elicit
the desired state in yourself first (motivation,
excitement, etc.)

5. Leverage non-verbal communication
• Why is it important for you to be in the state
you want to elicit in your audience?
 You communicate your state to others
• Your state influences:
 Your breathing speed, depth and rhythm

6. Leverage non-verbal communication
• It influences:
 Your volume, tone of voice
 Your energy level
 Your movements and gestures
 Your facial expressions
 Your body posture

7. Before the speech
• Get someone to introduce you.
 Why?
• As you walk in, repeat in your head a
sentence that makes you feel powerful,
unstoppable.
• Scan your audience so everyone feels
included.

8. Tips for building presence on stage
• Check posture, breathing, stance.
If you did a good job at eliciting the state
in you, your body language will reflect
that state.
• Be open and flexible.
• Connect to your center and experience your
strength.
 Muscle test demo.

9. Involve your audience
• Connect with your audience: eye contact,
divide room into sections.
• Get your audience to agree to what you say.
• Get your audience to participate: finish
sentences, answer questions…

10. Use of language for Motivation
• The different levels of language: chunking
up and down.
 Use the right level of communication for
your intended purpose (covered in details
in the NLP training)
• Use of nominalizations.
• Speak in terms of possibilities.

11. Story-telling & metaphors
• Why is it so effective?
• People remember stories more than
theories.
• Good tool for teaching, to get through
resistance, talks to the unconscious mind.

12. Demo with someone from the
audience:
See how changing your state
changes the way you conduct
a presentation.

13. Discussion:
How would you use these
techniques in your life?

14. Questions

15. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you
have questions:
caroline@synergyinsights.com
To go more in depth into these techniques,
attend an NLP training in Paris and get
licensed with the Society of NLP:
http://www.synergyinsights.com

16. Thank you!