How to present like a pro. Tips from the best public speakers in the world.

1. HOW TO PRESENT
LIKE A PRO
10 PUBLIC SPEAKING TIPS FROM THE
WORLD’S BEST STORYTELLERS
https://www.flickr.com/photos/isengardt/11528272293

2. Pass the Trapdoor Test
www.flickr.com/photos/leshaines123/11651726136

3. Imagine you start
your presentation
and one minute
into your flow, a
trapdoor opens
in the stage.

4. You fall through
End of
presentation

5. What is the one
thing you want to
say to the audience
in that one
minute?

6. Make ‘em laugh
www.flickr.com/photos/nosha/3599597595

7. People won’t
remember what
you said

8. But they’ll always
remember how
you made them
feel

9. Remember... you
are there to
entertain not
educate

10. Paint Pictures
www.flickr.com/photos/thenewinstitute/8633357227

11. “I want to take you
on a journey”
“Imagine...”

12. Engage their
senses

13. See
Feel
Hear

14. www.flickr.com/photos/barkbud/4165385634
Show & tell

15. In my hand, a
shrunken head
from the Iban
tribes of Borneo

16. Given to me by
the village
elders

17. Let me tell you
how I came to
own this
shrunken
head...

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19. Skip the “About Us”
www.flickr.com/photos/daunphilipp/3266919865

20. BORING!

21. Don’t waste
your first
minute on the
stuff nobody cares
about

22. If they love your
presentation,
they’ll Google
you out at the end

23. Shorter wins... always
www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncwarren/4334456172

24. TED = 18 minutes

25. Human
attention span =
20 minutes

26. Boring
presentation
= 85 slides, 60
minutes

27. Open body language
www.flickr.com/photos/mugley/9634222922

28. “I can’t put my
finger on it but I
just don’t like
that guy”

29. What you say is
less important
than how you say
it

30. Unbutton your
jacket
Stand open
Show your wrists

31. Why YOU?
www.flickr.com/photos/pranavbhasin/7386776690

32. Since I was 5
years old...

33. Nobody else can
tell this story
better...
than me

34. I was born to
give this
presentation

35. Share your weakness
www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncwarren/4164759025

36. If you want the
audience to
change, tell them
how you
screwed up
once

37. Share your own
vulnerability

38. Then they’ll think
it’s okay to admit
their own
mistakes

39. www.flickr.com/photos/klaus-peter-schmidt/7396050170
Tell Stories

40. We live and die
by the stories we
tell

41. You are the hero
Find an antagonist

42. It’s a journey
Your presentation is
your triumph over
the antagonist

43. Get more tips like
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