- Write a list of the points you want to make.
- Put it aside, revisit it, look for connections
- Prepare by Outline
- You are going to know it- you are not going to read it
- Think about and then write out the phrases where you most want to use the beauty of language
- Be eloquent, soar- but don’t overheat it
- The baseline is simple, clear, unambiguous language
- Use your “Beautiful Phrasing” sparingly- but use it
- Bring your audience from the foundation of understanding up into the sky with you
- Use the rule of 3’s
- The most important of which is (read it to the end, it is a little different)
- Tell them what you are gong to say
- Tell them
- TELL THEM WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
- Make sure you prepare an ending that they will remember to get yourself off stage
- Then-Put the draft aside, come back to it
- Look for new connections and ideas
- Remember that good editing most often means cutting out the dead wood
- Then- when you stand up
- Slow Down and Breathe before you say your first word
- Remember understanding happens most often in the pause.
- Take a silent moment to let the point sink in
- If nothing else, they will remember your energy and passion- Let it Go
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
– Marcus Aurelius
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
– Marcus Aurelius