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The key to effective speaking is rehearsal. False.
Extensive rehearsal is necessary for precision in a play, but it can ruin an oral presentation. Saying the words out loud again and again leads to memorization. Memorization leads to a mechanical delivery, which destroys any sense of spontaneity and connection between speaker and audience. Your goal is to have a conversation with your audience, not orate.
Instead of rehearsing and rehearsing your next presentation:
- Write out your opening and closing sentences. These will ensure you start and end with confidence.
- Prepare the rest of your presentation in a key word/key phrase outline.
- Leave enough white space between items so you can find the next idea at a glance.
- Practice using this abbreviated outline so you are familiar with a more natural flow of material and presentation.
Now, instead of being a well-rehearsed stiff, you can make emotional contact with your audience. Only by talking, rather than reciting, will your audience "hear" you.
This cue is brought to you by Executive Speak/Write, oral and written communications trainers who want to ensure your communications create relationships
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