WOW! Your Audience

By Shahrill AJ

Are you ready to give a speech that could potentially change your life? That sounds like a bit of an overstatement, but delivering the right speech at the right time can be life changing.
This practical yet powerful guide contains all the info you need to take your public speaking to the next level.
You will acquire many useful proven tips that will give you the confidence to deliver to any audience. This is a full fledged guide that will teach you how to prepare from the second you write your speech, until the final moments as you bask in glory.

Topics Include:
- Your Attitude
- Benefits of Being a Presenter
- Preparation
- Content
- You as a Presenter
- Audience Interaction
- Props and Tools
- Getting Paid to Speak
- Inspirational Speech Examples

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shahrill AJ
• Release date: Jun 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463639818

Shahrill AJ

Shahrill AJ is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Nu Quest Management Pte Ltd , a company recognized for helping large and small organizations and individuals with solutions in human resources issues and in management development to create future- ready workplaces and professionals. Shahrill AJ offers his customers the benefit of more than 20 years experience with corporate, academic, and governmental institutions, where he was instrumental in the development and implementation of numerous transformational focused solutions. Clients appreciate his insights into their business needs and clear communication, which complements his expert background in behavioural science and human resources development. Under Shahrill AJ’s visionary leadership since the year 2000, Nu Quest Management Pte Ltd has made a difference to over 700 organizations, over 50,000 individuals in several regions that include Singapore, South East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and Africa. When he’s not delivering workshops and seminars or creating courses to help small business owners enhance their business, you can find him sweating it out at the beach or at one of the many national parks. On top of that, he is a volunteer with several home for the destitute, ensuring that the homes are well run.

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INTRODUCTION

There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience.

Alexander Gregg

Designing a presentation without an audience in mind is like writing a love letter and addressing it: To Whom It May Concern.

Ken Haemer

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oth of these quotes are at the core of great public speaking. The secret of presentation excellence is to know your audience, understand what they want, and give it to them...all the while forgetting about our own insecurities. Since most of us have a fear of public speaking second only to our fear of death, it is not being self-conscious a natural part of that fear? How do we overcome it? How do we put the spotlight on the audience when in actuality, the spotlight is on us as the speaker?

Believe it or not, there is a formula that everyone can follow, a formula that will take you from a frightened novice to an accomplished pro. After doing a lot of research on this subject and also from personal experiences of presenting to various audience -age, culture and nationalities, I can tell you that all the expert speakers agree on this basic formula. It is not difficult to follow, but following it makes all the difference between success and failure as a speaker.

After you have read this practical e-book, even before you have given an actual speech, I think you will come to two conclusions:

✓      first, this formula it is not hard to follow, and

✓      second, it will work!

Let's give it a go !

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT

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s with most things in life, excellent presentations start with your mind-set. Whether you are a nervous wreck because you have to give your first speech at school or you are an entrepreneur who's interested in increasing sales of your products or services, your attitude toward giving the presentation will be a key to your success or failure.

Your attitude toward the event should be that this is your chance to shine, to spread your word, to inform and influence people. Whether you are selling a product or