BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CHANGING THE FUTURE
PART 2 PAINLESS PRESENTATIONS AT WORK
IN PART 1- PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT AND CONFERENCE SPEAKER FRANK NEWBERRY EXPLORED HOW WE CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE ONE PERSON AT A TIME BY COACHING AND MENTORING INDIVIDUALS
IN PART 2 FRANK LOOKS AT HOW WE CAN LEAVE A POSITIVE LEGACY BY GIVING PAINLESS PRESENTATIONS AT WORK E.G. AT MEETINGS OF ALL TYPES AND EVEN CONFERENCES
It may seem a strange statement - ‘changing the future’ by giving a presentation or speaking at a conference, but bear with me. My claim is based on the testimony of people who have made statements like ‘that presentation changed my career’ and ‘that talk took me to a higher level’.
USE YOUR FEARS TO INFORM YOUR APPROACH
I am not talking here about professional speakers – I am referring to audience member responses to ordinary staff members who have had the courage to get up and speak up, and in doing so have gone on to inspire their colleagues. So yes - I assert that you are changing the future - one audience member at a time.
A good place for you to start when contemplating doing what is effectively public speaking might be - the fear and trepidation that can grip us at the very thought of standing up to give a talk. In fact it might be interesting to use your fears to inform your approach to giving presentations in the workplace.
I have been training conference speakers for many years and not one has ever claimed that they got to their feet to speak without some anxiety. Some, including me start getting nervous often days or weeks in advance!
But like so many other things the more you do it the less you will suffer. Your fears and anxieties may also go through an interesting transition as you gather experience.
Most speakers start out worrying about themselves (Will I dry up? Do I look OK?); they then transition or progress to worrying about their material (Is my content OK? Are my visual aids going to work?). And finally they progress to worrying about their audience (Will I give them what they need?).
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