TJ WALKER - THE HABIT INFLUENCER - Personal Development | LIVE STREAM

5 Jan 2015 · 2 min

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A January 5, 2015 YouTube live stream by TJ Walker encouraging viewers to make a New Year’s resolution to improve public speaking. Walker gives practical, concrete tips: practice speeches on video until satisfied, avoid boring PowerPoint slides (use memorable images), test slides with colleagues and discard ineffective ones, and keep text-based prompts offline (e.g., on a lectern). He closes by promoting his one-on-one, workshop, online, and Skype presentation training services.

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January 5, 2015.

One-on-one private presentation training, public workshops, online training, and Skype training.

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So it's January 5, 2015. It's really my first day back in the new year. It's a time for reflection. A lot of people have New Year's resolutions. I know I do. I would like to just suggest to you the New Year's resolution of becoming a much, much better speaker. Now, it's a lot easier than losing £30, I promise you. It's a lot easier than starting a business that kicks off tons of cash with two hours a week work a week, a lot of pipe dreams out. But learning how to be a much better speaker in 2015 is eminently attainable. Here's really all you have to do. Practice your speeches on video until you're happy with them. Most people never ever do that. If you simply do that, you can eliminate most of the problems. Because if you think you're really boring people to death, guess what? You are. A few other resolutions I would suggest to you don't have PowerPoint slides that are boring and people can't read. If you want to know if your PowerPoint slides work and you're giving a presentation to 30 people on Thursday, find two colleagues. Tuesday or Wednesday at lunch. Give them your PowerPoint. When you're done, ask what they remember. If they don't remember your slides, throw them in the trash. They didn't work. So I hope your resolutions are give an interesting speech where people actually have a good feeling about you and remember your message. Number one way to do that. Practice on video until you like your speech. If you're going to use slides, don't use slides that aren't memorable. Use pictures and images. If it's just text, put that on a cheat sheet just for you and put it on a lectern, a chair, a table, or your hand. Don't write it on your hand, but someplace where it's not noticeable. You don't have to project it. I'm TJ Walker. If you want to improve, and I mean dramatically improve your public speaking this year, give me a call. We have one on one private presentation training. We have public workshops. We have online training and Skype training. So give us a call. The information is below.