You can improve your skills as a public speaker by making just a few small changes in what you are already doing. A career in public speaking can be the most highly paid careers in the world and the need for public speakers will always be high. If you have given public speaking a try, but feel you need to improve your presentation or delivery, here are some suggestions that can turn your speaking into a new career.
Practice speaking in front of others as often as you can. Just being in front of an audience regularly will help you to improve in a short amount of time.
Prepare a speech that will become your signature or keynote speech. This can be a personal story with some helpful information for your audience, or a lesson on how the audience member can do something related to your topic.
Prepare a handout to give to the audience members. Depending on your topic and where you will be speaking you may want to ask the audience to answer some questions or fill in the blanks on the handout you give them. Getting the audience to participate is a great way to involve them in what you are speaking about.
Be ready to give the audience a website or blog address where they can find out more information about you. This will help you if they ask you a question you are not ready to answer. By the time they visit your site you can include the answer to their question.
I encourage you to learn more about becoming a public speaker from someone who has done it professionally for many years so that you will have a greater chance of becoming a highly paid public speaker.
Article Source: Connie Ragen Green
