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    How To Become A Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak
    How To Become A Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak
    How To Become A Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak
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    How To Become A Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak

    By Jim Anderson

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    The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is the one who is credited with saying "The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change". In the world of giving speeches this is especially true.

    One does not just suddenly become a great speaker. Rather, what happens is that we start to give speeches and gradually over time we get better at doing it. However, we'll never get any better at speaking in public if we don’t know how to change.

    What You'll Find Inside:

    * IT’S AMAZING WHAT A SPEAKER CAN LEARN BY WATCHING YOUTUBE

    * YOU HAVE MUCH TO LEARN GRASSHOPPER: WHAT THE GREAT COMMUNICATORS CAN TEACH US

    * PRESENTATION PRUNING: HOW MUCH TO CHOP?

    * A PRESENTER’S GREATEST THREAT: SELF-SABOTAGE!

    Change is all about being aware of what a great speech really looks like. There are a number of different ways that we can learn what good speaking really is. The simplest way to do this by taking the time to listen to great speakers. The best way to do this is by getting invited to one of their speeches, sitting in the audience, and watching how they connect with their audience.

    That's not always possible to do for a wide variety of reasons: they are too far away, your schedule is too busy, tickets cost too much, etc. That's when YouTube comes in to play. All of the really good speakers have had one or more of their speeches recorded and they are available for you to watch for free on YouTube.

    Part of the change process is making your speech more effective. As you deliver a speech you'll discover what parts work and what parts don't work. When you are preparing to deliver the speech again, you'll have to prune it in order to make sure that you just deliver the good stuff.

    What we are ultimately looking for is something called charisma. We all know that we want to have it in order to better connect with our audience; however, first we have to understand just exactly what it is and how we can get more of it.

    This book will show you how to change your speech in order to transform it into something that is even more powerful than it is today. We're going to show you how to find out what you should be doing and how to incorporate the changes that will boost the impact of your speaking.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJim Anderson
    Release dateSep 10, 2014
    ISBN9781501090349
    How To Become A Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak
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    Jim Anderson

    J Jim Anderson is Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. His work focuses on: theories and methods of second language learning and bilingualism, including Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL); multilingualism and new literacies; and language policy. Underlying this is a commitment to an integrated and inclusive approach to language and literacy education incorporating the areas of foreign and community/heritage language learning as well as English as an Additional Language and English mother tongue. Jim is co-director with Dr Vicky Macleroy of the Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project launched in 2012.

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      How To Become A Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak - Jim Anderson

      How To Become A Better Speaker By Changing How You Speak

      As public speakers, the one thing that we all want to be able to learn to do better is to improve how we speak. The challenge that we face is that it's not clear how we can go about doing this. Sometimes we can start to feel trapped and start to believe that we'll never be able to become any better.

      The good news is that finding ways to improve our speaking ability is actually fairly simple. The first step in making this happen is to realize that the world is filled with a number of people who do a very good job of speaking public. No matter if we're talking about Jack Welch or Steve Jobs, these people clearly really know how to deliver a speech.

      The arrival of modern technology in the form of YouTube has brought speeches by high quality presenters into our homes and offices for the very first time. Now we can sit down, relax and study how the really good speakers make it happen.

      Just watching good speakers is not enough. We also have to learn how to slim our speeches down so that they'll fit into the time that we've been allocated. We need to make sure that we don't end up self-sabotaging ourselves. Finally, we also need to take the time to understand what charisma is and how we can work it into our next speech.

      This book will show you how to change your speech in order to transform it into something that is even more powerful than it is today. We're going to show you how to find out what you should be doing and how to incorporate the changes that will boost the impact of your speaking.

      For more information on what it takes to be a great public speaker, check out my blog, The Accidental Communicator, at:

      www.TheAccidentalCommunicator.com

      Good luck!

      - Dr. Jim Anderson

      About The Author

      I must confess that I never set out to be a public speaker. When I went to school, I studied Computer Science and thought that I'd get a nice job programming and that would be that. Well, at least part of that plan worked

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