After spending a lot of time all alone in my room sleeping, eating, watching movies and reading blogs, finally I decided to put on some notes for my next talk which I will be delivering at TEDX Youth Chennai. I am aware of what I wanted to talk, but confused how to tell my story. I decided to search the internet and find out the best way of putting up my presentation and found some really good tips. I have a gut feeling that one of my online friends can help me in this and she shared some tips and asked me to write a script and send it across to her. I think that will be a right move in the first place.
I want to really prepare for this talk and would be taking help from Suresh and Shanti. Will be meeting Shanti for a break fast and she told that I need to really project on the story of how I became an Online Marketer, but there is a story which is not even known to my family and the world. I think it is the time that I write my story in the first place and then decide what to talk at the event.
Very few know about me and my life when I was a child and not even my family knew what I went through when I was studying at school or college. All that was hidden in my heart and brain as a memory is going to come out as a talk. A lot of people played an important role in my life and today I remember each and every person whom I met along the path that I chose. Some knew that they are teaching and motivating me, but some never realized what kind of impact they left in my life.
I request to share any tips or ideas which I must follow in order to achieve what I want in the talk. I will share my script and presentation with all my reader’s once finished.
Being Toastmaster, Few tips that I can share with you :
I mean grab the attention!
1. Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse as many times as possible. Also try to get the feedback from your loved ones or friends.
2. Try to vary your tone and stress on important words/sentences to grab the attention instead of giving a monotonous speech
3. Try to avoid fillers (like too many so’s, and’s, if’s, also, etc) that distracts the audience
4. Touch various interesting aspects of your life
5. Start with a BANG
6. Ensure there is a smooth flow between Opening, Body of the speech and Conclusion.
7. Conclude with a positive note.
Also refer the following link that helps you organize & deliver a great speech.
Toastmasters call it as “IceBreaker Speech” in which you’re talking before an audience and the subject is “You”.
The following link provides in-depth details about Speech preparation guidelines, preparing yourself, presenting the topic, etc :
http://barnumsquare.homestead.com/IceBreaker.html
What is Toastmasters ?
Toastmasters is a non-profit organization that helps people to improve their communication and leadership skills.
For more info : http://www.toastmasters.org
Hey kishore sorry for the late reply but your tips helped me a lot and i decided to be a toast master.