All I Know About Presentations, I Learned From Theatre School

Alex

Whether you give presentations regularly or only have to give one every now and then, you'd know that the simplest things can make a difference between a good talk and a bad one. And even if you're a seminar maven, there's always room for improvement.

Here's Darren Barefoot's tips on how to improve your public speaking (what you say and how you say it) based on his previous life as a student of theater. For example:

Tell Stories. If you take one piece of advice from this article, it’s this. We make meaning by telling stories–to ourselves and each other. If you can construct your entire talk by embedding your points in a series of anecdotes and tall tales, do it. You’ll entertain your audience a lot more, and your message will be much stickier in your audience’s heads. Watch Seth Godin speak–he’s all about the clever anecdotes.

This would've been so useful a few years ago when I had to make my thesis talk somewhat interesting! Oh, well... Maybe you can learn something: Link - via 43 Folders


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Great post dude. To further on this topic about presentation skills, I think you and your readers might be interested in the ebook and audio program which I have created, entitled: "How to Develop Great Presentation Skills"

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The socialist utopias of Europe seem to have no problem charging for the use of their WCs. Coin operated seems a wee bit crass and very obtrusive when you really really really have to go, so no wonder it is hated in the US. They should've copied the European version, with a grumpy old woman grunting incomprehensibly whenever you get out of the WC without putting something on the "tip" plate.
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There is an old song called "Babylon Mall" about our local shopping mall by a comedy troupe (it's on YouTube). One of the lines is "you pays to pee at the mall" lol. You don't pay to pee there anymore but I do remember when the pay toilets were there. I think they removed them in the early nineties.
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Wonder if when they started abolishing pay toilets, they used the Beatles song "You Never Give Me Your Money" as it's theme. Likely not since it was a Paul song and not a JOHN song.
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There are still some places in the US where you must pay to "go" - as Eddie says, they make you pay for a token. Last time I was in the Casino in Seaside Heights it was still the case there - still worth the money if you've had too much coconut cream pie...
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New York outlawed pay toilets in '75 alright, but waived that rule for NYC in '93. Now there are plenty of em around. Not exactly a recent development, and deserving a mention.

It's a weird idea, isn't it? You pay, but less than it really costs, and get the hassle of needing to have change in a hurry. And in exchange for the .25-$1 or so, the locale risks having to clean up human waste off the walls and floor.
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