5 Public Speaking Tips for Presenting Your Home-based Business

March 9, 2015

Are you looking for Public Speaking Tips to present your Home-based Business opportunity?

A person presenting their home-based business may be their very first time speaking in front of a group. I was one of those who had no idea about public speaking and I used to be totally terrified of speaking as I was also shy when I was young. I still remember that I was about the worst speaker I have still ever met as I was so bloody nervous and my knees were shaking. We all know that the No.1 human fear is Public Speaking! By learning and practicing, I have since gone on to speak comfortably in front of crowds and my goal is to be able to speak in front of thousands. Recently I’ve attended a Public Speaking Workshop and I have learned these 5 public speaking tips for presenting your home-based business.

The Top 5 Public Speaking Tips For Presenting Your Homebased Business are:-

Public Speaking Tip No.1 – Confidence

Start with power. Start with a bold statement or a statistic. You want to grab the attention of the audience right away. You have about two minutes to grab them and do not spend the first two minutes apologizing for being nervous. Use Repetition in Speeches and move around, use the floor. A good use of humour is an add on to make your audience engaged. Be careful to ask direct questions to the audience (I highly NOT recommend that). Do not focus on one person but include everyone (even the people that are on the sides of the room). Start with confidence in the beginning and there will be less people paying attention to you and will pay more attention to your content.

Public Speaking Tip No.2 – Pauses

Pauses are very important to use. Instead of using (“um”‘s and “ah”‘s) pause for few seconds that gives you time to get back to your speech. Also you can pause when you make a point so let the audience think and your message to sink in. One more thing is that using repetition like (We need to do this) helps you gain ground and get back to your speech. If you take a speech and strip out the um’s and ah’s and instead pause…it is very, very powerful. Do not be afraid to have some silence in between your points.

Public Speaking Tip No.3 – Breathing & Posture

Take time to breath by inhaling and exhaling before you go on stage or before presenting. This will help you with tonality and tempo. Make sure your posture is good (not crossing hands, looking down or moving backwards). Stand still shoulders back, hands be your sides and use your hands between your neck and hips to connect with the audience. You can walk sideways and infront to use the space but do not walk backwards as you can stumble into a table etc… plus it also transmits that you are afraid and nervous.

Public Speaking Tip No.4 – Engage

Engaging with the audience is one of the most important tasks of a presenter. Become a story teller is a brilliant thing as everyone love stories. Watch your tonality (no monotone) but build up your speech. Ask questions to the audience that you make them think. Graphs or statistics can add value to your speech. If you are using a power point presentation (use a picture with few words on it of what you are going to discuss).

Public Speaking Tip No.5 – Structure

Point (What), Evidence (Story), Explanation (Why). Make sure you follow the P.E.E to create the structure of your speech so it will be easier for you to follow and it will be engaging for your audience. Write your script down and practice it. You can use a small notepad to notch down notes or points that you can put in your pocket just in case you get stuck. There is nothing bad about that plus it is part of Public Speaking No.2 – Pauses so certainly the audience won’t get bothered by that.

What great tips did I MISS in here?

There are certainly other powerful tips not on this post that YOU might classify as some of the 5 Public Speaking Tips For Presenting Your Homebased Business, what are they?

Comment below and let me know which tips are MUST-TO-APPLY in your opinion.