10 Rules to Follow Before Giving a Speech
From 5 tips to present like Steve Jobs and what you can do in the first 60 seconds of a presentation to aid your ability to persuade to the art of telling stories through presentations, we've talked a lot about presentations. To this growing pool of advice we can add Seymour Schulich's Ten Rules to Utilize found in Get Smarter Life and Business Lessons, 1. Be Brief, 2. Try to communicate one main idea, 3. Create a surprise, 4. Use humour, 5. Slow it down, 6. Use cue cards and look up often, 7. Self-praise is no honour, 8. Never speak before the main course in a dinner speech, 9. Reuse good material, 10. Use positive body language, Get Smarter Life and Business Lessons is full of life advice from one of Canada's most successful businessmen. Join over 50,000 readers and get a free weekly update via email here.