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gestures, Medium list of little things
Gettysburg Address, Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone

Heinrichs, How to make a point

Holbrook, $30,000 an hour

honesty of feedback, The things people say , The things people say , The things people say

host of event, The speaker must match the audience , The speaker must match the audience

expectations of, The speaker must match the audience , The speaker must match the audience

How to Win Friends & Influence People (Carnegie), How to work a tough room

illness of speaker, You feel sick
information overload, Being silent makes your points
insights, Start with an insight of interest
intelligence of speaker, Do not eat the microphone
interesting, Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , How to teach anyone anything , You make sex boring
interference from information overload, Being silent makes your points

lectern, Lectern vs. podium

lecture circuit, $30,000 an hour , $30,000 an hour

length of presentation, The countdown timer , Everyone is staring at their laptops , You’re running out of time

countdown timer tracking, The countdown timer
running out of time, You’re running out of time
shortened at last minute, Everyone is staring at their laptops

lighting in venue, How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room

Lincoln, Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone

logic arguments, How to make a point

Logitech Cordless Presenter remote control, The remote control

Lyceum lecture series, $30,000 an hour

Medina, The attack of the butterflies

mirror neurons, Active and interesting

mistakes, I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked , What to do before you speak , What to do before you speak , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Being silent makes your points , This is your first time , You are a turtle on crack , Medium list of little things , Feedback you get for free , There is a typo on your slide (nooooo!)

audience forgiving, Do not eat the microphone
audience not noticing, I can’t see you naked
direction of presentation is unclear, You are a turtle on crack
dispassionate delivery of presentation, Medium list of little things
during practice of presentation, What to do before you speak , What to do before you speak
filler sounds between phrases, Being silent makes your points
first time giving presentation, This is your first time
number of typically made in spoken language, I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked
presentation not appropriate to audience, Feedback you get for free
quote by Michael Erard regarding, I can’t see you naked
responding to, I can’t see you naked
smart people making, Do not eat the microphone
typos on slides, There is a typo on your slide (nooooo!)

naked, I can’t see you naked
name badges, We don’t need no stinking badges
nervous tics, Medium list of little things

outline for presentation, Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone

pace of presentation, Set the pace , Set the pace , Set the pace , You are a turtle on crack

pauses in presentation, Medium list of little things

perfection, I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked

performing as part of daily life, We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time

planning a presentation, Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone

podium, Lectern vs. podium

power of speaker, Get the audience involved

keeping audience’s attention using, Get the audience involved

practicing presentations, What to do before you speak , What to do before you speak , What to do before you speak

presentation, I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked , What to do before you speak , Do not eat the microphone , The sneaky lessons of Dr. Fox , Active and interesting , Start with an insight of interest , Confessions , Confessions , How to make a point , What to do if your talk sucks , Obfuscation of fractured bilateral rhetoric , Obfuscation of fractured bilateral rhetoric , You make sex boring , You can’t do worse than this , Why you should not lecture in bars

appropriateness to audience, Do not eat the microphone

bad, What to do if your talk sucks , Obfuscation of fractured bilateral rhetoric , You can’t do worse than this , Why you should not lecture in bars

change in audience’s behavior resulting from, Confessions

four versions of, I can’t see you naked

insights beginning, Start with an insight of interest

interesting, Active and interesting , You make sex boring

pauses in, How to make a point

perfection during, I can’t see you naked

points in, Obfuscation of fractured bilateral rhetoric

clarity of, Obfuscation of fractured bilateral rhetoric

practicing, What to do before you speak

Q&A part of, Confessions

what audience wants from, The sneaky lessons of Dr. Fox

Presley, The attack of the butterflies

problems, I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , One guy won’t stop asking questions , There is a rambling question that makes no sense and takes three minutes to ask , There is a rambling question that makes no sense and takes three minutes to ask , The microphone breaks , Your laptop explodes , You’re late for your own talk , You’re running out of time , Your hosts are control freaks , Does anyone speak Georgian? , Does anyone speak Georgian? , A funny thing happened on my way to the stage , Do not set anything on fire , At worst we will shoot you , You work where? , Why you don’t want to be up against Bono , Watch where you sit , Check your mirror , Waterproofing cannot save you

embarrassing events, I can’t see you naked , I can’t see you naked
hosts are control freaks, Your hosts are control freaks
laptop malfunctioning, Your laptop explodes
late arrival of speaker, You’re late for your own talk
lengthy questions, There is a rambling question that makes no sense and takes three minutes to ask
many questions asked by one person, One guy won’t stop asking questions
microphone malfunctioning, The microphone breaks
question asked that speaker can’t answer, There is a rambling question that makes no sense and takes three minutes to ask
slides left at home, You’re running out of time
with venue, How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room
worst of, Does anyone speak Georgian? , Does anyone speak Georgian? , A funny thing happened on my way to the stage , Do not set anything on fire , At worst we will shoot you , You work where? , Why you don’t want to be up against Bono , Watch where you sit , Check your mirror , Waterproofing cannot save you

Public Speaking for Success (Carnegie), I can’t see you naked

Q&A (Question and Answer) part of presentation, Confessions

questions asked by audience, Confessions , There is a rambling question that makes no sense and takes three minutes to ask , You are asked an impossible question

being prepared for, Confessions
rambling, There is a rambling question that makes no sense and takes three minutes to ask
speaker not being able to answer, You are asked an impossible question

remote control, The countdown timer
repeated phrases, Medium list of little things
research data, Medium list of little things
rhetoric, How to make a point , How to make a point , How to make a point
rhythm, Set the pace
rituals giving a sense of control, What to do before you speak

sex, You make sex boring

Simmons, Direct the attention (“What am I looking at and why?”)

slides, The confidence monitor , The remote control , Obfuscation of fractured bilateral rhetoric , You’re running out of time

checking with confidence monitor, The confidence monitor
effectiveness of, Obfuscation of fractured bilateral rhetoric
forgetting to bring, You’re running out of time
remote control for, The remote control

speaker, Do not eat the microphone , Play the part: you’re the star , Confessions , Confessions , Confessions , We don’t need no stinking badges , You’re late for your own talk

arriving late, You’re late for your own talk
as introvert, Confessions
badge not worn by, We don’t need no stinking badges
focusing on themselves, Do not eat the microphone
likelihood of being successful as, Confessions
not liking to watch other presentations, Confessions
role played by, Play the part: you’re the star

speaker bureaus, $30,000 an hour

strawman (list of points for presentation), Do not eat the microphone

suspension of disbelief, Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame

teaching, The sneaky lessons of Dr. Fox , The clutch is your friend , Why teaching is almost impossible , Why teaching is almost impossible , How to teach anyone anything , How to teach anyone anything , How to teach anyone anything , How to teach anyone anything , Active and interesting , How to teach anyone anything , Active and interesting , Active and interesting , Active and interesting , Active and interesting , Active and interesting , Start with an insight of interest , Start with an insight of interest

active involvement of students in, How to teach anyone anything , Active and interesting , Active and interesting , Active and interesting

adapting to students’ responses, Start with an insight of interest

customizing for each student, How to teach anyone anything

difficulty of, The clutch is your friend , Why teaching is almost impossible

effectiveness of presentation at, The sneaky lessons of Dr. Fox

environment-centric approach for, Active and interesting

examples of, Active and interesting

quote by Confucius regarding, Active and interesting

rewards of, Why teaching is almost impossible , Start with an insight of interest

success of, How to teach anyone anything , How to teach anyone anything , How to teach anyone anything

guidelines for, How to teach anyone anything
number of students affecting, How to teach anyone anything , How to teach anyone anything

TED (Technology, The science of not boring people

teleprompters, Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil

television filming, Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame , Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame , We perform all the time , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil

as form of public speaking, We perform all the time , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , We perform all the time , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil
author’s experience of, Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame , Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame

tension and release in presentation, Tension and release

Thank You for Arguing (Heinrichs), How to make a point

The Book of Lists (Wallechinksy et al.), The attack of the butterflies

The Business of Innovation TV series, Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame , Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame , Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame , Lessons from my 15 minutes of fame , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil , Teleprompters (and memorization) are evil

The Story Factor (Simmons), Direct the attention (“What am I looking at and why?”)

theaters as venues, How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room

tics, Medium list of little things

time spent on a presentation, $30,000 an hour

title of presentation, Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone , Do not eat the microphone

tough room, How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , We perform all the time , You’re being heckled , Your time slot gets cut from 45 minutes to 10

hostile audience causing, How to work a tough room , You’re being heckled , Your time slot gets cut from 45 minutes to 10
small audience causing, How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room , How to work a tough room
television studios as, We perform all the time

transitions between points in presentation, Know what happens next

turtle on crack, You are a turtle on crack

Twain, The attack of the butterflies

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