如何搞定一次公开演讲?
众所周知,公开演讲(Public Speaking)是商务人士、尤其是企业高管的一门必修课,会演讲的人成功机会多两倍。以下3种强有力的方法,将帮助你吸引观众的注意力,并使他们参与到你的话题当中:听你所讲、反馈其所思,进而提升你对这个问题的见解。
1) Ensure that people are listening to you before you begin to speak. A piece of news, a good story, a famous sentence or your own experience will gather your audience attention.
确保你在开始演讲之前就得到了听众的注意力。最近发生的新闻,一个故事,一句名言,或是你的亲身经历,都可以很好地激发听众的好奇心,让他们有兴趣集中精神去倾听你的演讲内容。
“Truth be told, I never graduated from college and this is the closest I've ever gotten to college graduation. I know, all of you may curious about why I am standing here to give you this speech? Today I want to tell you my three stories to see how I became the better me today.”
“说实话,我从来没有参加过大学毕业典礼,而现在是我人生中最接近毕业典礼的时候。你们是否很好奇为什么一个大学没有毕业的人可以站在这里给大家演讲?今天,我将跟大家分享一下我三段不同的人生经历,看看究竟是什么让我成为今天的我?”
苹果创始人乔布斯曾作为成功企业家代表,参加某所大学的毕业典礼。他的演讲之所以能赢得学生们的阵阵掌声,原因之一就是没有距离感。
2) Logical and be clear and straight. People don't have time to listen to anything which is not to the point. Make sure your speech is logical to understand and get straight to what you want to express.
富有逻辑且言简意赅。人们不会花费太多时间去听不着边际的话语,要确保自己所讲的内容逻辑清晰、简单明了并且直奔主题。
“In today’s news conference, we will first review the predecessor. Then we will introduce you to this new product’s core value and highlight key points. In the last section, you will have 10 minutes to ask questions about this new product. ”
“在今天的新闻发布会上,我们首先回顾上一代产品,然后详细介绍本次新产品的价值与亮点,最后预留10分钟时间给各位媒体朋友提问。”
如果你能在新产品发布会上如此干净利落的开场,我相信,你一定会赢得大家的赞赏。
3) You have no need to exaggerate or overstate anything. Make sure that you use visual aids to help audience have better understanding.
没有必要通过夸大其词去吸引观众注意,你可以利用一些辅助道具来展示给观众使其有更好的理解以及视觉上的清晰认识。
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当然,关于演讲还有很多很多的技巧,最重要的是要不断地大胆练习,是自己的展示变得更加自信,赢得观众的心。(财富中文网)
Annie是英孚教育资深职业发展导师。