DON’T OVERDO NOTES

They detract. Speakers generally know what they want to say. I recommend small cards that are snug into the palm. List KEYWORDS as prompts for what you want to say.

CONFIDENT SPEAKERS in an informal situation can go to pieces in formal cases. They pull down a blind in their minds which says ‘ uptight time’. Make sure the blind is never pulled down.

Make sure that topics have a beginning, middle and end. PLAN for presentations to establish, build and ebb to a telling and final conclusion. Balance within discourse is an essential need.