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Chapter 1

Introducing Public Speaking

Communication is a vital key in this new century. It gives an edge to keep abreast with the fast pace of the times. Public speaking definitely works towards this goal.

The diversity of opinions today, which are often controversial, has increased the need for public speaking. People need to voice out their views to function well in society. For some four thousand years, public speaking has been the key in building and keeping a democratic society and way of life. Its influences are vast and affect almost all aspects of life, such as the way we think or act. It is also used in court proceedings, in congress, and even in the plain setting of a classroom.

Speaking in public can sometimes be a real challenge, if not a source of embarrassment; not only to normal people, but even to persons of high rank such as scholars, doctors, artists and entrepreneurs. They may have hesitations in facing an audience, often accompanied by sweaty palms, stuttering, and the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. These dilemmas often cause untold problems to the speaker (especially in self-expression) and unpleasant effects to the audience.

You probably got this book because you are up for a speech delivery soon and you need valuable tips. Or perhaps, you saw the link between success and effective speaking, and have realized this can help you. Hopefully this book would do just that.

Technical terms or jargons in public speaking are explained here, and in a humane way, to help you grow as a good public speaker.

There are scores of books on public speaking. But few really give practical help. This book aims to do what other books have not in terms of giving direct beneficial information.

Careful thought has been given to people who really love to speak publicly but do not have the luxury of time to prepare for such. This will help you make your next speech a great one, and become better with each succeeding speech. It aims to help people write and deliver an interesting, clear, and cogent speech quality. This book also tries to answer the questions and fears of the occasional speaker.

Included also in this book is a summary of experiences in public speaking, and how they have led to success.

Aristotle said “a speaker needs three qualities – good sense, good character, and goodwill toward his hearers.” Thus, public speaking is also about developing speakers, and ultimately, decent human beings. Whether the speech is short or long, the same rules apply, like the rule of preparation. The habit of preparing makes good speakers. Some would say that they speak from “inspiration,” when in fact they have been preparing their speeches all their lives.

Chapter 2

Public Speaking and You

Some people are born speakers. Most are not. Hence, you are not alone when you say that you do not enjoy making speeches and speaking in front of a large audience. Stage fright is inevitable. Actors are always nervous to a certain degree before every play.

Perhaps you think your career does not entail public speaking. Well, this is where you’re wrong because no matter what your job is, public speaking ultimately will come into the picture in some ways. This chapter, therefore, focuses on the significance of public speaking in our daily lives and on some specifics of the communication process.

CATEGORY CHARACTERISTICS

The Avoider

Does everything possible to avoid facing an audience. In some cases, avoiders seek careers that do not involve making presentations.

The Resister

Becomes fearful when asked to speak. This fear may be strong. Resisters may not love to speak in public, but they have no choice. When they speak, they do so with great reluctance.

The Accepter

Can do presentations but is not that enthusiastic to do them. Accepters occasionally give presentations and feel good about them. Occasionally the presentations can be quite persuasive, and satisfying.

The Seeker

Always looks for opportunities to speak. Seekers understand that anxiety can be a stimulant that fuels enthusiasm during presentation. Seekers work hard at building their professional communication skills and self-confidence by speaking often.

What Roles Can Public Speaking Play in Your Life?

Success in public speaking can open a whole world of opportunities for you. It can help you conquer new frontiers. It can broaden your horizons through personal development, influence, and advances in your profession.

1. Public Speaking Improves Your Personal Development

In Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, realizing man’s self-worth ranks the highest. Giving speeches helps the speaker realize self-worth through the personal satisfaction he experiences whenever a good speech is given. The speaker becomes more confident especially when the audience responds positively. It also reduces anxiety when asked by an authority to speak in front of some people.

There was once a student who dropped a course five times because he hated speaking in front of the class. But after a self-study on building up confidence, he decided to give public speaking a try and was successful. In fact, he came to enjoy the experience and even volunteered to give more speeches.

Through public speaking tools like research, conceptualization, and organization, you have a systematic and effective way of presenting your ideas; and thus, you will be able to express yourself better. You will also become more open to other people. Furthermore, speaking skills put you in a more significant role as you talk with people of high standing. Lastly, public speaking satisfies your sense of achievement when the audience accepts you warmly. This reflects your level of communication skills and acumen. All these contribute to your self-esteem.

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DOWN the road, kicking up the dust until he marched, soldier-wise, in a cloud of it, that rose and grimed his moist face and added to the heavy, brown powder upon the wayside weeds and flowers, whistling a queer, tuneless thing, which yet contained definite sequences—the whistle of a bird rather than a boy—approached Johnny Trumbull, aged ten, small of his age, but accounted by his mates mighty.

Johnny came of the best and oldest family in the village, but it was in some respects an undesirable family for a boy. In it survived, as fossils survive in ancient nooks and crannies of the earth, old traits of race, unchanged by time and environment. Liv-ing in a house lighted by electricity, the mental con-ception of it was to the Trumbulls as the conception of candles; with telephones at hand, they uncon-sciously still conceived of messages delivered with the old saying, “Ride, ride,” etc., and relays of post-horses. They locked their doors, but still had latch-strings in mind. Johnny’s father was a phy-sician, adopting modern methods of surgery and pre-scription, yet his mind harked back to cupping and calomel, and now and then he swerved aside from his path across the field of the present into the future and plunged headlong, as if for fresh air, into the traditional past, and often with brilliant results.

Johnny’s mother was a college graduate. She was the president of the woman’s club. She read papers savoring of such feminine leaps ahead that they were like gymnastics, but she walked homeward with the gait of her great-grandmother, and inwardly regarded her husband as her lord and master. She minced genteelly, lifting her quite fashionable skirts high above very slender ankles, which were heredi-tary. Not a woman of her race had ever gone home on thick ankles, and they had all gone home. They had all been at home, even if abroad—at home in the truest sense. At the club, reading her inflam-matory paper, Cora Trumbull’s real self remained at home intent upon her mending, her dusting, her house economics. It was something remarkably like her astral body which presided at the club.

As for her unmarried sister Janet, who was older and had graduated from a young ladies’ seminary instead of a college, whose early fancy had been guided into the lady-like ways of antimacassars and pincushions and wax flowers under glass shades, she was a straighter proposition. No astral pre-tensions had Janet. She stayed, body and soul to-gether, in the old ways, and did not even project her shadow out of them. There is seldom room enough for one’s shadow in one’s earliest way of life, but there was plenty for Janet’s. There had been a Janet unmarried in every Trumbull family for generations. That in some subtle fashion ac-counted for her remaining single. There had also been an unmarried Jonathan Trumbull, and that accounted for Johnny’s old bachelor uncle Jonathan. Jonathan was a retired clergyman. He had retired before he had preached long, because of doctrinal doubts, which were hereditary. He had a little, dark study in Johnny’s father’s house, which was the old Trumbull homestead, and he passed much of his time there, debating within himself that mat-ter of doctrines.

Presently Johnny, assiduously kicking up dust, met his uncle Jonathan, who passed without the slightest notice. Johnny did not mind at all. He was used to it. Presently his own father appeared, driving along in his buggy the bay mare at a steady jog, with the next professional call quite clearly upon her equine mind. And Johnny’s father did not see him. Johnny did not mind that, either. He expected nothing different.

Then Johnny saw his mother approaching. She was coming from the club meeting. She held up her silk skirts high, as usual, and carried a nice little parcel of papers tied with ribbon. She also did not notice Johnny, who, however, out of sweet respect for his mother’s nice silk dress, stopped kicking up dust. Mrs. Trumbull on the village street was really at home preparing a shortcake for supper.

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Introduction

It’s no secret that ‘social media’ is a force to reckon with!

WHY?

Because it’s powerful if you know what to do with it, millions have been made with free social media platforms.

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn are constantly in the media and getting massive exposure.

But what does this have to do with making money?

The best way to boost your social status or even your career is to be the person who’s on the minds of everyone – and that means you need to be ‘seen’ as often as possible.

In this course, we’re going to talk about the basics of social media management for high profile clients such as actors, actresses, indie artist and even politicians.

These are clients who NEED to be seen in order to stay on the cutting edge in their business.

Here is a course outline…

How to Market Yourself for a Bunch of New Clients

You can’t make a lot of money until you find the clients with whom you will work.

We’ll talk about how you will attract the sort of attention to yourself which will allow you to have celebrities come to YOU for help, not the other way around.

Celebrities need to have social media managers, but they might not realize it.

They may not know how to use the social media tools they have available in the most productive way. And while this might not be a big issue at first, as celebrities continue to market themselves, they need to continue to be on the minds of the public – and the casting agents.

And why work with celebrities?

First of all, they have money to spend. They realize that there is a large ROI (return on investment) when they work with a social media manager.

They might secure a million dollar movie, even though they’re only paying this social media manager a few thousand dollars a month. Needless to say, the social media campaign can pay for itself, a few times over.

They Don’t Have the Time

Celebrities also need to outsource the work they have, so they’re looking for someone to handle their social media. There are some estimates which say that there are 10,000 people who need social media help for every ONE person who provides social media support.

Many celebrities don’t have the time to learn how to use the social media marketing tools effectively. They might be able to use Twitter and Facebook, but in order to get their name in as many places on the internet as possible, they need to have help.

Social media managers are in high demand, especially in the busy lives of celebrities.

Long Term Business

Celebrities also need to have long term social media management, which makes them ideal clients for someone who wants to be a social media manager.

To have a long and successful career, they need to have the buzz around them last for years, not just in the short term.

Starting You’re Consulting Service

Getting setup in the social media management world isn’t as difficult as it might sound to some.

Though there does need to be a bit of learning at first for those who aren’t already familiar with Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms, the learning curve isn’t as large as you might think.

Quick Setup Process

Most people can setup their social media marketing business in a day or so, without spending money or having to spend hours of their day sitting at a computer.

Because tools for social media management are available online from the internet, there is no need to head out to stores to find what you need and you won’t have to spend a lot of time downloading tools or learning how to use them.

The internet social media platforms are designed for all levels of computer user, so even the person with the least amount of online experience can reap the most benefits.

Just one weekend is enough to get you ready to market to and to manage the most important clients.

Running A Social Media Business On The Go

There are some who are able to run their entire celebrity social media management business right from a cell phone – and you can too. All you need are a few guidelines to help you get started on this setup process. We will bring you through the process step by step so you don’t make any mistakes at the start which could slow you down in the process of building your business.

Many smartphones already have the tools you will need to enhance your social medial management business while also allowing you to live your life the way you want to live your life.

Set Up Yourself As Well As Clients

Setup steps will include the setup of not only the accounts for a celebrity, but also accounts for yourself.

You need to brand yourself in order to ensure that others know you are someone who can help them – and you’ll learn how to do this well.

Managing Your Clients with Ease

Once you have the celebrity accounts setup, you then need to manage them in order to continue to draw interest.

This process is not difficult when you know what you need to do, when you need to do it, and what techniques are the most effective overall.

Using Technology to Create a System

Managing the campaigns can also be made simpler with social media tools which can do the work for you, even when you’re sleeping.

By using Twitter services, for example, which will tweet throughout the day, you can sit back and watch the buzz around a celebrity increase even as you’re not typing at your keyboard.

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It’s difficult for some newbie to start make their own products until finish – because of many reasons, either their inner issues or external problems. That’s common. But I have some simple techniques that can push your determination of willing to be big and outstanding – you are going to be eager to finish your product whatever it takes!

Create your salesletter first. Sounds a little crazy, but that would give you ideas what kind of information you need to put, give you ideas how to create products that would make people to buy and most importantly – would increase your spirit and eagerness to create the best product ever.

Please set your mind that – the best product is not the longest product ever, BUT the best product is the product that can give the best help for customers to help solve their problems or give them added values they want. If you set this, then you would not be afraid to sell your own stuff.

It is lucky to know that if you follow my simple steps to write fast as I mentioned previously, you are really going to finish it fast. If you think the tips I provided are useless, you are going to be trapped in your own cage forever!

If you are under pressure because of lots of information inside your mind and have so many ideas of products to create – please write all of them into your notes. It’s better if you do it by hand, not by computer. By doing this, you are enlisting all your ideas into a better format – then would release yourself from pressure – you would know how many ideas you have and you can see how many options you really think of. This is a good treatment for those who face overloaded information and clueless what kind of product going to be created.

People always do whatever it takes when they are desperately cornered to a bad situation – having no much options make them do anything to save their interest or their money or even their lives - such as have many debts, have no money at all, going to be brought to a situation he/she don’t like. BUT it’s hard to plan bad things happen to us – even we want to avoid it, rights? Here’s how to be ‘desperate’ – imagine you are really desperate to buy a big house you dream of for your lifetime or a brand new car you really want to have one so that you can attract your girlfriend or your wife or at least being proud of yourself. Imagination + desperation = huge determination.

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So we’ve got the people around us feeling a little happier and our minds getting the happy message abut what about our bodies? What does being grateful do to our body?

Our cells are constantly changing, renewing and mending themselves. Many doctors recognize the worth in a positive attitude towards health.

In fact, if we feel good about ourselves we tend to look after our physical selves better. We make better food choices, eat for hunger and not to stave off sad or complicated emotions and we enjoy making our bodies move. A happy body is a healthy body.

Many obesity theorists think that one of the reasons that people in poorer areas are more likely to be obese isn’t because they can’t afford the right food, but that their misery at having no money, and limited resources impacts their emotions and drives their body to satisfy that need with food. And it’s often over processed, sugary, body hating food they crave.

If your body isn’t what it “should” be right now, or rather, if your body isn’t want you want it to be right now, instead of focusing on the flabby bits, the sore bits, the needing to be operated bits, focus on the parts that do work well.

One of the fascinating think about people who suffer from some sort of impairment is their body makes up for it in some other way. For example a blind person often has a highly developed sense of smell or incredible hearing. That is our body’s way of being thankful for what does work. It compensates and provides an enhanced talent at the cost of the one the person doesn’t have.

We all have that ability. While most of us can probably mention many things we DON’T like about our bodies, what can you mention that you do like. Some of the time, we carry on shadows form our families’ comments that impact us. They don’t need to.

If you have a chronic illness, focus on the healthy parts of your body. Many studies have been done on the power of imagery that involves your healthy body fighting the ill health intruder. Spend time enjoying the healthy parts of your body.

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The general rule of thumb for guys is that they will mimic what the groom is wearing. If the groom wears a tuxedo, they will wear similar tuxedos as well. If the groom is outfitted in a suit, they will wear similar suits. Remember our previous tip about renting tuxedos. Usually a rental shop will give the groom his tux rental for free if the groomsmen rent their tuxedos at the same shop. This can result in huge savings for everyone concerned!

As far as the bridesmaids are concerned, there are several more options to consider. First and foremost, the style of dress you want them to wear. Traditionally, bridesmaids are expected to pay for their own wedding attire. Because of this, you, as the bride, should use good manners when deciding on what your attendants will wear. Please remember that not all bodies are built alike and not all dress styles look good on all types of people.

In my second wedding, my attendants included my 14 year old daughter (size 0), my baby sister (size 4), and my best friend who would be 8 months pregnant on wedding day (normally size 7, but at the time of the wedding, size who knows!) My sister found 3 dresses exactly the same on clearance at a department store in the exact sizes we needed. Two of them were little bitty for her and my daughter, the third one was bigger for my friend but which we altered to fit her “condition”. Total cost for all 3 dresses --- $50!

Shop around are the key words here! See what you can find with the parameters you have in mind! And please remember that pink chiffon rarely works well at other places besides a wedding reception! If at all possible, pick a style that will enable the bridesmaid to wear the dress at other places and other times. This will make them less reluctant to plunk down big bucks for a dress they’ll wear once and have it hang in their closet until their next rummage sale!

If you know someone who sews, pick out a pattern and fabric at your local discount store and stitch up a masterpiece.

Just as our tips for finding a wedding gown, check out the bridal shops and see what you can find off their racks. Don’t be afraid to ask for a discounted price. Many times, they will grant your request just to clear their inventory!

Now that we’re outfitted, what comes next? Let’s look at the wedding flowers!