Paddy Spruce | Award winning Speaker, Training Facilitator, MC and Coach

Confident Public Speaking

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Let me repeat myself… again

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The first time you hear something it has novelty value. You may reject it if it is not favourable to you or you may put it aside.

Exercise is good for you.

The more you hear the same message, the more likely you are to remember it. The better you remember it , the more likely you are to act on it.

If the message is just repeated in the same way it becomes boring.

So, devise ways of repeating your main point when presenting or speaking without becoming boring. A simply way is to offer examples and follow up with the main point again.

Here’s an example of an example.

We know we should call 000 if we suspect that someone in our presence is having a stroke. Call 000 if you think someone is having a stroke. Pretty obvious.

Let’s revisit this same message in four different ways.

Call 000 Fast.

If the person’s Face is lopsided. If one side is paralysed. Call 000 fast

If the person can’t hold both Arms out straight in front of them. If one arm won’t behave. Call 000 fast

If the person’s Speech is garbled. Call 000 fast

If the person can’t poke their Tongue straight out. If it pulls to one side. Call 000 fast

FAST is Face, Arm, Speech & Tongue.

The message is to call 000 fast before more damage is done.

The four examples repeat the same message but add variety and make the message familiar.

So repeat your message if you want people to remember it. Say it once and they will deny hearing it. Say it with interesting examples and they will remember and more likely take action.

Contact me if you want help with Public Speaking Training or Influencing Skills Training.

Paddy Spruce 03 9808 8990

Let me give you an example

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Memory is unreliable. Short term memory is… short term.

If you want people to remember what you say, it must move to longer term storage. It needs to be packaged properly to make this transition. It needs to be tagged ( Send to long term storage !)

Number and dates without meaning are very difficult to recall. Try remembering more than seven random numbers.On the other hand you will never forget  9/11 or 911 if you like cars.

If you present information especially facts, you must reinforce this with an example or story to make it stick. Get into the habit of saying….Let me give you an example. Make the example interesting or impactful.

Here is an example of an example.

It is important to make sure that you don’t put your laptop near a water container. Obvious eh?

Last week I was presenting and put my laptop down next to a water jug. A tall, slim one. I moved towards the jug to move it and was asked a question by someone in the room as I reached toward the jug, taking my eye off the jug. You guessed it. I bumped the jug which toppled over onto my laptop. End of story. End of laptop.

Remember. When presenting information, support your information with examples and stories if you want people to remember beyond a few moments.

Contact me if you want help with public speaking training.

Paddy Spruce