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Brown Bag Speech

Brown Bag Speech. Belittle only yourself (a little) :. your project is to please. It should be illegal to give a presentation without a few jokes. And the butt of all those jokes should be you. . Be spontaneous :.

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Brown Bag Speech

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  1. Brown Bag Speech

  2. Belittle only yourself (a little): • your project is to please. It should be illegal to give a presentation without a few jokes. And the butt of all those jokes should be you.

  3. Be spontaneous: • Martin Luther King was about to flounder in his most-famous 1963 speech for the Civil Rights March on Washington when Mahalia Jackson called out “Tell ‘em about the dream Martin.” Listened to in its entirety, what’s remarkable about King’s speech is how unremarkably it starts.

  4. Move as fast as possible, but not fast: If you ever ask yourself, “is it time to move on?” move on.

  5. Hold the basketball: • if you hold your hands in front of you as if you’re gripping a basketball, it will encourage you to gesture properly.

  6. Use simple words: Imagine if, instead of saying “tear down this wall,” Ronald Reagan said “eradicate this fortification”? Simple words are more powerful; Martin Luther started a revolution with eight simple words: “Here I stand. I can do no other.”

  7. Show some passion: • Aformer 60 Minutes producer was once trying to pump someone up for a “Today” show interview. He said many people would be drifting by the TV without even listening, and their first cue that someone was saying something interesting would be whether the person saying it looked interested in it himself.

  8. Overdress, then roll up your sleeves: • Dress for the event. It makes one think you look important and therefore have something important to say! • But, roll up your sleeves halfway through the speech in order to make people feel comfortable.

  9. Establish eye contact • with anyone who will give you the time of day.

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