Public Speaking & Elements of Excellent Ritual

1. Public Speaking&Elements of Excellent Ritual Or how I learned to relax, and get the Ritual Advisor off of my back…

5. Public Speaking&Elements of Excellent Ritual Or how I learned to relax, got the Ritual Advisor off of my back, and ended up with his job…

6. Part 1: Public Speaking Credit where credit is due: From an article by Morton C. Orman M.D.

7. Public Speaking does NOT have to be stressful!

8. Where we are going… • 10 Principles for conquering anxieties • 11 “Hidden” causes of stress

9. Principle #1 • Public Speaking is not “inherently” stressful

11. Principle #2 • You don’t have to be brilliant or perfect to excel

12. Principle #3 • All you need is two or three key points

13. Too much is too much! Today’s topic: • Semiotic Modeling of Dialectic Modalities in Low-Density Modern Sino-Asiatic Tongues…

14. The Golden Rule K.I.S.S. • Keep • It • Simple • Son* * The word that normally appears here is “Stupid”, but this is DeMolay after all…

15. Principle #4 • Remember your Purpose

16. GIVE!

17. Principle #5 • The best way to excel in front of an audience is NOT to consider yourself to be very good at it…

18. Know thyself

19. Be yourself

20. Principle #6 • Humility and Humor can go a long way

21. Be real

22. Principle #7 • Nothing “Bad” can happen

23. What if….? SO WHAT!!!

24. Principle #8 • You don’t have to control your Audience

25. Principle #9 • Don’t Overprepare!

26. Principle #10 • Your Audience sincerely wants you to do well

27. Thinking that Public Speaking is “inherently" stressful (it’s not!) Thinking you need to be Brilliant or Perfect Trying to put out too much information Having the wrong goal in mind Trying to please everyone (unrealistic) Trying to be someone you’re not rather than just being yourself Failing to be humble Being fearful of “bad” things happening Trying to control the wrong things (audience) Over-preparing Thinking the Audience will be too critical 11 “Hidden” causes for stress in public speaking situations

28. Public Speaking is not stressful You don’t have to be brilliant or perfect All you need is two or three key points Remember your purpose Don’t believe you are what you aren’t Humility and Humor can go a long way Nothing “Bad” can happen Control the things you can Don’t Over-prepare Your Audience sincerely wants you to do well The 10 Principles

29. Breathe

30. Now that you are relatively comfortable and confident… Let’s put it into a DeMolay context

31. Part 2: Four elements of excellent ritual This section is all original material and concepts…

32. Element #1: The Meaning • Know the meaning of ALL the words • Know what message is being conveyed • In the DeMolay Degree, know the motivations of the characters

33. Element #2: The Words • Learn the words EXACTLY • Pronounce the words precisely • Practice, and practice again

34. Hand in Hand • Those first two elements need to be 100% before you should attempt to forge ahead with the last two elements

35. Element #3: Interpretation • Work the emphasis • Work the intonation • Work the pacing

36. Element #4: Confidence of Delivery • Run it again and again, with all the other elements in place, until you are dreaming it every night, and it becomes absolutely automatic • PLAN FOR CONTINGENCIES!

37. Remember! • Remember your purpose, as we discussed in Part 1. GIVE not get. Even if you are in competition.

38. The four elements are: • Know the Meaning • Know the Words • Perfect your Interpretation • Gain Confidence of Delivery

39. Final Summary • Public Speaking can be fun and easy

40. Questions?