00:01
So you've decided you've got to give a
speech.
00:03
Where do you start before you start
practicing out loud or videotaping yourself,
or just writing and writing?
I want you to step back for a minute and
really ask yourself, what is the
desired outcome of your presentation?
You're not just speaking for the fun of it.
00:17
Presumably you're not just speaking to tell
people every single thing you've done
in the last quarter, what you know in a
subject.
00:25
So you've got to really step back.
00:27
This is critical, and ask yourself what is
the desired outcome?
What do I want my audience to do after
listening to
me? Until you've answered that question, you
are frankly wasting your
time on creating bullet points or
brainstorming or doing more research.
00:46
So that's the first step.
00:48
What is the outcome you want from your
audience?