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Note Cards are OK!

by Tom j Dolan

Note Cards are a Professional Reference tool when done well.

Michael Specter is a staff writer for the New Yorker. In this Presentation at TED, he uses Note Cards as his Guide. And like Michael, You too can learn to use Notecards as your guide. He effectively demonstrates a Performance of Speaking technique that I strongly suggest you consider. Instead of Reading a Speech from…

pages of notes sitting on a lectern, he refers to typical 3×5 Note Cards. See how he shuffles through them. His hand movements are small, never interfering with his Presentation which is smooth and natural. And, one of the biggest benefits: He’s Free to move about the stage.bullet point list

Stage movement is a technique that I highly recommend. An important skill which you should learn to use comfortably and confidently in your Presentations. Movement is a technique that improves your Presentation impact and like most Speaking Skills it’s learnable. All of these skills are learnable, but remember you do learn by doing.

Notecards can improve your Performance of Presenting.

Notecards add a smoothness to your delivery. They reduce unnecessary paper noise which only distracts the audience from you and your message. Your Message, after all, that is why you came here to begin with. Performance skills are learnable skills and I advise you to check your skills from time-to-time. Bad habits have a way of creeping into a Performance. If you video-check yourself periodically, you can catch a “bad habit” in its early stage. Watch, Catch, Correct! Watch again.

Performance of Speaking© develops Confidence through Skills.

 

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Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: embarrassment, Fear of Speaking, Lectern, Make-up for Video, Notes, PoS, PresentationTips, TED, Tips

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~~~ If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. ~~ Lewis Carroll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Today is only one day in all the days that exist, But all future days could depend on what You do Today." ~~Hemingway" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Your Presentation is always about Solving a Problem for your Audience." ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Walking in the footsteps of another is easy, but you may soon discover you’re walking in a Rut.” ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ~~Samuel Beckett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Always finish Speaking before your Audience has finished Listening.” ~~Dorothy Sarnoff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If you're not prepared to be wrong, You'll never come up with anything original." ~~Sir Ken Robinson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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