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Speedy Speakers Lose

by Tom j Dolan

Slow Down! and Allow the Audience to Understand You…
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It’s true, Speedy Speakers Lose! Why is that? Well, when You talk too fast, which is a trait of many Speakers, You can have a negative impact on your audience. This is a habit that’s usually the result of Stress. Unfortunately, it can act as a “wedge” between you and your audience which is not your intention. So there you are, up in front of a group of people, prepared to earn their Support, and they’re gathered together to hear your Proposal. They might want to support you and your Proposal…But,


1.  The Audience is having difficulty getting emotionally invested in your Presentation. Your Support is in jeopardy and that’s not your Goal…is it?

2.  When the Audience is Distracted by your Delivery, they become confused, and completely miss the essence of your Speech or Presentation. 

3.  You don’t develop the Personal Connection you want with this Audience. Essentially you’ve just wasted your efforts and their time. This is not How you want this opportunity to end.

Frankly, it’s true, Speedy Speakers Lose because the Audience becomes fatigued. When that occurs you lose them and potentially, their Support. But wait a minute, that’s the reason you came here isn’t it? To earn, to develop Support for something important to you and to them: maybe a Product, Plan, or Solution. You don’t want to defeat yourself….Do you? Of course not, 

So you need to Present your information in the best way possible and let the audience decide. Frankly, these kinds of outcomes can be avoided. Let’s take a look at some Solutions. You can correct this habit by developing good Performance of Speaking skills. And remember, the Confidence to deliver your Message successfully can be Learned. Everybody Wins, and that means your Cause too… and after all, that’s Why you invested the Time & Effort to be here. 

Your Goal is to maximize every speaking opportunity that you’ve earned. You don’t know who’s sitting in that audience that might be motivated to support your efforts. Speaking for Support can be like gambling in Las Vegas, but with much better odds if the Quality of your Delivery matches the Quality of your information. Speedy Speakers Lose, but You Don’t have to be one of them any longer.

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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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