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• Get 'em On Stage
• Male / Female Audience Differences
• Learn to Pick the Right Audience for You

• Fill Up the Screen
• Using Props
• Improvise Your Flipchart
• Pay Attention to Color
• Dueling Flip Charts
• Screen Size Approximation Chart 
• Frequency Check 

• Speaking at Banquets
• The Centerpiece Area

• Attention Gaining Devices
• Transitions 

• How to Close a Speech

• Columbo Technique
• Use Flowers
• Now I Lay Me Down . . . To Talk

• How to Make Your Handout Last Longer

• Why Use Humor?

• Get Them In Fun

• How to Make a Point with Humor

• How to Deliver a Punch Line 

• Humor Delivery Tips 

• Rule of Three 

• Humor Placement 

• To Laugh or Not to Laugh . . .  That is the Question

• Finding Humor for Specific Industries

• How to Write a Top 10 List

• Old Humor is Good Humor

• Odd Body Angles

• Deadpan Expression

• Mock Ups

• Acronyms and Abbreviations

• Ads

• Alliteration

• Anachronism

• Laws of Humor

• Audience Gags

• Bloopers

• Callbacks 

• Caricature, Cartoons and Comic Strips

• Comic Verse

• Definitions

• Exaggeration 

• Fake Facts and Statistics 

• Foods 

• Juxtaposition / Oxymoron 

• Malaprops 

• Numbers 

• One-Liners 

• Parody 

• Places 

• Proverbs & Fortune Cookies 

• Q & A Sessions - Funny 

• Quotations - Funny 

• Roast Humor and Insults 

• Self Effacing Humor 

• Signs 

• Simile 

• Toasts 

• Word Choice 

• International Perspective on Humor
• Bilingual Help
• Show 'em When You Cross Cultures
• Equipment Photos
• The Front Row

• Lay Down the Law
• Wake 'em Up! 

• Vulnerability
• Make 'em Wonder
• Bounce Around

• Start Low
• Stand Still
• Timing
• Vary Your Intensity
• On Stage Tips
• Stage Movement: Gimme Three Steps
• Be Careful
• Add Magic to Your Presentations
• Ten "You's" for Every "I"
• Dynamic Range
• The WOW! Factor
• Put On the Brakes and Slow Down
• Time of Day Matters
• Give 'em What They Want
• They Don't Know Where You're Going
• Public Speaking Energy
• Q & A Sessions - Serious 
• Pauses 
• Genius Technique -- Photographic Memory 

• Ladies on TV
• Tie One On 
• On TV, Video and Videoconferencing 

• Learn Public Speaking Material Easily Using Bits
• Look at Your Results to Improve

• Deep Penetration
• Rapport 
• Listen to Everyone 
• Bribes 

• Room Setup Makes a Big Difference
• You Must Have a Good Sound System
• Line of Sight 
• Room Setup Checklist 
• Room Setup Trick 

• How to Relax for Your Talk
• Stage Fright Strategies

• Asides
• Genius Technique -- Split Stories 
• Storytelling DO's
• Storytelling DON'TS 
• 4 Storytelling Tricks 

• Talk About Your Family
• Specific Objectives
• Have Passion for Your Topic 

• No Brainstoppers!
• Evoking Emotions
• Use Less Words
• Words that Sell 
• (also see Humorous Word choice above)
• Public Speaking Glossary A - E 
• Public Speaking Glossary F - J 
• Public Speaking Glossary K - O 
• Public Speaking Glossary P - T 
• Public Speaking Glossary U - Z 

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