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When You Speak People Listen
  • Edited by Gregory B. Smith, Sr.
  • PDDGM of the 24th Masonic District
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What you will learn in this session
  • Communication is More than Words
  • How to Present your Message
  • How to Develop your Message
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The Importance of  Good Presentation Skills
  • Your Time and Their Time
  • Your Reputation
  • Making an Impact
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Top Executive Top  Four Fears
  • #4 = Dying
  • #3 = Making a Mistake or a Bad Decision
  • #2 = Loosing a Position from a Bad Decision
  • #1 = Public Speaking
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Presentation Barriers
  • Failure to Connect with Audience
  • Failure to Prepare
  • Ineffective Messages
  • Performance Anxiety
    • Don’t Know What You are Doing
    • Don’t Respect Audience
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Why People Listen
  • Status, Title, or Position
  • The Message Itself
  • How You Deliver the Message
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Presentation Successes
  • Interactive
  • How it is Presented
  • Relationship


  • I.D.E.A. = Instruction, Demonstration, Experience, and Assessment
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Communication Elements
  • Words or Content
  • Voice Qualities
  • Non-Verbal or Body Language
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What Percentage Would You Give Each One These Elements?
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Real Time Examples
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Did the Previous Example Change Your Answer?
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U.C.L.A. Certified Findings
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Communication Elements
  • Words or Content = 7%
  • Voice Qualities = 38%
  • Non-Verbal or Body Language = 55%
  • Total = 100%
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Elements of Delivery
  • Eye Contact
  • Posture
  • Voice
  • Use of Hands
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Questions Listeners Always Ask
  • So What?
  • Who Cares?
  • What’s it have to do with me?
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Message Development:
The Banner Statement
  • Informative and Fact Oriented
  • Short and Concise
  • Impacting (Relevant and Beneficial)
  • Memorable
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Impact and Retention of Message
  • Visualizations
  • Analogy
  • Signal Words/Phrases
  • Personalizing
  • Colorful or Emotionally Charged Words
  • Absolute Statements
  • Numbers and Statistics
  • Anecdotes
  • Cliché’s and One Liners
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Questions and Answers
  • Never Promise to Answer all Questions
  • Say: “I have time to answer a few questions”
  • If no questions are asked, ask yourself a question.
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What We Learned
  • Communication is More than Words
  • How to Present your Message
  • How to Develop your Message
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Information Sources
  • Bro. Thomas Zahler – from 2000 DDGM Training
  • John C. Maxwell
    • www.injoy.com
  • Anthony Robbins
    • www.dreamlife.com