INQ120D
Living an Examined Life

Activity 10

The Baddest You

  1. Open With Your Introduction and Close With Questions

    • a hook
    • apologizing and cramming
    • send them out singing
  2. You Either Have Confidence or You Don’t

    • you can teach your body confidence
    • intentional body language
  3. What You Say is Most Important

    • how you say it matters
    • articulation, pitch, volume, timbre, speed, breath, and silence
    • professionals warm up
  4. Scan the Back Wall to Simulate Eye Contact, and Stand Behind the Podium

    • scanning is fake
    • podiums are awful
  5. Explain Each Topic

    • tell stories
  6. Have all Your Bullets on PowerPoint Slides

    • PowerPoint numbs the brain, you are the presentation
    • use graphs not numbers
    • 10/24
    • don’t read slides
    • use pictures