Back on January 22, 2014 I blogged about Don’t just get on the bandwagon! Find your own speech topic and approach. In that post I mentioned the huge free PMC full-text magazine article database. Recently I looked there and found a good article by Patrick C. Friman titled Behavior Analysts to the Front! A 15-Step Tutorial on Public Speaking which appeared in the October 2014 issue of Behavior Analysis magazine on pages 109 to 118.
What is that blind spot? A lack of proofreading. Both the author and editor missed that the article really lists 16 steps, two under the number 4. Those steps are:
1] Prepare, Prepare, Prepare
2] Study People Who Are Good In Front of the Room
3] Prepare the Room (and Yourself in the Process)
4] Capture Their Attention
4] Make the Journey to the Front of the Room Count
5] Take Control of the Introduction
6] Dress for the Occasion
7] Stand Up Straight and Smile
8] Your Voice is a Sophisticated Instrument. Play It Well
9] Show Up
10] Have a Backup Plan
11] Use Slides - Do Not Let Them Use You
12] Tell Stories
13] Say Something Important
14] Do Not Go Over Your Time Limit
15] Concluding Remarks
An image of two blindfolded food aroma testers came from the Library of Congress.
Great catch Richard. Thank you for sharing this valuable resource.
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