263 Quotes About Public-speaking

In presentations or speeches less really is more

The audience are likely to remember only three things from your presentation or speech

I don't speak very well, I work very well.

It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the heart.

Blacksmiths sometimes twist a rope tight around the nose of a horse, and by thus inflicting a little pain they distract his attention from the shoeing process. One way to get air out of aglass is to pour in water. Be Absorbed by Your Subject

The customer is always right' may have become a standard motto in the world of business, but the idea that 'the audience is always right,' has yet to make much of an impression on the world of presentation, even though for the duration of the presentation at least, the audience is the speaker's only customer.

The crowd shouldn't dictate your performance

It's much easier to pull in an audience by framing the talk as an attempt to solve an intriguing riddle rather than as a plea for them to care. The first feels like a gift being offered. The second feels like an ask.

Silence means the audience is listening to you.