How to Be Brilliant at Public Speaking

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Watching a comedian at the Hammersmith Apollo.

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Sitting in a large conference room listening to a speaker who

fascinates you.

Perhaps as a member of a congregation you’d want your faith

or lack of faith to be recognised. Perhaps as an adult in the

classroom, you’d like the teacher to treat you differently to the

6-year-olds. And perhaps whilst watching a comedian you’d des-

perately like to stay anonymous, rather than become the butt of

his jokes. These needs may be shared by other members of the

audience, but not necessarily all of them. Here it is important to

start noticing common threads that run through all or different

parts of your audience.

Get under the skin of your audience. As individuals, do they

secretly