Learn From The Best Speakers
When you are a first time speaker or someone who is looking to get into it full time (or part time for that matter) there is so much you can learn from the greatest speakers of our time and of the past.
Great speakers have a certain poise and potentially arrogance about them, depending on the subject they are talking about. The poise comes from knowledge, they are passionate and knowledgable about their topic. Steve Jobs wouldn’t do as well presenting a chemistry find, I don’t think, as he does presenting new computer products. Maybe though, he’s one of the best.
In this article I am going to outline two people you should learn from and try to mimic in some way by taking the best things they do and incorporating them into your next speech.
Steve Jobs
It is hard to deny the Apple Inc. chief that he is the best speaker of our time when it comes to the public (non government) sector. His presentations on Apple’s newest gadgets are bar-none the best keynote speeches of our time. He consistently gets people excited about his products and is a master communicator. His ability to manipulate your thoughts and attitude with words are amazing. He can demonstrate a product in such a way that you feel like you need to own it just to exist. Steve Jobs’ words carry a meaning like no other CEO in the technology industry.
Recently, Steve Jobs has been replying more and more to email, but his communication style stays the same. He is short and to the point in almost all emails, except one communication with a Gizmodo writer late at night — but he dealt with that one with pose and stuck to his guns.
Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University until his passing in 2008 from pancreatic cancer.
Pausch had a way with words — the way he told his story was so passionate and full of life. It was his story and you could tell and he completely rocked it the entire time. Learning to do that on any subject is a great lesson to learn, but the topic you will always be able to talk about best is your life, and Randy exemplifies that in his “Last Lecture” before his passing.
Both of these men display one very strong characteristic in common, they both are extremely passionate about what they spoke about.
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