Ironing Out the Kinks in Your Persuasion Presentation

OK I’ve been very light on the homework now.

You can’t say well he’s given us too many stuff and too many quizzes and all that I’ve been very light on you.

Now I want you to do something.

This next assignment we’ve already got your main objective of what you’re trying to persuade people to do.

You’ve narrowed it down to your five main messages.

I hope after the last lecture you’ve been able to think of interesting stories examples case studies for each message point.

But now I want you to practice.

You don’t have to show anyone just practice in the privacy of your own home your own cubicle.

Go to an empty conference room at lunchtime and just pull out your cell phone.

Say your pitch presentation and then look at it.

Figure out what you like figure out what you don’t like.

Keep doing it again and again until you like what you see.

You don’t have to show anyone I know you don’t want to do this.

Most of us don’t like looking at ourselves we don’t like the sound of our own voice.

We don’t like the way we look because most of us so I looked better when I was 20 years old.

It’s not about being perfect.

I’m very comfortable on camera but it’s not because I think I’m perfect.

I can look at a video of myself and say My God where did my hair go and look at these jowls and I’m getting wrinkled and ugly.

It’s not that I think I’m perfect but I’m comfortable speaking on video because I’ve watched myself and I know exactly how I’m coming across.

And I know that this is how I want to come across and this is the best I can do.

And I also an objective enough to know that he don’t care how I look if I can give you information to help your career.

It ultimately doesn’t really matter how I look I’m not trying to be the next movie star and the next George Clooney.

I don’t have to be gorgeous.

I just have to give you interesting information.

That’s what I want you to take away when you start practicing your presentation on video.