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need most during your presentation. If your audience

is curious, they will listen carefully, craving more.

It’s good to include stories related to the topic that

you are expanding on, but they don’t have to be

related directly. After you tell the story, you can

explain what it has to do with your speech, even if
the connection is slightly stretched. The story is not

only supposed to illustrate your points, but also to

evoke emotions. Learn the art of storytelling well

and play with your voice and body language.

Sometimes you can pause just before the final
moment of climax to make their curiosity grow even

bigger. Then you can change topic and start telling

about the main topic of your speech, leaving the

ending of your story for later and keeping the

audience interested and excited.

13. Whether or not the content of your presentation is a

typical self-development topic, install good stuff in

your listeners’ heads. Believing in your authority,

they will take most of the suggestions you put in the
presentation for granted. You might want to take

advantage of this! You define your presentation with

what you say. You don’t want to say things like: “I

know you are already tired, but…,” because then

they will start to feel tired and this is not a good state
for them to be in during your presentation. Instead,

you can ask with a smile, “How are you?” This non-

verbally assumes the fact that they are doing great.

They will probably not start to jump with joy all of a

sudden, but they will certainly start feeling better.