Tips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking

What you’ll find in the pages that follow are tidbits of public speaking and presentation wisdom that I’ve collected and found most useful over the years. Use these ideas and information to inform your preparation, your practice and your delivery.
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Tips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking TO OTHERS, THROUGH OTHERS. Speaking from the Heart for LWR Lutheran World Relief Speakers BureauTips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking Prepared for and in honor of the fabulous and hard working members of LWR’s Speakers Bureau. 700 LIGHT STREET | BALTIMORE, MD 21230 | LWR.ORG | 1-800-LWR-LWR-2 LWR: Tips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking, Page 2Thank You!On Behalf of the Lutheran World Relief Speakers Bureau, let me be the first to thank youfor taking the time to review these “Tips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking.”As I’ve taught public speaking to countless college students, activists, church members,CEOs and friends — one thing has remained constant—everyone, no matter how much orhow little experience they’ve had with public speaking, is usually looking for two things: 1)the magic formula that will automatically and easily make them a public speaking star;and/or 2) a tip or trick that will wipe out the nerves they feel each time they get ready tospeak in public.Unfortunately, there is no “magic formula” for becoming a fabulous public speaker andthere certainly isn’t one tip or trick that can erase public speaking anxiety.I can offer you a guaranteed, long-term formula for public speaking success that will helpyou and LWR: preparation, practice, speaking from the heart, and getting out there tospeak as often as you can. In addition to the key—speaking from the heart—the only thingthat can make you a great public speaker is giving public speeches—again, and again, andagain. And, the great news is this: you can get tons of practice giving speeches becausethere are literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of audiences out there ready and willing tohear from you about LWR!What you’ll find in the pages that follow are tidbits of public speaking and presentation wis-dom that I’ve collected and found most useful over the years. Use these ideas and informa-tion to inform your preparation, your practice and your delivery.I am so thankful that there are people like you out there — people who are committed tospreading the word about the great work that LWR does on your behalf around the world.Thank you for your time, your energy and thank you for your role in ensuring that “each per-son and every generation lives in justice, dignity, and peace.”A thousand thanks to you,Lisa Baumgartner BondsVP, External RelationsLutheran World ReliefFor more specific information and ideas on how to really take your public speaking ability to the next level,take a look at the description of a “Public Speaking Journal” on page 33. LWR: Tips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking, Page 3 A Prayer for Speakers:Dear Gracious God, Let the words of my mouth and the meditationof my heart be acceptable to you, because you are my mighty rockand protector. (Psalms 19:14, taken from the RSVP and CEV versions of the Holy Bible) Lutheran World Relief’s Vision:Empowered by God’s unconditional love in Jesus Christ, we envi-sion a world in which each person and every generation lives injustice, dignity and peace. Lutheran World Relief’s Mission:Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 35 countries to helppeople grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, endconflict, build livelihoods, and recover from disasters. With peoplein the U.S., we work for justice for those we serve. Lutheran World Relief’s Core Values:• Faith is active in love.• God gives all people dignity.• We serve with partners.• We make good use of God’s gifts.• We work for justice and peace. LWR: Tips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking, Page 4What does it mean to speak from the heart?• You speak because of a call , grounded in faith and mercy and grace;• You speak because it is a vocation, a way to live out your faith;• You speak because you know that your communication about the work LWR does, the people LWR serves, and everything that makes up LWR’s vision is about more than words.• When you speak about LWR, it’s not “just” communication, it’s communion.• To communicate about LWR, you go beyond basic dictionary definitions to use words that are written on the human heart—words that help us to commune with people around the world and with one another; words that help to develop trust, to build pas- sion, to draw out compassion; words that engage our faith, words that draw people to- gether to do good; words that encourage us to feel...to trust...to love. Words that help us get to the truth.The “basics” of communication — technical writing skills, grammar, spelling, photos, for-mat, volume — are all necessary, but they are useless if your heart is in the wrong placewhen you produce and speak them. Speaking without heart is like playing the piano withoutfeeling. You might be able to read music, play from memory, and put your fingers on theright keys — but, if your heart isn’t in it, voices won’t start singing, feet won’t tap and spiritswill not be moved. LWR: Tips, Tools, and General Guidance for Public Speaking, Page 5Paul on Speaking from the Heart Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, ‘Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I procl ...