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“Say A Few Words” by John Williams

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Please Read This First

John Williams is the author of this book. All material in this book is copyright © 2004

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The author based this book on his experience and research of the subject but cannot guarantee results that anyone might achieve from the material.

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Copyright 2004 John Williams

http://www.ezymagic.com/

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CONTENTS

Please Read This First ...................................................................................................... 2

Disclaimer .......................................................................................................................... 2

About The Author............................................................................................................. 5

Dedication................................................................................................................................................. 5

Introduction....................................................................................................................... 6

Impromptu and Prepared Speaking ............................................................................. 10

The Reason ...................................................................................................................... 11

Get Action............................................................................................................................................... 11

What’s In It For Them? ................................................................................................. 12

Get Them Listening and Acting..................................................................................... 13

Local Meetings ....................................................................................................................................... 13

Media ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

Opportunity for Publicity .................................................................................................................... 14

The Basics ........................................................................................................................ 16

Be a good audience................................................................................................................................. 16

Breaking the “rules”.............................................................................................................................. 16

Smash the mirror................................................................................................................................... 17

Learn by Doing … Something Else! .............................................................................. 18

Add to Your People Skills. .................................................................................................................... 19

Role Models ..................................................................................................................... 21

Copycats don’t have nine lives.............................................................................................................. 21

Record only Yourself ............................................................................................................................. 23

Your voice may shock you! ................................................................................................................... 23

Stretching;........................................................................................................................................... 24

Video is even Better. .............................................................................................................................. 25

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http://www.ezymagic.com/

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Your Audience................................................................................................................. 27

Volunteers............................................................................................................................................... 27

Questions ................................................................................................................................................ 28

No thankyou or apology. ....................................................................................................................... 29

Hecklers!................................................................................................................................................. 30

Start Talking.................................................................................................................... 31

Butterflies as Big as Buffaloes............................................................................................................... 31

Rehearse your ad-libs. ........................................................................................................................... 32

Start With a Story.................................................................................................................................. 33

Manager of First Impressions........................................................................................ 34

Humor .............................................................................................................................. 35

Equipment ....................................................................................................................... 37

Microphones........................................................................................................................................... 37

Lights ...................................................................................................................................................... 38

White Boards.......................................................................................................................................... 38

Slides ....................................................................................................................................................... 39

Paperwork That Works for You. .................................................................................. 40

Hand-outs ............................................................................................................................................... 40

Feedback................................................................................................................................................. 40

Get Their Real Opinion....................................................................................................................... 41

Get Paid For Free Talks ................................................................................................. 42

Your Products ........................................................................................................................................ 43

Questions?........................................................................................................................ 46

Copyright 2004 John Williams

http://www.ezymagic.com/

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About The Author

John Williams is a professional magician with his own online magic shop,

http://www.ezymagic.com/

John conducts workshops and presentations on various subjects including “Reduce Stress with Laughter” and "Simple Steps to Successful Speaking".

The material in this book was gathered and thoroughly tested over 25 years!

Ask the EBookWholesaler Member that supplied this book to you about John’s other books, "Ezy Magic", "Ezy Magic Fun Book", “$pare Time Dollar$”, the “Ezy-Ebook Guide” and “Ezy-Internet ABC”. They are all published by EBookWholesaler.