Tomorrow, I’m speaking for free. Nope, not even selling anything. And it might be my most challenging audience to date.
Yes, kemosabe, I am speaking before hundreds of teenagers at my stepson, Andrew’s, high school tomorrow.
He’s a bit nervous about it. Maybe because I mentioned I was going to show baby pictures of him on some of the slides. (Yes, I am evil.)
After I’m done writing to you, I’m going to put the presentation together.
The school wants me to speak about public speaking, but I want to deliver more than that. My goals are:
1. To motivate the students to go after their dreams.
2. Teach them that they are always selling something.
3. Share a basic framework for a presentation.
How am I going to do that?
By following my template.
You see, the fundamental structure is the same whether you are selling a product, speaking to book appointments, teaching, or selling your philosophy.
It’s ALL selling, and because of that, the fundamental structure of the presentation is the same. Namely:
* A riveting opening (Big promise.)
* Who this is for
* Why you should listen to me.
* Core story
* Three teaching “chunks”
* Close
Nothing fancy. Just proven fundamentals and then a powerful delivery of the presentation is what it takes to succeed.
I’ll let you know how it goes, tomorrow.
Dave “Bueller. Bueller. Bueller.” Dee
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