Jim Cathcart is an award-winning speaker who has been honored with the Golden Gavel award, the Cavett award, and he’s an inductee into the Speaker Hall of Fame. But much of his recent work consists of coaching other speakers and executives on their presentation skills. He was recently featured in the July 2012 issue of How to Present magazine.
Here are Jim Cathcart’s top ten tips for presenting in business:
1) It’s not the speaker, the message, or even the audience that matters the most. What matters most: What the Audience can DO with the speaker’s message. So focus on the application of your ideas, not just the delivery.
2) People have to like or respect you before they will make room in their mind for your message. So like and respect THEM first! Consciously seek reasons to like and admire or respect them. Make it a habit to always compliment your audience or their organization.
3) If you’re nervous, you’re thinking about yourself too much. Stop worrying and start focusing on how THEY can USE your message. Take the focus off of you.
Read more in the July 2012 issue of How to Present.
Jim Cathcart is the bestselling author of 16 books and a “hall of fame” professional speaker. He has worked with 2,700 clients worldwide over his 35 years as a trainer and consultant. Jim is the founder of Cathcart.com and a frequent coach to many of his colleagues and clients.