| content | "<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now that we’ve discussed the many benefits of practice, here are some tips for how to practice:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take notes. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Write down</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">anything you notice, such as a point you want to change, a reminder to slow down, or a story that you feel great telling</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Practice in the real setting.<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This means that you practice in the exact same room, clothing and time of day. It also means you are using the same speaking notes, visuals and technology as you will be using during the real talk</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time yourself.<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Time yourself counting up (starting from 0) in order to see how long you speak for and counting down (from 20 minutes down to 0, if your talk is 20 minutes) to see if your talk fits the allotted time</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Record yourself. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Record yourself through audio and video and rewatch the recordings, looking for ways to improve</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Experiment. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Practice with different tones, body language, speed. Experiment with the structure of your talk, how you tell each story, and how you begin and end</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Practice with people.<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Find friends, colleagues, or family to practice on and receive feedback from</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Practice in different settings. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Practice in the shower. Practice while you go on a walk. Practice when you make breakfast</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch talks and <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">analyze other people’s talks</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">3</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We said it already and we’ll say it again.<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Practice over and over. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Practice up until the day of your talk. The more you practice the better you will feel and the better your talk will be</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Practice your talk, yes, but also <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">practice being yourself</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">4</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! Be the person who is passionate about the topic you’ll speak about. When the moment arrives to give your talk, you will be speaking authentically and have an easier time earning the trust and attention of your audience</span></span></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: sub;">3. John Zimmer from Manner of Speaking (https://mannerofspeaking.org/speech-analyses/) and Andrew Dlugan from Six Minutes (http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/video-critiques/) have done speech analyses. Read some of their work and try it yourself</span></span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: sub;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: sub;">4. This is inspired by Seth Godin who talks about this on an episode of the Steal the Show podcast: https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/seth-godin-public-speaking/</span></span></span></p>
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