How to Use Notes during a Speech | Public Speaking Video Lecture | Public Speaking: Learn and Boost your Confidence (English) - Communication

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so should you use note cards to deliver
a speech yes you absolutely should your
audience doesn't reward you for
memorizing things here's what I would
recommend though boil it down to one
note car or what I do is I take a
regular eight and a half by 11 sheet of
paper and just narrow it down I actually
cut it out so I end up with something no
greater than this
now the reason I say note card in the
note cards is if you're having to
shuffle cards that's distracting it
typically means you haven't done a good
enough job of really refining editing
and narrowing your message down if
you've done your job you should have
narrowed your speech down to about a
handful of key important points and then
you need a few words to remind you of a
story for that point maybe a bullet
point or two for a key factor number
maybe something to remind you of the
slide if you're using PowerPoint but if
you're giving a speech of an hour or
less you really shouldn't need more than
a single sheet of paper or one large
note card I caution you against numerous
note charts because they get out of
order they fall down and you need to
have bigger print so that you can glance
at it without having to pick it up or
fumbling around and doing all this stuff
make your font large enough so that you
don't have to put on glasses you don't
have to pick it up here's the key with
notes it's fine to use them but if you
have your notes limited to a single
sheet of paper or a single note card and
you have it sitting flat on a lectern on
a table next to a glass of water you can
move around gesture talk to people they
will think that you're just talking to
them and that you're not using notes so
your audience will perceive you as
incredibly confident authoritative
comfortable personally I always use
notes anytime I'm giving a keynote
speech and I speak at least a hundred
times a year but here's the key my
audience never has any idea I'm using
notes they never see my notes why
because I have it on a single sheet of
paper large font I never touch the notes
I never pick it up because it's one page
they never see me turning pages so it
creates the illusion of master it so yes
use your notes
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