CHAMPION STRATEGIES – PUBLIC SPEAKING WORKSHOP – NOVEMBER 3, 2021 -3
Important Public Speaking Skills for Workplace Success
Other Public Speaking Skills
The skills mentioned above aren’t the only ones that are important to public speaking. The following skills and tips can make you an even more effective public speaker:
- Controlling performance anxiety
- Drafting an evaluation form that attendees are likely to complete
- Grabbing the attention of the audience with a powerful opening
- Handing out copies of slides in advance to minimize note-taking demands on the audience
- Maintaining eye contact with the audience and providing an energetic, animated physical presence
- Memorizing enough content so that the speech does not come off as a reading of notes
- Modulating vocal tone to emphasize important points and avoid monotonous presentation
- Organizing a logical flow to a speech
- Preparing examples that are relevant to the experience of the expected audience
- Providing compelling evidence to support themes
- Rehearsing the presentation and revising rough spots
- Researching information about the latest trends in an industry before presenting at a professional seminar
- Restating critical points at the end of a speech to cement key concepts
- Reviewing feedback and modifying the approach for talks in the future
- Summarizing the topics to be covered at the beginning of a lecture to provide context for attendees
How to Showcase Your Skills
Public speaking is a skill in itself, but it is also a collection of skills. Lists like this can help you name some of these skills so you can identify which jobs require the abilities you have.
Be sure to read job descriptions carefully. Even very similar positions can have different requirements, depending on what the hiring manager is looking for.
Mention Skills in Your Resume and Cover Letter
When you apply, you can use these skills as keywords on your resume or other application materials. Hiring managers sometimes scan through applications looking for these keywords to make an initial cut, so it’s important to make it clear from the beginning that you have the sought-after qualifications.
Then, use your cover letter to highlight some of your most relevant skills.
Share Your Skills During a Job Interview
Be prepared to give examples of specific times when you embodied these skills, because your interviewer is likely to ask. If you’ve made public presentations or internal company presentations, share the details with the interviewer. Remember to keep eye contact while sharing your passion for what you have done.