The ten blunders of public speaking

Poor preparation is an inexcusable blunder that no public speaker should commit. The ten other blunders to avoid are:

• Exceeding the allotted time

• Speakers focusing on themselves

• Reading from a power point or notes at the cost of eye contact

• Starting with a joke or quote which is irrelevant

• Trying to handle too much material in too little time

• Giving wrong statistics and information

• Handling the Q & A’s poorly

• Reacting to the audience instead of responding

• Ending the speech abruptly without a sense of conclusion

• Poor or no audience analysis