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I was recently working with a group of聽
executives at a well-known life sciences company聽聽
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and what i uncovered while working with them聽
is every single one of them was extremely聽聽
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nervous about presenting to leadership.聽
So I have 10 tips to share with you today聽聽
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anytime you have to present to leadership or any聽
high stake situation. Stay tuned on Moxie Talk!聽聽
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Hey everyone I'm Fia Fasbinder, welcome to聽
Moxie Talk where we help you find your voice,聽聽
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share your message, and lead with confidence.聽
Today we're talking about how to present to the聽聽
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leadership team or any high-stakes situation. Now聽
I've come up with a methodology that worked for聽聽
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the executives I was coaching andI I think it will聽
work for you too and this is a 10 step program聽聽
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that you can use to make sure you are prepared聽
and you are going to present at your best.聽聽
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The first tip is to prepare I know it聽
sounds like a no-brainer but how many聽聽
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people do you know that just show up聽
and throw up for their presentation?聽聽
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It's so important with leadership teams that聽
are extremely busy are going to see a ton聽聽
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of presentations and you're just one in that聽
lineup to prepare your content ahead of time.聽聽
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So you're probably asking me now how do I prepare聽
I'm going to tell you the first step to preparing聽聽
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your content and this is something that if you do聽
this I swear that leadership team will thank you.聽聽
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The first tip is to begin with the end in mind.聽
You have to think about what are the goals for聽聽
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this presentation what do you want this audience聽
to feel when they're done? What do you want them聽聽
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to know when you're done? And what do you want聽
them to do when you're done? This requires you to聽聽
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synthesize the information that you're presenting聽
to them so they understand the why. I'll give you聽聽
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an example, I recently worked with an executive聽
who was going to give a quarterly review right聽聽
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and his job in finance was just to give the聽
numbers or so he thought. His presentations聽聽
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leading up to working with me were dry boring聽
just numbers but really he was missing the point聽聽
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he wasn't just supposed to give the numbers he was聽
supposed to tell us why those numbers matter. What聽聽
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are we supposed to think about those numbers are聽
we making money? Are we losing money are there聽聽
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ways we can be more productive? Are there ways we聽
can be more effective? You must begin with the end聽聽
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in mind with your content so that's tip number聽
two. The third tip is to be clear and concise聽聽
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don't ramble leadership teams are busy and if you聽
ramble they will cut you off so of course how do聽聽
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you avoid rambling how do you avoid going off聽
on a tangent? You prepare. Prepare by rehearsing聽聽
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your content ahead of time read it ahead of time聽
say it aloud ahead of time. Make sure it's clear聽聽
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concise logical you're saying your message and聽
at the least amount of time possible so that聽聽
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you don't get cut off in the middle of your聽
presentation. Nothing worse than that right?聽聽
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Number four is to tell stories and聽
give examples bring the data to life.聽聽
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I love the quote by Brene Brown which is stories聽
are just data with a soul. So I know a lot of us聽聽
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have data heavy presentations. Bring them to life聽
by telling stories. I'll give you another example聽聽
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I worked with a financial accountant who worked聽
at a large finance company and he was giving a聽聽
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presentation at their annual conference before聽
this he just started with the how to's the how聽聽
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to save money for your ira after working with him聽
i uncovered that he actually had a single mom who聽聽
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worked four jobs to support the family and didn't聽
know how to save money and is now living with this聽聽
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financial advisor because she didn't know how聽
to save money and his single goal in life was聽聽
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to teach people how to save money so that they聽
can retire and there can be a point where they聽聽
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don't have to work so hard when he told this story聽
there was not a dry eye in the house everybody was聽聽
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crying people remembered his presentation years聽
later they came up to him after the presentation聽聽
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and what he was doing was personalizing it聽
and connecting to the audience with a story
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the fifth tip has to do with your slides聽
keep them minimal make sure that you are not聽聽
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talking through a slide by reading us all of the聽
bullets instead talk to the slide minimize the聽聽
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death by powerpoint by taking the bullets off聽
your slide and expanding on each of the points聽聽
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now you're probably wondering well what do i聽
do with the bullets if i take them off my slide聽聽
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you put them in the notes section of your聽
powerpoint or if you're not using a powerpoint聽聽
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with the with the notes you prepare by rehearsing聽
and you run it enough times that you know the聽聽
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content i have died a thousand deaths when i have聽
to sit through a presentation where a speaker just聽聽
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reads the bullets to me and the worst please聽
do not do this is when they go back a slide no聽聽
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make sure your slides are minimal they're聽
concise and that you speak to the slides聽聽
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instead of reading to them our mantra聽
at moxie is your powerpoint is not聽聽
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your teleprompter if you can remember this聽
you'll give such an engaging presentation聽聽
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the sixth is to channel your nervous energy聽
into usable energy how do you do this聽聽
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the best way to do this is by practicing聽
nothing builds confidence like knowing聽聽
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your presentation look things can happen during聽
the presentation that are out of your control聽聽
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you might get cut off somebody might have to聽
leave the room your monitor breaks we can't聽聽
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control those things but if you know your聽
content if you've rehearsed your content聽聽
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those kind of things won't derail you the聽
best way to feel confident is to practice聽聽
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make sure you know your content well enough that聽
if you weren't using your powerpoint you could聽聽
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still talk to those executives and the general聽
rule of thumb to make sure you know your content聽聽
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is five to seven full rehearsals i know it聽
sounds like a lot but if this is a high stake聽聽
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stakes presentation you owe it to yourself聽
to make sure you go out there with confidence聽聽
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the seventh tip is to do a pre-presentation聽
warm-up speaking of confidence you know most聽聽
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of us are most nervous for the first five minutes聽
before a presentation and the first five minutes聽聽
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of our presentation that's like the witching hour聽
when our heart rates are racing and are we're聽聽
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sweating and we can feel our cheeks getting hot聽
right the best way to ensure that you don't look聽聽
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nervous to that executive team because they don't聽
know you're nervous unless you look nervous or you聽聽
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tell them you're nervous the best way to ensure聽
that you go out there with confidence is to warm聽聽
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up right before you go into the presentation look聽
any athlete that has a high stakes game warms up聽聽
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before the game they would never think of just聽
going into the game without a warm-up do you聽聽
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think that a super bowl athlete doesn't warm up聽
before a game of course they do but for something聽聽
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for some reason as speakers we think we can just聽
waltz right in there and start and we're not going聽聽
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to get nervous we need a warm up too and i have聽
four major components to any good speaker warm-up聽聽
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the first is mindset so give yourself a mantra聽
you know say something aloud that makes you feel聽聽
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great and you must say it aloud if you say it聽
allowed you're going to believe it a lot more聽聽
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the the second part to this warm-up is breath work聽
take deep relaxing breaths from your diaphragm and聽聽
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if you're not sure how to do this i have a whole聽
video on diaphragmatic breathing but my mantra is聽聽
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breathe low and slow this will literally bring聽
your heart rate down and tell your body that it聽聽
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can get out of fight or flight and into rest and聽
digest third is do a little warm up with your body聽聽
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you know a lot of us when we're speaking we get聽
stiff right all that adrenaline hits our body and聽聽
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we get stiff or we shake the best way to ensure聽
that you don't look nervous is to do a physical聽聽
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warm-up shake out all those nerves do jumping聽
jacks do push-ups run in place do something聽聽
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to get all of that adrenaline out of your body聽
and the last thing this might sound ridiculous聽聽
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but it is to warm up your mouth the best way to聽
make sure that you don't fumble over your words聽聽
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is to do a warm-up and my favorite easy warm-up聽
is to pretend you're chewing a ton of bubble gum聽聽
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like this right and then it looks ridiculous聽
but you're really warming up your speaker muscle聽聽
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so that you can speak clearly so really easy聽
do this warm up ahead of time obviously don't聽聽
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do it in front of the leadership team if you can聽
find a quiet place to do it that would be great聽聽
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and the eighth tip is to have what i call vocal聽
executive presence look a lot of us when we get聽聽
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nervous it shows in our voice right we can hear聽
it in our voice either our voice goes high in聽聽
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register or it's quivery or it's too soft the聽
best way to ensure that you have vocal executive聽聽
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presence which means that your voice is amplifying聽
your message of authority instead of undermining聽聽
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it is to do a quick vocal warm-up and the easiest聽
way to warm up your voice you do not have to be聽聽
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a singer to do this is to do some simple hums聽
humming is a great way to warm up our vocal cords聽聽
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do your breathing and if you want to learn how聽
to stop your quivering i also have a video on聽聽
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this if your voice quivers women pay attention聽
to your voice going into what we call your head聽聽
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register a lot of us myself included when i get聽
nervous my voice goes into this high register聽聽
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which really undermines our authority and the聽
first step is awareness if you can be aware of聽聽
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going into that head register you can聽
absolutely bring it down and ground that聽聽
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voice right imagine your voice coming from your聽
belly instead of your head practice this way so聽聽
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you feel and hear the difference in your voice聽
so that vocal executive presence is so powerful聽聽
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now along with vocals executive presence聽
is commanding the space with our body聽聽
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now this is what we call presentation power posing聽
and if anyone's watched amy cuddy's ted talk聽聽
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on power posing it's incredible but what this聽
really means is maximizing the space our body聽聽
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takes up in a room when we get nervous a huge聽
cue that we're nervous is our bodies get small聽聽
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right we cross our hands we do what i call聽
the fig leaf our shoulders are slumped we聽聽
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look down we make our bodies small and聽
this is actually an unconscious ancient聽聽
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signal that we are literally trying to hide so聽
that we are not being attacked but we are not聽聽
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going to be attacked this is a presentation it's聽
probably a pretty friendly audience and the best聽聽
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way to ensure that you show vocal executive聽
presence with your body and command the space聽聽
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is to maximize the space your body takes up in a聽
room this is simple just open your chest cavity聽聽
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by imagining that if i were to cut you in half聽
from top to bottom your shoulders would be on聽聽
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the back half of your body right it's not some聽
staunch military pose it's just slightly opening聽聽
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your chest cavity and now strain out the s curve聽
in your spine by imagining imagining an invisible聽聽
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string it starts in the middle of your head and聽
the other half is attached to the ceiling and聽聽
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it's just gently pulling you up right this is what聽
our parents taught us in elementary school stand聽聽
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straight and smile but it's great advice it's a聽
great way to make sure you're commanding the space聽聽
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last but not least we are to the 10th tip聽
is to make sure after all this practice聽聽
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that your authentic speaker persona shines聽
through some of us are natural comedians聽聽
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some of us are more solemn some of us are聽
just a little bit more serious some of us聽聽
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love to move around a room some of us love to stay聽
still whatever it is if it's done with confidence聽聽
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this is showing authenticity and audiences love聽
authentic authenticity we have something called聽聽
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mirror neurons which means we聽
mirror behavior from people we see聽聽
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if you go in there with passion and excitement聽
and confidence your audience will mirror that聽聽
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and that can come in so many different ways so聽
work on developing your authentic speaker persona聽聽
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so there you go guys 10 tips to make sure聽
that you present to leadership with confidence聽聽
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