There are similarities as well as differences in public speaking and writing. Starting with the difference, public speaking is clearly conveying message verbally. It requires saying something from the mouth. The skill or talent from public speaking is derived from the fact that one does not only say a word ordinarily as if you are talking to a friend. It requires certain tone, or variations of the voice, or certain level of entertainment. You have to ensure that listeners are listening to get your message. Public speaking is done with a particular audience. Writing, on the other hand, requires not the voice but the pen; and in this modern world, requires the computer or keyboards. Writing is not about verbal relation but about how the words are formed to convey the right message to the audience. In writing, anybody can read the piece at any given time and place. For the similarity, speaking and writing both conveys message. Both require words; words that are appropriately formed. Since they convey a message, it should be done in a way that the audience will understand. The outcome of public speaking and writing can be appreciated if done by a talented and skilled source. For Alexander Gittens, both public speaking and writing are his piece.
At present Alexander Gittens is into writing. He writes about what he observes. He shares his thoughts through his website. He writes out of hobby, just telling the world his ideas, his understanding, his reflections, and his interests. When he does write, he creates it in words that can be understood. As a writer, he inspires and gives knowledge to his readers. Although he is known as a writer for micro-firms and other business related topics, he is willing to write just about anything that his audience wants to hear from him. All he wants is to convey a message that is coming from his own thoughts and he conveys it in an artistic, entertaining, and above all, reader-friendly way.
Alexander Gittens can play with words if he wants to convey something. He is not only good in writing but even in public speaking. In reality, Alexander Gittens was a public speaker as he is a writer. Even when he was in his high school years, Alexander Gittens was already doing public speaking to several youths and kids event. He was commissioned to do motivational speaking to high school students back in his hometown in Toronto several times. He also did the same to kids and other young people in other countries such as Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany. He was also the Student Council President back in his final years in high school and was the spokesperson of the “No Cuts to Classroom" initiative. Since he is exposed to these activities and has experience in doing public speaking, he can do it again and again if he is invited to. Generally, he can speak out his mind and people can rely to him to convey the message effectively.
Being a public speaker and a writer, Alexander Gittens can merge the difference and similarities of public speaking and writing. He can relay the message effectively whether from the voice or from the pen. It needs to be in the right words, with the right people in mind; and Alexander Gittens has it takes to be in this two fields.
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When it comes to performing, some people make the astoundingly difficult look easy. Olympic skaters seemingly float through a triple lutz. Roger Federer barely breaks a sweat defending his number one world ranking. Helen Mirren seems to actually become her characters. And so it is with any great public speaker. While most of us freeze at the sight of an audience looking back at us, great speakers seem to have no notion of the miracle that is their self-assured wit. Their calm bearing, though, is more often the product of careful preparation and an understanding of certain tricks of the speaking trade.
Dan Fogelberg, a popular balladeer of the 1980s, liked to introduce the performance of one of his hits by saying, "This is the only song you'll ever hear with the word exhumed in the lyrics." The crowd laughed, then moments later they were swooning to a romantic love song. Fogelberg's little comment strategically accomplished several things: he reminded the audience he didn't take himself too seriously; he combined lightness with meaning; and even more cleverly, he delivered a subtle instruction to listen closely. Great speakers do this all the time, from the way they set up their presentation to how they manage audience emotions and perceptions.
Here, then are a few tricks of the public speaking trade that will help you make it look easy, too, even when it isn't:
- Indulge in light self-deprecation. There are times when it's perfectly okay to admit that you're nervous, it lets the audience know they are important to you. Just never allow this to water down a sense of self-assurance and confidence. - Use a witty preamble. Spend a quick moment talking about how you spilled your coffee on your tie that morning as you wrote your speech. Make them smile before you amaze them with your passion and eloquence.
- Clarify your main point early. Rather than asking your audience to perceive what you really mean, just tell them quickly and use the rest of your time to convince them that you're right.
- Use bulleted notes. Never write-out your speech. It'll be too tempting to constantly glance down so you can stick to the script, and the moment you start reading to an audience is the moment you brand yourself a nervous amateur. Eye contact should be with them, not your notes.
Effective public speaking is always a marriage of substance and style. Great presenters understand that the line between them is thin, and where audiences are concerned, it is also transparent.
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