[Pivotal Public Speaking] Prepare for confident, effective speaking – Own the Stage

 

 

 

You own the stage.

It doesn’t own you.

The audience doesn’t own it, the venue host doesn’t own it, the functions coordinator doesn’t own it.  You own it.

For the minutes (or hours) in which you are presenting, the stage is yours – or the section of floor or the table or the truck – whatever it is you are using to present your message.

So no-one can dictate (within limits) where you stand or how you use that space you are given.  

Own it.

Before you present, if you can, walk the stage – walk right around it and into its corners and into its centre.  Own it.

If you can, before you present, stand with your arms stretched wide in the place you intend to use.

Strut if you need to, dance if you need to, but build the confidence to own the stage.

You can do all of this in your head if you cannot do it physically. 

Be different, be crazy, be powerful within the space.

And when you return, to give your presentation,

to inspire, connect and motivate,

take that memory that you have embedded with you.

What does it feel like to own the stage?

You know because you embedded it earlier.

Do it again      -      

powerful memory, powerful confidence!