NSA Presentation and Performance Lab report
Kudos to John Kinde for a couple of full reports on the National Speakers Association (NSA) Presentation and Performance Lab which took place over the weekend in Las Vegas.
His report on day one of the conference shares a tip from keynote speaker Giovanni Livera useful for both speakers and speech writers:
…a storyboarding technique using colored Post-It Notes to visually see the flow of audience-impact-moments in your speech (color-coding each type of speech segment; stories from the heart, audience participation, music, etc. Pick categories most relevant to the texture of your speech.)
His second report covers the last two days of the event. Among the dozens of ‘keepers’ John records are many of equal value to speakers and writers:
- Make your spoken word imaginative and more precise.
- When you write a speech: Write it. Speak it. Write it. Speak it.
- Your job as a storyteller is to be an observer.
- Stories are not complicated. They are simple…but difficult to create.
- Transcribe your talk and then edit to eliminate the unnecessary words.
Thanks to John, this was one time when what happened in Las Vegas did not stay in Las Vegas.
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