Toss the Script ~ The Key to Engaged Public Speaking

Have you suffered through an executive presentation read from a script?
What was your reaction?

Talked to your neighbour
Played with your iPhone or Blackberry
Took a bathroom break
Or are you a perpetrator?

Why as presenters do we read our script word for word? Our head down, buried in our notes using a monotone reading voice…clutching to the lectern.
Because we lack faith in our ability as a subject matter expert and our memorization skills. Our voice of self-doubt takes over. But deep in our heart of heart’s we know that our audience is not engaged – they are disconnected from our words. As are we.
So where to begin?
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