Five

Workbook
Give an Amazing Five Minute Presentation

With: Jason Teteak

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Five
Give an Amazing Five Minute Presentation

Five 4
What Is Rule the Room Public Speaking? 4
Why Rule the Room Public Speaking? 6
How Is Five Different? 7
What Will You Get with Five? 7
By the End of This Program, You Will Be Able To . . . 8
What Makes an Amazing Five Minute Presentation? 10
The Program 11
Session 1: Create Irresistible Content 13
Create Your Core Content 14
Identify what your audience wants 14
Create your takeaways 15
Create your tasks 17
Create your subtasks 18
Create your sub-subtasks 20
Create your examples 23
Create your title of your presentation 28
Make it Irresistible 28
Create your takeaway hooks 29
Create your main presentation hook 31
Map Out Your Message 31
Create your opening slides 32
Create your content slides 34
Create your closing slides 41
Notes: Create Irresistible Content 42
Your Turn to Create Irresistible Content 43

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Review and Exercises 43

Create Your Core Content 43
Make it Irresistible 43
Map Out Your Message 43
Prepare your opening slides 43
Prepare your core content slides 44
Prepare your closing slides 44
Session 2: Practice to Perfection 45
Notes: Practice to Perfection 47
Your Turn to Practice to Perfection 49
Review and Exercises 49
Practice Your Words 49
Add Your Non-Verbals 49
Practice without Looking 49
Session 3: Deliver a Powerful Impression 50
Notes: Deliver a Powerful Impression 51
Your Turn to Deliver a Powerful Impression 53
Review and Exercises 53
Deliver an Amazing Opener 53
Deliver a Compelling Message 53
Close to Applause 54
About Rule the Room Public Speaking 55

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Five
You’re about to learn how to inspire and motivate more people to fulfill their
dreams and goals by taking your five minute presentations to the next level.
Imagine reaching more people with your passion by preparing and creating the
right things to say in the right way. Instead of losing your audience, you’ll learn
how to get them to take action in their lives.
What Is Rule the Room Public Speaking?

Rule the Room Public Speaking is a leading provider of public speaking solutions
to people and organizations everywhere. In every enterprise and all walks of life,
public speaking skills are critical. Your success depends on your ability to
persuade, inspire, teach, and motivate others.
Our belief is that good speakers are not born; they’re made. Everyone has the
capacity to be a great public speaker when taught the necessary skills. Rule the
Room can teach you those skills, which can be applied in every situation, from
giving presentations to running a meeting, handling confrontation, and
networking with clients.
Rule the Room Public Speaking works with everyone from novices to seasoned
presenters. We provide the gold standard of public speaking curriculum for elite
individuals and institutions worldwide. Presto is one of over two dozen programs
that will help you take your public speaking skills to the next level. A partial list
of our programs is below.
For more information, visit www.ruletheroompublicspeaking.com.
Conquer Your Fear
• Presto: presentation wow factor
Get the instant wow factor for your presentation.
• Calm: phobic to epic
Conquer your fear of public speaking.
• Opener: the power of a great start
Blow your audience away with a killer presentation opener.
• Archetype: get laughs by being yourself
Discover the power of your natural presentation style.
• Five: break down barriers, open doors
Give an amazing five minute presentation.
Train For TED
• Dazzle: secrets of a speaking sensation
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The secrets of master presenters.

• Create: the rule the room method classic
Presentation bootcamp: hands-on presentation content creation skills.
• Convey: the rule the room method signature
Presentation bootcamp: hands-on presentation delivery skills.
• Captain: the rule the room method experience
Presentation bootcamp: hands-on presentation audience management
skills.
Build Your Business
• Advantage: deliver money-making presentations
How to give an effective business presentation.
• Captivate: create money-making presentations
How to hook your audience.
• Sales bootcamp: ground up money-making strategies
Hands-on sales presentation skills.
• Webcast: deliver money-making webinars
How to give an effective webinar.
• Pitch: market your business
How to perfect your pitch.
• Video: increase your business’s visibility
Speaking strategies for perfect videos and podcast.
• Demo: impress clients, win relationships
Entice your audience with your demo.
Lead Your Troops
• Administrator: address your department
Give a seamless administrative presentation.
• Eloquence: the secret opportunity revealed
Convince with your voice.
• Respect: reach your leadership potential
Gain respect as a true leader.
• Meeting: motivate change internally
The art and science of meetings that motivate.
• Facilitate: the rule the room method classic
Lead valuable group discussions.

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• Serenity: 24 hours to peace

How to handle challenging people.
• Boomerang: be ready for anything
Answer questions like a pro.
• Validate: public speaking skills for change
Present an effective validation session.

Why Rule the Room Public Speaking?

Too many presentations are boring, with very little retention, and too many
presenters either don’t know it or don’t know how to fix it. Their audience knows
it and is suffering because of it, sitting through presentations that don’t engage,
challenge or take them to the next level. Our mission is to change that. Rule the
Room Public Speaking helps you increase retention, decrease presentation
creation, delivery and management headaches and have more fun doing it. There
are three key reasons why Rule the Room Public Speaking is different:
1. You’ll learn WHY it works. Speaking is not just about you, the
presenter. It’s about your audience. That’s why we don’t just show you
how to do it or what to do. We tell you WHY it works so you can learn to
“fish” on your own and help your audience do the same.
2. You’ll learn in YOUR unique presentation style: Too many presenters
are being fake and un-genuine in front of their audience. You need to be
you in front of your audience, not somebody else.
a. Presentation personality assessment. We all communicate
differently. That’s why every lesson is taught with four unique
presentation styles (fascinator, performer, inspirer, and energizer)
to help you know exactly how to present to your audience by being
yourself.
b. Learning style analysis. We all learn differently. That’s why every
lesson is taught with four unique learning styles (step, research,
create, talk) you can use to get your message across to every type
of learner in the room.
3. You’ll be able to APPLY practical techniques right away. Information
is not instruction. This training actually makes sense. World-renowned
presenter and trainer, Jason Teteak, is able to decode the magic that
happens when top communicators are presenting to their audience. He
then bottles up the secret sauce and presents it to you so you can easily
understand how to use it in your own style and apply it to any situation.

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How Is Five Different?

This program is going to transform how you earn give short presentations. You’ll
learn new techniques for creating irresistible content, practicing to perfection, and
delivering a powerful impression. This course is going to pay for itself in no time
and is exactly what you need to give an amazing five minute presentation.
You may have seen other “gurus” teach you presentation skills. Chances are, they
gave you their language, and you may even use it verbatim. There is a 75 percent
chance that they didn’t give you the right language for your presentation style.
Most gurus don’t explain why it works; they just assure you that it does. If you’re
going to give an amazing presentation, you need to understand why it works.
Delivering short but critical presentations is one of the most crucial skills needed
to open doors and fulfill your dreams, so this program shares some amazing
insights about how it’s done. You’ll learn how to give an amazing presentation
and discover how to be more of your genuine self while doing it.
What Will You Get with Five?

After interviewing hundreds of presenters, I discovered the top-ten things leaders

worry about when it comes to giving a five minute presentation. Ask yourself if
you’ve ever had any of the following concerns:

 “Going over my time and not finishing what I need to get across.”
 “Forgetting something important to say.”
 “Not getting their attention or I’ll be boring.”
 “Technology might not work or I won’t know how to use it.”
 “I’ll get stage fright, a shaky voice or hands or want to throw-up.”
 “They won’t understand what I’m saying.”
 “They’ll miss the why I’m saying it.”
 “Mics won’t work or I’ll speak too loud or too quiet.”
 “Audience is distracted or being distracting.”
 “I won’t be convincing.”
I’ll address how to handle each of these ten concerns and more in this program.
Most gurus just say, “Here’s the gold dust,” but many public speakers don’t know
what to do with the “treasure,” or it simply doesn’t work. The point is that the
gurus often don’t give the precursors as to why it works. Conversely, in this
program, I will break down each and every technique to make it simple for you to
understand. You’ll learn why it works so that you can apply your knowledge to

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new situations day after day. In each circumstance, you will know how to give an
amazing five minute presentation.

This program will help you with ten key areas of your five minute presentations:

1. You’ll finish right on time and still get across everything you need to.
2. You’ll remember each of the important things you want to say.
3. You’ll get their attention and be incredibly engaging.
4. Technology snafus won’t affect your amazing presentation.
5. You’ll overcome stage fright and present with confidence.
6. People will understand exactly what you’re saying.
7. Your audience will know why you’re saying it.
8. Microphones will become your friend rather than you enemy.
9. Audiences will listen without being distracting.
10. You will be convincing, inspiring and motivating.

By the End of This Program, You Will Be Able To . . .

 Create irresistible content

 Create your core content
 Identify what your audience wants
 Create your takeaways
 Create your tasks
 Create your subtasks
 Create your examples
 Create the title of your presentation
 Make it irresistible
 Identify why your audience wants it
 Create your takeaway hooks
 Create your main presentation hook
 Map out your message
 Create your opening slides
 Create your core content slides
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 Create your closing slides

 Practice to perfection
 Practice your words
 Create your blueprint
 Practice your blueprint
 Add your non-verbals
 Create a recording of your presentation
 Practice volume, pace, infections
 Practice confident body language
 Practice “without looking”
 Practice with a PowerPoint show
 Practice in the same room as presentation
 Deliver a powerful impression
 Deliver an amazing opener
 Overcome your nervousness
 Introduce yourself
 Give your credentials
 Deliver the main presentation hook
 Ask a circle of knowledge question
 Summarize your takeaways
 Deliver a compelling message
 Keep them captivated
 Make it enjoyable
 Stay on schedule
 Close to applause

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What Makes an Amazing Five Minute Presentation?

Take notes on your thoughts to share with the group. Record additional ideas
during the presentation.
What Makes an Amazing Five Minute Presentation?
Your notes:

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The Program
This program dives deep into inspiring and motivating more people to fulfill their
dreams and goals by taking your five minute presentations to the next level.

Giving short, but critical presentations is difficult for many public speakers. Some
even think the work has to be difficult if they are to be very successful. Speakers
will often abandon their values in this process. We’re teaching you how to
communicate with your audience in a way that aligns with your values so that
instead of seeing giving presentations as a chore, you see it as necessary and
natural—just like brushing your teeth. Instead of it being a chore, it becomes
another satisfying thing you get to do to open doors and fulfill dreams.

This program is the solution to giving amazing five minute presentations. The
following techniques will show you that giving a five minute presentation can be
simple and easy. It can actually be easy to get over the presentation-building
hump and speak in a genuine way. Once you learn this process, it will become
much easier to meet your goals. Eventually, it might even become fun. You may
want to start “upping the ante” and working with more and more challenging
presentations.

Make a clear picture in your mind of what you want to get out of this program.
Even though you don’t know exactly what you’re going to learn, you have an idea
of what you came here to get. Take a minute right now, and think about why
you’re listening to us—what led you to this point—and make a picture of exactly
what you want to get out of this program.
The Top-Three List
Take two minutes and write down the top-three things you want to get out of
this program. Put a star next to the one that is THE most important to you.
1.
2.
3.
Focus on getting your outcome as we work together, learning how to create
irresistible content, practice to perfection, and deliver a powerful impression.
The first part of this program is about you. We’re going to talk about a lot of
things that will make you think and will challenge your assumptions and current
paradigm. You might be thinking, “How is he going to help me give an amazing
five minute presentation?” That’s good. That’s exactly where you’re supposed to
be.

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In my typical style, I’m going to paint a lot of broad strokes to begin with and
then wrap up with some hard-hitting, ultra-useful insight for you to take and use.
Will you make a commitment to stay with me?
• Take notes during and after this presentation. It will be harder, but you will
get more out of it. (Imagine learning to ride a bike without actually taking the
training wheels off and doing it yourself . . . the notes will provide you with a
means to achieve that.)
• Review this program a minimum of once per week for three months, so you
HEAR it all.
• Work with the material and activities at least one hour per week for fourteen
weeks in a row to build a solid habit.
• Make a personal commitment to get the most from your investment. You
spent the money and time, and you deserve to get back as much as you can for
it.

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Session 1: Create Irresistible Content

Reach more people with your passion by creating the right

things to say in the right way
Attract your audience to the presentation with content they won’t be able to resist,
and keep them there by subtly revealing to them the underlying emotional reasons
they should want it. This section will help you create core content that is exactly
what your audience wants to hear, put it into a form that makes it easy for you to
deliver, and present it in an attractive PowerPoint show.

How to Create Irresistible Content

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2.
3.

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Create Your Core Content

Identify what your audience wants

To engage your audience members, the theme of your presentation must appear to
have value to them and be in line with their goals. It is essential you know what
specific topics will be of interest. The best way is to ask them.
If you can get the email addresses of the people who will be attending your
presentation, doing your research is as easy as composing an email and clicking
Send.
The email can be very brief. People prefer messages that get right to the point.
Here’s what I wrote when I was preparing a presentation for corporate managers
on how to give an effective webcast: “Please tell me the top three things you’d
like to know more about giving an amazing five minute presentation.” You can
simply substitute the subject of your presentation for the words “give an amazing
five minute presentation.”
When you look through the replies, you will see certain topics come up over and
over again. These are the topics you need to include because they are what people
want to learn about. These will serve as the foundation for the takeaways we talk
about later in this chapter.
Below are the replies I received from my email:
• Prepare my agenda.
• How do I pick the right content?
• What order to put it in?
• Create my script
• How do I reach everybody?
• How do I get their attention?
• What are examples of choices people have made their presentations and what worked
well for them?
• How to make it a story format rather than do’s or don’ts?
• How to make sure they don’t miss the why I’m saying it.
• Arrange my message
• Should I use a handout?
• How do I remember everything I feel is important to say?
• How to make sure they understand what I’m saying?
• Create my PowerPoint
• Should I use a PowerPoint?
• Should I use cue cards?
• How do I use cue cards?
• Should I memorize the whole thing?
• How to make sure technology works and I know how to use it?
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• How to make sure the mics work or I speak not too loud or too quiet?
• How do I make sure I’m convincing?
• What if I get stage fright, a shaky voice or hands or want to throw-up?
• What are some ice breakers or attention getters?
• How do I not be boring?
• How do I make the audience laugh right away?
• Do I ask for audience interaction?
• What if audience is being distracting?
• Do you recommend something at the end to gauge how well it went? Do you ask for
some kind of feedback? Or acknowledgement?
• How do you close it?
• How do I avoid going over my time and not finishing what I need to get across?

Create your takeaways

When I made an analysis of the very best presentations in the world, I noticed a
striking similarity among them. Every single one promised to give the audience
very specific, practical advice.
When you begin to investigate what your audience members want to know, you
are beginning the process of creating presentation magic. You are discovering the
areas they really care about, which to them are unsolved mysteries. You have to
let them know you’re going to solve those mysteries.
For people who come to hear me speak about giving presentations, there are many
mysteries to be solved, such as overcoming nervousness and keeping the
audience’s attention. So I use each one of these as a topic idea. Over the course of
the presentation, people will take away solutions to each of these mysteries, so I
call each topic a takeaway.
For a takeaway to be meaningful, it has to be actionable and of immediate value.
To help Richard create his takeaways, I asked him to think about this question for
each topic: “What tangible, measurable benefit does this takeaway give to your
audience members that they can put into action right away?”—and to answer the
questions according to this formula:
• Start with an action verb. The trick to doing this is to mentally insert the
words “As a result of my presentation, you will be able to . . .” at the
beginning of the phrase.

• Use seven words or less. A string of seven items is the maximum

number people can hold in their short-term memory.

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• Use familiar words. Avoid what I call cliquespeak—using words or

assuming a grasp of concepts people new to or unfamiliar to your field
won’t understand.

Organize the email responses into three takeaways. Start with an action verb, use
7 words or fewer, and familiar words. Below is an example of the email responses
I received organized into three takeaways:
• Create your 5 minute presentation
• Prepare my agenda.
• How do I pick the right content?
• What order to put it in?
• Create my script
• How do I reach everybody?
• How do I get their attention?
• What are examples of choices people have made their presentations and what
worked well for them?
 Make it a story format rather than do’s or don’ts
• “How to make sure they don’t miss the why I’m saying it.”
• Arrange my message
• Should I use a handout?
• How do I remember everything I feel is important to say?
• How to make sure they understand what I’m saying?
• Create my PowerPoint
• Should I use a PowerPoint?
• Practice your 5 minute presentation
• Should I use cue cards?
• How do I use cue cards?
• Should I memorize the whole thing?
• How to make sure technology works and I know how to use it?
• How do I make sure I’m convincing?
• Deliver your 5 minute presentation
• What if I get stage fright, a shaky voice or hands or want to throw-up?
• How to make sure the mics work or I speak not too loud or too quiet?
• What are some ice breakers or attention getters?
• How do I not be boring?
• How do I make the audience laugh right away?
• Do I ask for audience interaction?
• What if audience is being distracting?
• Do you recommend something at the end to gauge how well it went? Do you
ask for some kind of feedback? Or acknowledgement?
• How do you close it?
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• How do I avoid going over my time and not finishing what I need to get
across?

Create your tasks

Go through the takeaways one by one. Begin by asking yourself, “Does the
audience know how to do this?” This is unlikely, of course, since if the audience
already knew how to make those takeaways happen, they wouldn’t be at your
presentation.
So you need to come up with tasks—procedures or actions that make the
takeaways possible. I suggest that a presenter come up with about three tasks for
each takeaway. You describe the tasks in exactly the same way you described the
takeaways.
• Use an action verb.

• Use as few words as possible—ideally, seven words or fewer.

• Use clear and simple language.

Below is an example of the email responses I received organized into three

takeaways and then into multiple tasks.
• Create your 5 minute presentation
• Create your core content
 Prepare my agenda.
 How do I pick the right content?
 What order to put it in?
 Create my script
• Make your content irresistible
 “How to make sure they don’t miss the why I’m saying it.”
 “How do I get their attention?
• Map out your message
 How do I reach everybody?
 What are examples of choices people have made their presentations
and what worked well for them?
 How do I make it a story format rather than do’s or don’ts
 Arrange my message
 How do I remember everything I feel is important to say?
 How to make sure they understand what I’m saying?
• Add power to your PowerPoint
 Should I use a handout?
 Create my PowerPoint
 Should I use a PowerPoint?
• Practice your 5 minute presentation
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• Practice words with the blueprint

 Should I use cue cards?
• Practice words and non-verbals with the blueprint
 How do I use cue cards?
 How to make sure technology works and I know how to use it?
• Practice “without” the blueprint
 Should I memorize the whole thing?
 How do I make sure I’m convincing?
• Deliver your 5 minute presentation
• Deliver an amazing opener
 What if I get stage fright, a shaky voice or hands or want to throw-
up?
 How to make sure the mics work or I speak not too loud or too quiet?
 What are some ice breakers or attention getters?
 How do I make the audience laugh right away?
• Deliver a compelling message
 Do I ask for audience interaction?
 What if audience is being distracting?
 How do I not be boring?
 How do I avoid going over my time and not finishing what I need to
get across?
• Close to applause
 Do you recommend something at the end to gauge how well it went?
Do you ask for some kind of feedback? Or acknowledgement?
 How do you close it?

Create your subtasks

Once you’ve defined the tasks, go over each one individually and ask yourself if
the people in your audience would know how to carry it out. If not, then you have
to come up with at least one subtask. Go through the same process as in creating
the task. Use an action verb, as few words as possible, and clear and simple
language.
Below is an example of the email responses I received organized into three
takeaways and then into multiple tasks and subtasks.
• Create irresistible content
 Create your core content
• Identify what your audience wants (Email)
• Create your takeaways
o Prepare my agenda.
• Create your tasks
o How do I pick the right content?
o How do I remember everything I feel is important to say?
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• Create your subtasks

o What order to put it in?
• Create your examples
o Create my script
o How do I make it a story format rather than do’s or don’ts
o What are examples of choices people have made their
presentations and what worked well for them?
o Should I use a handout?
• Create the title of your presentation
 Make your content irresistible
• Identify why your audience wants it (Interview)
• Create your takeaway hooks
o “How to make sure they don’t miss the why I’m saying it.”
• Create your main presentation hook
o “How do I get their attention?
 Map out your message
• Create your opening slides
o Arrange my message
o How do I reach everybody?
o Create my PowerPoint
o Should I use a PowerPoint?
• Create your core content slides
o How to make sure they understand what I’m saying?
• Create your closing slides
o Do you recommend something at the end to gauge how well
it went? Do you ask for some kind of feedback? Or
acknowledgement?
• Practice to perfection
 Practice the words you will say
• Read from the blueprint
o Should I use cue cards?
• Read through it 3 times in real time
 Add non-verbals to your words
• Remove fillers and negative words
o How do I use cue cards?
• Convince with your voice
o How do I make sure I’m convincing?
• Command with your body
 Practice “without looking”
• Add your PowerPoint show
o Should I memorize the whole thing?
• Practice with exact clicker and computer

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How to make sure technology works and I know how to use

o
it?
• Practice in same room
o How to make sure the mics work or I speak not too loud or
too quiet?
• Deliver a powerful impression
 Deliver an amazing opener
• Overcome your nervousness
o What if I get stage fright, a shaky voice or hands or want to
throw-up?
• Introduce yourself and your credentials (who)
• Say main presentation hook (why)
o What are some ice breakers or attention getters?
• Get them talking
o Do I ask for audience interaction?
• Summarize your takeaways (what/how)
o How do I make the audience laugh right away?
 Deliver a compelling message
• Keep them captivated with hooks and questions (why)
o How do I not be boring?
• Make it enjoyable
o What if audience is being distracting?
• Stay on schedule
o How do I avoid going over my time and not finishing what I
need to get across?
 Close to applause
• Restate what they got and why they wanted it.
• Thank them.
• Part with warm words.
o How do you close it?

Create your sub-subtasks

Look at the subtasks one by one, and each time repeat exactly the same process as
in step 1. If necessary, create at least one sub-subtask in exactly the same manner
as you created a task and subtask. Use an action verb, as few words as possible,
and clear and simple language.

Below is an example of the email responses I received organized into three

takeaways and then into multiple tasks, subtasks, and sub-subtasks.
• Create irresistible content
 Create your core content
• Identify what your audience wants
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o Send an email
• Create your takeaways
o Start with an action verb
o Use 7 words or fewer
o Use familiar words
• Create your tasks
o Use 2-4 (3 recommended)
o Start with action verb, 7 words or fewer, familiar words
• Create your subtasks
o Use 2-4 (3 recommended)
o Start with action verb, 7 words or fewer, familiar words
• Create your examples
o Make this a handout if needed
o Make slides if needed
• Create the title of your presentation
o Follow the phrase:
 “After you have listened to my entire presentation,
you will be able to…”
o Start with an action verb that
o Use seven words or fewer
o Use familiar words
 Make it irresistible
• Identify why your audience wants it (Interview)
o Ask 1 or 2 people the following five questions:
 What are your biggest concerns or worries?
 What are the biggest challenges with those areas?
 What are the problems they are causing?
 What’s your ideal outcome?
 What would getting that outcome do for you?
• Create your takeaway hooks
o Fill out the table using the interview results.
 Use questions 1, 2, and 4 to fill out the “how”
 Use questions 3, 5 to fill out the “why”
• Create your main presentation hook
o Underline the key words for pain and pleasure points
o Add the title of your presentation at end
 Map out your message
• Create your opening slides
o Create your title slide and blueprint
 Introduce yourself
 Give your credentials
 Deliver the main presentation hook
o Create your circle of knowledge slide (optional)
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 Ask circle of knowledge question:

oCreate your main agenda slide (list of takeaways)
 Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating
the title)
• Create your core content slides
o Create your highlighted agenda slides (1 for each takeaway)
 Say takeaway hooks
o Create your task slides (1 for each takeaway)
 Present your blueprint for each takeaway
o Create your example slides (optional)
 Use to visual illustrate examples
• Create your closing slides
o Create your summary slide
 Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating
the title)
 Ask for final questions
o Create your final slide
 Thank the audience
 Part with warm words
• Practice to perfection
 Practice your words
• Print slideshow notes pages (blueprint)
• Read through it 3 times in real time
• Read one more time and record with smartphone
o Remove fillers
o Remove negative words
o Ensure < 5 minutes
 Add your non-verbals
• Listen to recording
• Practice volume, pace, infections
• Practice confident body language
 Practice “without looking”
• Practice with PowerPoint show
• Practice with exact clicker standing up
• Practice in same room as presentation
• Deliver a powerful impression
 Deliver an amazing opener
• Overcome your nervousness
o Watch the program Calm
• Introduce yourself
• Give your credentials
• Deliver the main presentation hook
• Ask circle of knowledge question
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• Summarize your takeaways

 Deliver a compelling message
• Keep them captivated
o Give takeaways hooks
o Ask relevant questions
o Ask leading questions
o Use directionals
• Make it enjoyable
o Inspirer: tell a personal story
o Fascinator: share trivia and interesting facts
o Energizer: challenge the audience
o Performer: create a character
• Stay on schedule
o Time check at 2 and 4 minutes
o Adjust as needed
 Close to applause
• Show summary slide
o Restate what they got and why they wanted it.
o Ask for questions
• Show final slide
o Thank them.
o Part with warm words.

Create your examples

The example is the final level of the task hierarchy. A good presenter gets to it as
quickly as possible. It is the most powerful way to ensure that your audience
knows how to do what you suggest.
The examples are very important because they’re the solutions to the mysteries. If
you don’t give examples, the next time you give the audience members a mystery,
you run the risk that they won’t listen, because they won’t trust that you have a
solution. When you do give them an example, you will see some very active note
taking. Your audience members will have been satisfied by getting some
actionable information.
Focus on finding and delivering a single example that is so specific and clear that
the immediate reaction will be, Aha! I get it! If you want to include additional
examples, list them in your handout (as I have done throughout this workbook).
You can use words to describe your example. In some cases, a picture will do a
better job, and if you can find one that does, use it. Either way, make sure your
audience does not leave the room without a very detailed mental image of how to
translate the takeaway you’ve promised them into an action.

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Below is an example of the examples I inserted into the current hierarchy of three
takeaways and then multiple tasks, subtasks, and sub-subtasks. Eventually, these
make it into this workbook as a handout.
• Create irresistible content
 Create your core content
• Identify what your audience wants
o Send an email
 Ex: See handout
• Create your takeaways
o Start with an action verb
o Use 7 words or fewer
o Use familiar words
 Ex: See handout
• Create your tasks
o Use 2-4 (3 recommended)
o Start with action verb, 7 words or fewer, familiar words
 Ex: See handout
• Create your subtasks
o Use 2-4 (3 recommended)
o Start with action verb, 7 words or fewer, familiar words
 Ex: See handout
• Create your examples
o Make this a handout if needed
o Make slides if needed
 Ex: See handout
• Create the title of your presentation
o Follow the phrase:
 “After you have listened to my entire presentation,
you will be able to…”
o Start with an action verb that
o Use seven words or fewer
o Use familiar words
 Ex: Give an Amazing 5 minute presentation
 Make it irresistible
• Identify why your audience wants it (Interview)
o Ask 1 or 2 people the following five questions:
 What are your biggest concerns or worries?
 What are the biggest challenges with those areas?
 What are the problems they are causing?
 What’s your ideal outcome?
 What would getting that outcome do for you?
 Ex: See handout
• Create your takeaway hooks
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o Fill out the table using the interview results.

 Use questions 1, 2, and 4 to fill out the “how”
 Use questions 3, 5 to fill out the “why”
 Ex: See handout
• Create your main presentation hook
o Underline the key words for pain and pleasure points
o Add the title of your presentation at end
 Ex: See handout
 Map out your message
• Create your opening slides
o Create your title slide and blueprint
 Introduce yourself
 Give your credentials
 Deliver the main presentation hook
 Ex: See handout
o Create your circle of knowledge slide (optional)
 Ask circle of knowledge question:
 Ex: See handout
o Create your main agenda slide (list of takeaways)
 Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating
the title)
 Ex: See handout
• Create your core content slides
o Create your highlighted agenda slides (1 for each takeaway)
 Say takeaway hooks
o Create your task slides (1 for each takeaway)
 Present your blueprint for each takeaway
o Create your example slides (optional)
 Use to visual illustrate examples
o Ex: See handout
• Create your closing slides
o Create your summary slide
 Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating
the title)
 Ask for final questions
o Create your final slide
 Thank the audience
 Part with warm words
o Ex: See handout
• Practice to perfection
 Practice your words
• Print slideshow notes pages (blueprint)
o Ex: See handout
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•Read through it 3 times in real time

•Read one more time and record with smartphone
o Remove fillers
 Ex: So, and, all right, okay, like, now, well, you
know, right, um/uh (See Eloquence for more info)
o Remove negative words
 Ex: But, however, not, should (See Eloquence for
more info)
o Ensure < 5 minutes
 Add your non-verbals
• Listen to recording
• Practice volume, pace, infections
o Ex: Model for audience (See Eloquence for more info)
• Practice confident body language
o Ex: Model for audience (See Expression for more info)
 Practice “without looking”
• Practice with PowerPoint show
• Practice with exact clicker standing up
• Practice in same room as presentation
• Deliver a powerful impression
 Deliver an amazing opener
• Overcome your nervousness
o Watch the program Calm
• Introduce yourself
o Ex: “Hi, my name is Jason Teteak.”
• Give your credentials
o Ex: “I help people become better public speakers.”
• Deliver the main presentation hook
o Ex: ”I’m going to show you how to inspire and motivate
more people to fulfill their dreams and goals by taking your
5 minute presentations to the next level.”
• Ask circle of knowledge question
o Ex: “What the #1 thing that makes an amazing five-minute
presentation?”
• Summarize your takeaways
o Ex: “I’m going to show you 31 specific strategies to give an
amazing five minute presentation.”
 Deliver a compelling message
• Keep them captivated
o Give takeaways hooks
 Ex: “I’m going to start by showing you how to reach
more people with your passion by creating the right
things to say in the right way.”
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
Ex: “Next, I’m going to show you how to prepare to
take your game to the next level and even cue
yourself without losing your audience.”
 Ex: “Finally, I’m going to show you how to fulfill
dreams and goals by inspiring and motivating your
audience to take action in their lives.”
o Ask relevant questions
 Ex: “How could you use relevance questions in your
next five minute presentation?”
o Ask leading questions
 Ex: “Why do you think a leading question like I’m
asking right now is so powerful for keeping
attention?”
o Use directional
 Ex: “Look on p. 23 of your handout.”
• Make it enjoyable
o Inspirer: tell a personal story
 Ex: The story of how I put this all together in 1 day
and used the same steps I’m showing you to create
this presentation. My wife Jess was who I
interviewed.
o Fascinator: share trivia and interesting facts
o Energizer: challenge the audience
o Performer: create a character
• Stay on schedule
o Time check at 2 and 4 minutes
o Adjust as needed
 Close to applause
• Show summary slide
o Restate what they got and why they wanted it.
 Ex: “You just learned 31 specific strategies to give
an amazing five minute presentation.”
o Ask for questions
 Ex: “What questions do you have about giving an
amazing 5 minute presentation?”
• Show final slide
o Thank them.
 Ex: “Thank you for being so attentive.”
o Part with warm words
 Ex: ”Have a great day.”

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Create your title of your presentation

Your title is key. It’s the main mystery. It’s what motivates your audience to
attend your presentation in the first place—an immediately useful, measurable
outcome or benefit they will take away from the presentation as a whole.
Once you have figured out your takeaways, you have defined exactly what your
presentation is about, so you are ready to summarize them in one phrase: the title.
Go through the same process as he did in creating the takeaways, with slight
modifications.
• Start with an action verb that follows the phrase “After you have
listened to my entire presentation, you will be able to . . .”

• Use seven words or fewer. Sometimes you have quite a bit to explain, so
I propose the solution people often use for book titles. Start with a short,
catchy title, and then use a subtitle.

• Use familiar words.

To complete the phrase “After you have listened to my entire presentation, you
will be able to . . . ,” here’s what I came up with: “Give an amazing five minute
presentation.” That became my title.

Make it Irresistible

Now comes the unique element of your presentation: when you tell them the
whys.
The whats—the takeaways—offer practical advice that appeals to people’s
conscious needs. The whys meet their subconscious needs. They eliminate or
minimize anything that is causing anxiety, frustration, disappointment, or conflict,
and they enhance whatever brings them pleasure.
Coming up with the whys to describe what they are seeking from your
presentation on the very deepest level is challenging but critical. This is why I
suggest you conduct interview. While the emails will tell you what the audience
wants to know, the interviews tell you why. This process works across every type
of audience and for every type of presentation with any type of goal. Many
presenters I have coached have found it almost magically effective.
Here are the questions I suggest you ask when interviewing typical audience
members.

• What are your biggest concerns or worries?

• What are the biggest challenges you have with those areas?
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• What are the problems they are causing?

• What is your ideal outcome?

• What would getting that outcome do for you?

The first three questions reveal what I call the pain points of your audience. The
last two reveal their pleasure points. Your goal is to eliminate the first and
enhance the second. You do that by offering three things: happiness, success, and
freedom. Those are the three universal goals.
Below are the responses I got when I interviewed a few of my audience members
for the Five presentation:
1. What are your biggest concerns or worries?
o I want to make sure that I pick the right thing to say in the right order with
the right technology in place. Am I going to do a handout? How am I going
to cue myself? Not putting myself in my audience shoes enough and missing
a big point they would need that should be obvious. Finding the why and
then speaking to it.
2. What are the biggest challenges with those areas?
o Losing the audience. Not getting the change I want to happen actually
happen. Not inspiring them or getting them motivating.
3. What are the problems they are causing?
o I can’t move to the next stage in the game. I can’t get them to yes. I don’t
get to move forward with what I’m really passionate about. The door stays
closed. I don’t get to reach as many people and change the world in big
ways. That can be de-motivating and frustrating. I could lose a big
opportunity to move forward.
4. What’s your ideal outcome?
o To get them to move forward with the idea I’m presenting. To take action or
to be inspired to change. I’d be able to reach people.
5. What would getting that outcome do for you?
o It would be really fulfilling. It would be a fulfillment of my dreams and
goals. It would get me to the next level of the game to help reach people and
change their lives.

Create your takeaway hooks

Telling people how you will meet their emotional needs—how you will relieve
their pain points and enhance their pleasure points—is what makes them crave
what you have to say.
When presenters can’t tell me why an audience would want what they are going
to present, I ask them this: “How will each of your takeaways relieve the pain
points and enhance the pleasure points of your listeners?”
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But it’s my next question that is the aha! moment for most presenters: “How will
each takeaway offer them happiness, success and/or freedom?” Having defined
their pain points and pleasure points, you can easily determine why the takeaways
will benefit them.
By defining the way you’ll relieve their pain points and satisfy their pleasure
points, you tell your audience why they’d want your presentation. You can then
form a sentence naming each takeaway (the what) that summarizes the reason
they’d want it (the whys) and hints at the way to achieve it (the how). The
audience can’t resist the bait. That’s why I call those suggestions the hooks.
You can use the answers to questions 1, 2, and 4 from the interview to fill out the
“how” rows. You can use the answers to questions 3 and 5 to fill out the “why”
rows. Below are the examples of the takeaway hooks I created for this Five
presentation:
What (takeaway): Create your 5 minute presentation
Why Happiness/Success/Freedom: Reach more people with what +
you’re really passionate about
How Put yourself in your audience shoes; Pick the right thing to =
say in the right order
Hook: I’m going to show you how to reach more people with your passion by
creating the right things to say in the right way.

What (takeaway): Practice your 5 minute presentation

Why Happiness/Success/Freedom: Open doors; take your game +
to the next level
How Cue yourself without losing the audience =
Hook: I’m going to show you how to prepare and cue yourself to take your game
to the next level and open more doors without losing your audience.

What (takeaway): Deliver your 5 minute presentation

Why Happiness/Success/Freedom: Change lives; fulfill big +
opportunities, dreams and goals; get them to say yes.
How Inspire and motivate your audience to move forward and =
take action.
Hook: I’m going to show you how to fulfill big opportunities, dreams and goals
by inspiring and motivating your audience to take action in their lives.

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Create your main presentation hook

Once you have the hooks for each takeaway, you can create the main hook for the
entire presentation. Just as the main title was a summary of your takeaways, the
main hook is a summary of your takeaway hooks. Find it this way.
First, review the takeaway hooks. It might help you to underline the key words
that correspond to pain points or pleasure points. For each takeaway hook,
underline the key words that correspond to the most powerful pain points and
pleasure points of your audience. Then add the title of your presentation at the
very end of the main hook.
Here is what they looked like for my Five presentation:
• Takeaway #1 Hook: I’m going to show you how to reach more people
with your passion by creating the right things to say in the right way.
• Takeaway #2 Hook: I’m going to show you how to prepare to take your
game to the next level and even cue yourself without losing your
audience.”
• Takeaway #3 Hook: I’m going to show you how to fulfill dreams and
goals by inspiring and motivating your audience to take action in their
lives.
• Main Presentation Hook: I’m going to show you how to inspire and
motivate more people to fulfill their dreams and goals by taking your
5 minute presentations to the next level.

Map Out Your Message

Once you have created your irresistible menu and your tantalizing core content,
your next task is to combine your words with slides and create a PowerPoint
presentation.
By August 2012, it was estimated that 350 PowerPoint presentations are given
each second across the globe. So the mere fact that you’re putting on a slide show
in connection with your presentation isn’t very compelling. Certainly how it looks
may set it apart, and I will discuss some techniques for making your graphics look
good in chapter 4. But before you decide what kind of visuals you’ll use and when
you’ll use them, you have to think about why you are using them.
In putting together a good presentation, here’s the critical point to remember: a
PowerPoint slideshow is a visual aid. And that’s exactly how it should be used:
not as a crutch, but as an aid—something that adds to your presentation.
The slides should be used only as signals, guideposts, and placeholders (and
occasionally, for giving clarity to a complex idea). For the most part, you want
your audience to be focused on you, the presenter, and to understand that the core
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content will come directly and only from you—because that’s what makes them
stay attentive.
To see how to coordinate your words and the titles, here’s a slide-by-slide
description of my Five PowerPoint show I created for this presentation to you.
I’ve included some step-by-step explanations that can serve as the template for
your own presentation.
For each slide, you’ll see what the audience sees and why it’s there. Below each
slide, you’ll see what I say. These are called my blueprint pages. For each
takeaway, there’s a single page containing the name of the takeaway and of the
associated tasks, subtasks, and, if needed, sub-subtasks, examples, and theories, as
well as my notes.
This shows how I integrated my visuals with this presentation and is meant to
give you an example of what a basic blueprint looks like. I suggest you follow this
example, since this same process works for any kind of presentation. Once you
have created your blueprint, print a copy and use it as a reference throughout your
presentation.

Create your opening slides

Create your title slide and blueprint

Introduce yourself: “Hi, my name is Jason Teteak.”

Give your credentials: “I help people become better public speakers.”
Deliver the main presentation hook: ”I’m going to show you how to inspire and
motivate more people to fulfill their dreams and goals by taking your 5 minute
presentations to the next level.”

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Create your circle of knowledge slide (optional)

Ask circle of knowledge question: “What the #1 thing that makes an amazing
five-minute presentation?”

Create your main agenda slide (list of takeaways)

Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating the title): “I’m going to

show you 31 specific strategies to give an amazing five minute presentation.”

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Create your content slides

Create your highlighted agenda slides (1 for each takeaway)

Say takeaway #1 hook: “I’m going to start by showing you how to reach more
people with your passion by creating the right things to say in the right way.

Say takeaway #2 hook: “Next, I’m going to show you how to prepare to take
your game to the next level and even cue yourself without losing your
audience.”

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Say takeaway #3 hook: “Finally, I’m going to show you how to fulfill dreams and
goals by inspiring and motivating your audience to take action in their lives.”

Create your task slides (1 for each takeaway)

Present your blueprint for takeaway #1

 Create your core content
• Identify what your audience wants
o Send an email
 Ex: See handout
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• Create your takeaways

o Start with an action verb
o Use 7 words or fewer
o Use familiar words
 Ex: See handout
• Create your tasks
o Use 2-4 (3 recommended)
o Start with action verb, 7 words or fewer, familiar words
 Ex: See handout
• Create your subtasks
o Use 2-4 (3 recommended)
o Start with action verb, 7 words or fewer, familiar words
 Ex: See handout
• Create your examples
o Make this a handout if needed
o Make slides if needed
 Ex: See handout
• Create the title of your presentation
o Follow the phrase:
 “After you have listened to my entire presentation,
you will be able to…”
o Start with an action verb that
o Use seven words or fewer
o Use familiar words
 Ex: Give an Amazing 5 minute presentation
 Make it irresistible
• Identify why your audience wants it (Interview)
o Ask 1 or 2 people the following five questions:
 What are your biggest concerns or worries?
 What are the biggest challenges with those areas?
 What are the problems they are causing?
 What’s your ideal outcome?
 What would getting that outcome do for you?
 Ex: See handout
• Create your takeaway hooks
o Fill out the table using the interview results.
 Use questions 1, 2, and 4 to fill out the “how”
 Use questions 3, 5 to fill out the “why”
 Ex: See handout
• Create your main presentation hook
o Underline the key words for pain and pleasure points
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oAdd the title of your presentation at end

 Ex: See handout
 Map out your message
• Create your opening slides
o Create your title slide and blueprint
 Introduce yourself
 Give your credentials
 Deliver the main presentation hook
 Ex: See handout
o Create your circle of knowledge slide (optional)
 Ask circle of knowledge question:
 Ex: See handout
o Create your main agenda slide (list of takeaways)
 Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating
the title)
 Ex: See handout
• Create your core content slides
o Create your highlighted agenda slides (1 for each takeaway)
 Say takeaway hooks
o Create your task slides (1 for each takeaway)
 Present your blueprint for each takeaway
o Create your example slides (optional)
 Use to visual illustrate examples
o Ex: See handout
• Create your closing slides
o Create your summary slide
 Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating
the title)
 Ask for final questions
o Create your final slide
 Thank the audience
 Part with warm words
o Ex: See handout

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Present your blueprint for takeaway #2

• Practice your words
 Print slideshow notes pages (blueprint)
• Ex: See handout
 Read through it 3 times in real time
 Read one more time and record with smartphone
• Remove fillers
o Ex: So, and, all right, okay, like, now, well, you know,
right, um/uh (See Eloquence for more info)
• Remove negative words
o Ex: But, however, not, should (See Eloquence for
more info)
• Ensure < 5 minutes
• Add your non-verbals
 Listen to recording
 Practice volume, pace, infections
• Ex: Model for audience (See Eloquence for more info)
 Practice confident body language
• Ex: Model for audience (See Expression for more info)
• Practice “without looking”
 Practice with PowerPoint show
 Practice with exact clicker standing up
 Practice in same room as presentation

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Present your blueprint for takeaway #3

• Deliver an amazing opener
 Overcome your nervousness
• Watch the program Calm
 Introduce yourself
• Ex: “Hi, my name is Jason Teteak.”
 Give your credentials
• Ex: “I help people become better public speakers.”
 Deliver the main presentation hook
• Ex: ”I’m going to show you how to inspire and motivate
more people to fulfill their dreams and goals by taking your
5 minute presentations to the next level.”
 Ask circle of knowledge question
• Ex: “What the #1 thing that makes an amazing five-minute
presentation?”
 Summarize your takeaways
• Ex: “I’m going to show you 31 specific strategies to give an
amazing five minute presentation.”
• Deliver a compelling message
 Keep them captivated
• Give takeaways hooks
o Ex: “I’m going to start by showing you how to reach
more people with your passion by creating the right
things to say in the right way.”

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Ex: “Next, I’m going to show you how to prepare to

o
take your game to the next level and even cue
yourself without losing your audience.”
o Ex: “Finally, I’m going to show you how to fulfill
dreams and goals by inspiring and motivating your
audience to take action in their lives.”
• Ask relevant questions
o Ex: “How could you use relevance questions in your
next five minute presentation?”
• Ask leading questions
o Ex: “Why do you think a leading question like I’m
asking right now is so powerful for keeping
attention?”
• Use directional
o Ex: “Look on p. 23 of your handout.”
 Make it enjoyable
• Inspirer: tell a personal story
o Ex: The story of how I put this all together in 1 day
and used the same steps I’m showing you to create
this presentation. My wife Jess was who I
interviewed.
• Fascinator: share trivia and interesting facts
• Energizer: challenge the audience
• Performer: create a character
 Stay on schedule
• Time check at 2 and 4 minutes
• Adjust as needed
• Close to applause
 Show summary slide
• Restate what they got and why they wanted it.
o Ex: “You just learned 31 specific strategies to give an
amazing five minute presentation.”
• Ask for questions
o Ex: “What questions do you have about giving an
amazing 5 minute presentation?”
 Show final slide
• Thank them.
o Ex: “Thank you for being so attentive.”
• Part with warm words
o Ex: ”Have a great day.”

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Create your closing slides

Create your summary slide

Summarize the takeaways (# of subtasks + restating the title): “You just learned
31 specific strategies to give an amazing five minute presentation.”
Ask for final questions: ”What questions do you have about giving an amazing 5
minute presentation?”

Create your final slide with main picture

Thank the audience: “Thank you for being so attentive.”

Part with warm words. ”Have a great day.”
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Notes: Create Irresistible Content

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Your Turn to Create Irresistible Content

It’s your turn to reach more people with your passion by creating the right things
to say in the right way.

Review and Exercises

Items flagged with arrows require action on your part. If you are uncertain how to
proceed, reread the appropriate section in this lesson.

Create Your Core Content

 Compose the email you will send out to determine what your audience
wants.
 Create your takeaways (four to eight per hour).*
 Create the main tasks that will make the takeaway possible. *
 Create the subtasks. *
 Create the sub-subtasks (if necessary). *
 Create the examples
 Create your title according to the formula.*
*Start with an action verb, use seven words or less, and use familiar words.

Make it Irresistible
 Conduct an interview using the questions in this chapter.
 Use the interview results to define how your takeaways relieve pain points
and enhance pleasure points.
 Create your takeaway hooks by defining how each takeaway offers
happiness, success, and/or freedom.
 Create your main hook.

Map Out Your Message

Prepare your opening slides

 Decide what the audience will see on the title slide.
 Decide what you will say in relation to the title slide.
 Decide what the audience will see on the main agenda slide.
 Decide what you will say in relation to the main agenda slide.

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Prepare your core content slides

Use the blueprint pages you created in chapter 2.

 Decide what the audience will see on the highlighted agenda slide.
 Decide what you will say in relation to the highlighted agenda slide.
 Decide what the audience will see on the task slide.
 Decide what you will say in relation to the task slide.
 As needed: Prepare your example slides.
 Decide what the audience will see on the example slide.
 Decide what you will say in relation to the example slide.
Repeat this process for each takeaway.

Prepare your closing slides

 Decide what the audience will see on the summary slide.
 Decide what you will say in relation to the summary slide.
 Decide what the audience will see on the final slide.
 Decide what you will say in relation to the final slide.

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Session 2: Practice to Perfection

Prepare to take your game to the next level and even cue
yourself without losing your audience.
The primary need of your audience is to feel safe with you and among their peers,
so that’s what you must deal with first. Once they trust you, they will feel safe.
The best way to start is with a thoroughly rehearsed strong opening.
I suggest you run through your entire presentation at least three times in real time
and in the exact circumstances of your presentation. For example, if you’re not in
the actual presentation room, practice in a room of similar size; if you’ll be on
stage, practice on a stage. If you are at all nervous, run through the opening
portion—the steps covered in this chapter, everything up to the reveal of the
topics—at least six times.
I am amazed so many people take such care with the content of their presentation
and don’t spend much time thinking about the first impression they make when
they come onstage.
Some presenters even start by fiddling with the mic. The audience doesn’t know if
the person on stage is the presenter or the AV tech until the person says, “I guess
I’d better turn the mic up. I have a very soft voice.”

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But these openers, all of which I have actually heard, aren’t any better:
• “Can everybody hear me?”

• “I’ll talk for about forty-five minutes or so.”

• “I know you’re all very busy.”

• “I’m very glad to be here.”

• “I’m a graphic designer.”

• “All right, I just want to start with a little story . . .”

• “Hey. So, first and foremost, I really want to, um, thank everybody.”

• “Probably the first thing I should tell you is . . .”

• “You guys are awesome.”

• “Uh, all right, before I get started . . .”

• “So, I have been up here a few times today, although I have not properly
introduced myself.”

• “All right, let’s get started.”

Such awkward comments are not compelling and don’t make a presenter seem
credible. The audience feels disappointed; its expectations are deflated.
To connect with your audience, even before you say a word, you have to make an
impressive physical impression. To do that, your first need to practice your
presentation the right way. Prepare to take your game to the next level and even
cue yourself without losing your audience.

How to Practice to Perfection

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Notes: Practice to Perfection

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Your Turn to Practice to Perfection

It’s your turn to prepare to take your game to the next level and even cue yourself
without losing your audience.

Review and Exercises

Items flagged with arrows require action on your part. If you are uncertain how to
proceed, reread the appropriate section in this lesson.

Practice Your Words

 Print your slideshow notes pages including your blueprint.
 Read through it three times in real time.
 Read it one more time and this time record it with smartphone.
 Listen to the recording and remove any fillers and negative words. Ensure
it’s less than five minutes.

Add Your Non-Verbals

 Listen to recording, this time listening for tone of voice.
 Practice volume, pace, infections to do any of the following you wish to
accomplish:
• Build enthusiasm and excitement.
• Stress importance.
• Contrast two ideas or things.
• Re-engage the distracted.
• Show urgency.
• Appear credible and knowledgeable.
 Watch the program Eloquence to learn more about tone of voice.
 Practice confident body language.
 Watch the program Expression to learn more about body language.

Practice without Looking

 Practice your full five minute presentation with a with PowerPoint show
 Practice it again with a slide clicker while standing up.
 Practice it one final time in the same room as the actual presentation if
possible.

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Session 3: Deliver a Powerful Impression

Fulfill dreams and goals by inspiring and motivating your

audience to take action in their lives.
If you tell me you have a panic attack the moment you stand in front of your
audience, I’ll bet I know what your problem is. And—though all these things
matter—it’s not because of how you’re standing or that your voice is cracking or
that you’re talking too loud or too fast or that you’re sweating. It’s not because of
anything you are doing. It’s what you are not doing.
You haven’t kept your focus. You’ve forgotten that the presentation isn’t about
you; it’s about your audience. When you’re meeting the audience members for the
first time, when you’re making that first impression, how you’re feeling and what
you’re doing doesn’t matter as much as how they’re doing and how they’re
feeling. You should be concentrating on their feelings and their needs.
Everyone wants to know how to get up in front of an audience and connect with
it—right away. I will tell you how. Using the Rule the Room principles, you will
get an immediate response that will be unlike any you have experienced. The
rustling will stop. People will come to attention. Eyes will be fixed on you. That’s
because you will be using techniques most presenters have no idea about but that
will win over even the toughest audience. You may even be surprised to find
you’re enjoying yourself.

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How to Deliver a Powerful Impression

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Notes: Deliver a Powerful Impression

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Your Turn to Deliver a Powerful Impression

It’s your turn to fulfill dreams and goals by inspiring and motivating your
audience to take action in their lives.

Review and Exercises

Items flagged with arrows require action on your part. If you are uncertain how to
proceed, reread the appropriate section in this lesson.

Deliver an Amazing Opener

 Practice the following pieces of your opener three times in real time prior
to the day of the presentation:
• Introduce yourself.
• Give your credentials.
• Deliver the main presentation hook.
• Ask circle of knowledge question.
• Summarize your takeaways.
 If you are fearful or very nervous about your presentation, watch the
program Calm before continuing.
 On the day of the presentation, practice your opener again three times in
real time and once within 30 minutes of the presentation.

Deliver a Compelling Message

 Practice your entire presentation three times in real time prior to the day of
the presentation focusing on the following key techniques to keep them
captivated:
• Give takeaways hooks.
• Ask relevant questions.
• Ask leading questions.
• Use a directional.
 If you haven’t yet, go to www.presentationpersonality.com to discover
your presentation style.
 Practice how you will make it enjoyable for the audience using one of the
following techniques based on your presentation personality style:
• Inspirer: tell a personal story.
• Fascinator: share trivia and interesting facts.
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• Energizer: challenge the audience.

• Performer: create a character.
 As you practice, check on your two minute and four minute checkpoints to
ensure you are on pace.

Close to Applause
 Practice your closing statements and slides.
 As you show the summary slide, be sure to:
• Restate what they got and why they wanted it.
• Ask for questions
 As you show the final slide, be sure to:
• Thank them.
• Part with warm words.

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About Rule the Room Public Speaking

Rule the Room Public Speaking is a leading provider of public speaking solutions
to people and organizations everywhere and is led by Jason Teteak, the visionary
founder and CEO. The mission of Rule the Room Public Speaking is to help
public speakers shine in front of their audience. Rule the Room Public Speaking
has a variety of programs available to enhance your public speaking skills. For
more information, visit www.ruletheroompublicspeaking.com.
Conquer Your Fear
• Presto: presentation wow factor
Get the instant wow factor for your presentation.
• Calm: phobic to epic
Conquer your fear of public speaking.
• Opener: the power of a great start
Blow your audience away with a killer presentation opener.
• Archetype: get laughs by being yourself
Discover the power of your natural presentation style.
• Five: break down barriers, open doors
Give an amazing five minute presentation.
Train For TED
• Dazzle: secrets of a speaking sensation
The secrets of master presenters.
• Create: the rule the room method classic
Presentation bootcamp: hands-on presentation content creation skills.
• Convey: the rule the room method signature
Presentation bootcamp: hands-on presentation delivery skills.
• Captain: the rule the room method experience
Presentation bootcamp: hands-on presentation audience management
skills.
Build Your Business
• Advantage: deliver money-making presentations
How to give an effective business presentation.
• Captivate: create money-making presentations
How to hook your audience.
• Sales bootcamp: ground up money-making strategies
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Hands-on sales presentation skills.

• Webcast: deliver money-making webinars
How to give an effective webinar.
• Pitch: market your business
How to perfect your pitch.
• Video: increase your business’s visibility
Speaking strategies for perfect videos and podcast.
• Demo: impress clients, win relationships
Entice your audience with your demo.
Lead Your Troops
• Administrator: address your department
Give a seamless administrative presentation.
• Eloquence: the secret opportunity revealed
Convince with your voice.
• Respect: reach your leadership potential
Gain respect as a true leader.
• Meeting: motivate change internally
The art and science of meetings that motivate.
• Facilitate: the rule the room method classic
Lead valuable group discussions.
• Serenity: 24 hours to peace
How to handle challenging people.
• Boomerang: be ready for anything
Answer questions like a pro.
• Validate: public speaking skills for change
Present an effective validation session.

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