英语演讲技巧

Speech Exam Review Questions

The answers can be found in your book and/or your PPTs Introduction:

1. What does TE stand for? Technology, Entertainment ,Design

2. Who is the author of Talk Like TED? Carmine Gallo

3. Talk like TED is for anyone who wants to speak with more confidence and authority.

4. When was the TED conference created? In March 2012

5. What are the 3 components of an engaging and inspiring presentation? Emotional, Novel, Memorable

Chapter 1: Unleash the Master Within

1. What leads to mastery? Passion

2. You cannot inspire others unless you are inspired yourself

3. True or False: What you do is not always what you are passionate about.

4．A passion is something that is intensely meaningful and core to your identity. Charismatic speakers radiate joy and passion.

5. Who makes the best public speakers?

Those who are joyful about their work often make the best public speakers.

6. What is a positive, intense, feeling that you experience for something that is profoundly meaningful for you as an individual?

Entrepreneurial passion

7. What is core to your self-identity? Passion

8. How you think - the confidence you have in your expertise, the passion you have for your topic - directly impacts your communication presence.

9. In order to identify what you are passionate about, what should you ask yourself? What makes my heart sing?

Chapter 2: Master the Art of Storytelling

1. Telling stories allows you to reach what?

People’s hearts and minds

2. What should you connect your stories to?

Connect your stories to the central theme of your speech.

3. What is the best tool of persuasion?

Storytelling is the best tool of persuasion

4. What is persuasion?

Something influencing someone to act by appealing to reason

5. What 3 components do you need to persuade someone? Ethos, Logos and Pathos

6. What are the 3 types of effective stories?

Personal stories, stories about other people, stories involving the success or failure of products or brands

7. What does empathy mean?

The capacity to recognize and feel emotions experienced by somebody else.

Chapter 3:

1. What do you need to do to deliver a presentation comfortably? Practice relentlessly and internalize your contents so that you can deliver the presentation as comfortably as having a conversation with a close friend.

2. When does true persuasion happen after?

True persuasion occurs only after you have built an emotional rapport with your listeners and have gained their trusts

3. What happens if your voice, body language, and gestures do not match with your word?

Your listeners will distrust your message

4. What does an authentic presentation require?

◆An authentic presentation requires hours of work

a. Dig deep into your soul

b. Choose the right words that best represent the way you feel about

your topic

c. Deliver those words with a lot of impact

d. Make sure that your nonverbal communication is consistent with

your message

5. What hat are some steps you can take to craft and deliver a great presentation?

1. Help with planning

◆Ask for help from the people who know you best

◆Use simple explanations