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Tip #27: Most of the Nervousness that You Feel Will Not Be Noticed by Your Audience? | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 27, 2025

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Welcome to 30 Tips in 30 Days! Over the entire month of November, I will be releasing a short, bite sized episode of Fearless Presentations every morning covering things that are absolutely essential to being a better presenter.

We are our own biggest critics. Think about how many presentations you've sat through in your life. Every speech, lecture, class, presentation, everything. Chances are, you maybe recognized the nerves of a specific presenter two, maybe three times ever. We very rarely are focused on the little mannerisms of the speaker unless we are outrageously bored, so just focus on making your presentation entertaining, engaging, and informative and nobody will notice wet palms or sweaty brows.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #26: Practice Your Speech with a Partner | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 26, 2025

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Yesterday I told you about how recording a video of yourself is the absolute wrong way to critique your presentation and how getting a coach is the absolute best way. But what do you do if you can't afford or get a coach right now but still want to critique your presentation?

While it's not as good as having a trained professional critique your technique, getting a friend, partner, coworker, or family member to tell you what's engaging and not in a presentation is certainly something that will help you figure out the strong and weak points in your speech.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #25: Do Not Video Yourself to Overcome Nervousness | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 25, 2025

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ABSOLUTELY DO NOT VIDEO YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO OVERCOME NERVOUSNESS. This is one of the absolute biggest mistakes I see in new presenters who are trying to improve their confidence. They think "oh if I can just watch back my presentation I can pick out the issues with it and focus on improving them.". What will actually happen is you will watch it back, nit pick the problems that are barley actually there, and likely leave with even lower confidence of yourself as a presenter.

Getting a coach to point out the issues to you without lowering your confidence is a million times better than trying to be your own coach. This does not apply to more advanced speakers though, if you are already confident and are just trying to marginally improve your performance videoing can be a great tool.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #24: Consider Other Types of Visual Aids (Visuals that Aren't Slides) | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 24, 2025

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This does not mean you shouldn't use slideshows or PowerPoints. They are still the standard for a reason. But they are also not the only form of visual aid that works at conveying your presentation to people in the audience.

Mixing it up with things like posters boards, props, samples, handouts, or videos can spice things up a bit and, in many cases, are actually better than just going with the safe slideshow.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #23: Use the 6X6 Rule When Creating a PowerPoint Slides | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 23, 2025

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The 6x6 rule is one that's kind of old school but it definitely is something that still applies and can make a lot of people's mediocre PowerPoint's instantly a lot better. The 6x6 rule is simple. You should (usually) never have more than 6 lines of text on a slide and you should (usually) never have more than 6 words in each line on the slide. Brevity and glance-ability are the strongest traits that words on a slideshow can have.

If your audience is squinting trying to read the entire paragraph you have on screen then you have failed. Likewise, if you have a single word up on the screen that isn't something incredibly important or applicable to your presentation, you've also failed.

Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #22: If You Use a Slideshow, Limit Your Slides | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 22, 2025

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Going all the way back to the very first tip in this series, over-designing your slideshow or prioritizing your PowerPoint over your speech is one of the most common mistakes there are in speech writing.

We have an old blog post on our website with videos being released on the Fearless Presentations YouTube right now over the amount of slides you should be including in your presentation (depending on the length) and chances are, it's quite a bit less than you are doing now. So go check those out to get a full understanding of the tip.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #21: Add Showmanship | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 21, 2025

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Not only is your presentation important for the information it has to deliver, it's also important as a piece of entertainment. Nothing you say will be delivered the right way if you are boring, uninteresting, and not thinking of the speech as something that people have to stay engaged with for a long period of time.

So whenever you are trying to think of the best way to present the information you have to give, realize that the absolute best way to present it is in a way that people will enjoy consuming it. Adding a bit of pizazz to your speech in the way of physicality, fun stories, funny anecdotes, and pre-planned structure is the best way to go about it.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #20: Borrow Credibility from Another Expert Using a Quote You Can Memorize | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 20, 2025

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This tip is very specifically worded because it's very easy to misinterpret and actually end up hurting your speech more than helping it. Quotes can be a very useful tool. If you are trying to add credibility to a position or decision you're presenting, directly quoting someone successful with your position or decision can make people think "well it worked for that successful person, maybe it's worth hearing out".

So quotes are great, the chasms you can fall into come with how the quote is presented. Putting the quote up on the board, struggling to remember the speech, or misremembering it are all things that may actually hurt you more than help you.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #19: Add Funny Anecdotes | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 19, 2025

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Humor is the great unifier. Even when people are annoyed, hate, or disagree with something that you're saying, a good joke will still make them laugh. Finding ways to sneak funny anecdotes into your speeches, especially when you feel like you're losing your audience, is one of the best ways to instantly win them back over.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

Tip #18: Every Two Minutes (or So) Give the Audience an Example/Story | 30 Public Speaking Tips Nov 18, 2025

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Whether you've been speaking professionally for years and years or are looking to just start your public speaking journey, applying just these 30 tips I cover here will instantly and easily make you improve as a speaker.
Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)

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