Public Speaking ? How to Introduce a Speaker

Most people will have an opportunity in their careers to introduce a speaker ? and hopefully be introduced themselves! The introducer?s job is to make the speaker sound interesting and fascinating, someone the audience just can?t wait to hear.?When an introducer can make the speaker look good, that in turn will make the introducer look good.

Here are some guidelines for preparing and delivering an introduction:

1. Resist winging it or relying on memory.?

Get information from your speaker ahead of time ? either from a bio or through an informal interview.?Then draft your remarks ? in bullet points ? and talk from them.

2. Incorporate these three elements:

* The speaker?s name.?Make sure your know how to pronounce it correctly.

*The speaker?s credentials.?Avoid reading his life history ? select only the information that?s relevant to the audience and the occasion.?

* The speaker?s topic and its importance to the audience.?A good introducer will let the audience know how this speaker?s information can be helpful to them.

3. Keep it brief but complimentary.?

An introduction shouldn?t be a speech.?On the other hand, don?t insult the speaker by providing just some cursory remarks: ?Here?s Sandy Banks, an accountant, who will talk to us about the new tax laws.? Give the audience some information that will make them really want to listen to this person.

4. Humanize the speaker.

Say something interesting and personal about her, don?t just recite a laundry list of accomplishments.?Ideally, this is something beyond ?She?s married and has 2.3 kids.??If you know the speaker, you might be able to speak to some personal trait you admire about her or relate an anecdote that?s humorous or characteristic of her positive traits.?If you don?t know her, then make sure you have a conversation with her ahead of time to see if you can learn something interesting about her.

5. Resist clich?s: ?

Without further ado??OR? A speaker who needs no introduction?

? ? ? Instead use: It gives me great pleasure to present? OR? Please join me in welcoming?

6. Don?t steal the speaker?s thunder.

This is not about you. Don?t try to impress the audience with what you know about the topic. This is the speaker?s time to shine. Your job is to simply make him look good, someone the audience can?t wait to listen to.

7. Don?t dessert the stage.

After you?ve made the introduction, stay at the lectern until the speaker reaches your side.?Greet her with a handshake and smile and turn the stage over to her.

And if you?re the one being introduced, a couple of pointers:

1. Give your introducer all the information and only the information you?d like used in your introduction.?Avoid handing over your resume. Stick to what?s relevant. And be sure to provide some kind of interesting, humanizing tidbit.

2. Appear interested and attentive during your introduction: don?t study your fingernails or seem to be engrossed in your notes. Be sure to look happy to be there!

Barbara Busey, president of the training firm Presentation Dynamics, has been a professional speaker, trainer and author since 1990. She does training and speaking on the ?dynamics? of how people ?present? themselves, is the author of the book, ?Stand Out When You Stand Up,? and is the creator of The Compelling Speaker, a unique presentation skills training program that combines advance audio CD instruction with a hands-on, ultra participative workshop. She now offers the Compelling Speaker Certification, a turnkey system ? complete with training content & technique, business strategies, and marketing guidelines ? that positions communicators to make a living training other business professionals to become more compelling speakers. Go to Compelling Speaker Certification to see her video, listen to her audio, and learn when the next Certification training is.

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