Media-Presentation Tips Info from Media Training Worldwide June 16, 2004



By TJ Walker



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TV/Media Tips

1. Drink plenty of water before a TV interview. Otherwise your mouth will become dry and you will lick your lips in a distracting manner.

2. Don't dart your tongue out while you speak or you'll look like a serpent.

3. Don't dodge questions! Answer the question in eight seconds or less and then bridge back to your main message for the next 25 seconds or so.

4. If a reporter asks you a complex, detailed, five-part question, focus on answering the one question that leads you back to talking about your message points.

5. Never assume the camera isn't recording just because the light is off.


Speaking/Presentation Tips


6.  If you freeze for a moment while giving a speech, then take a drink of water--it will seem planned.

7. Don't eat a big meal before speaking, it will make you sleepy and you'll appear to be lacking energy.

8. Don't "dumb" you message down. It takes more intellectual rigor and discipline to communicate in one minute than it does to blab on and on for 10 minutes.

9. Don't try to sound more authoritative by lowering your voice--that will make you harder to hear and you'll sound unprofessional.

10. Don't fiddle with a pen while speaking before an audience--you should have already written your speech. (only an egotist writes down quotes from himself during a speech)

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