On a warm summer day, I was out riding the lawn mower around the yard. As you know mowing the lawn can be a low concentration task leaving plenty time for daydreaming and/or speech rehearsal.

If you had been standing there, you would have seen my lips move as I worked around the yard. I was applying this next speech preparation tip:

Tip #18: Practice your speech while distracted.

If you and I rehearse a presentation in our living room or office, we can be maybe 90-95% focused on the speech. However, practicing the speech while distracted and suddenly your concentration may drop to 50% or lower.

This makes it more difficult for us to rehearse the speech and thus prepares us for the presentation.

How can you practice your next presentation while distracted.

Arlen Busenitz

Arlen Busenitz is an experienced speaker with over 650 presentations. He is Author of several books, CD's,and creator of Become a Better Speaker in One Evening™

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