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===Vary your tone=== | ===Vary your tone=== | ||
''You are not a goddamn Gregorian monk. Nor am I. Speak with some animation. | |||
===Speak in idiomatic English=== | ===Speak in idiomatic English=== | ||
I know it is hard, since legal discourse has been beaten into you, but try not to speak like a lawyer: | I know it is hard, since legal discourse has been beaten into you, but try not to speak like a lawyer: | ||
“is under no obligation to issue any kind of guidance”, “in relation to” “in some instances of”... | “is under no obligation to issue any kind of guidance”, “in relation to” “in some instances of”... | ||
===Be funny=== | ===Be ''funny''=== | ||
Now not everyone can be spontaneously witty on the fly. To be fair, most commercial lawyers have trouble being witty in ''any'' circumstances. So prepare ''something'' that might raise a chuckle beforehand. No-one is expecting Richard Pryor. And, okay, “Security and Enforcement in the Cayman Islands” is tough material, BUT YOU ARE THE BEST IN YOUR BUISINESS, RIGHT? That is ''why'' people are prepared to hear you out, isn’t it? So this is your challenge. ''Find'' something fun or outrageous to say about your topic: something your audience will remember. If there really, really isn’t anything like that — and “Security and Enforcement in the Cayman Islands” may be just that topic, then consider: ''why are you giving a seminar about something so dull in the first place?'' | |||
===Don’t clutter your slides=== | |||
Use a (short) sentence on each one, and use it as a cue to say something interesting. Lawrence Lessig is BRILLIANT at slides. Well worth seeing what he does. it is magical. | |||
3. Vary your tone. Bring that personality. moderate your range. Pause. Punctuate. Be dramatic. This is a performance, not a root canal. | 3. Vary your tone. Bring that personality. moderate your range. Pause. Punctuate. Be dramatic. This is a performance, not a root canal. | ||