Question

explain the 3ps method public speaking
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Answer 1

Answer:

speaking - Prepare, Practice, Perform. And if you are a leader working with a communications consultant, you know about the 3 Ps as well. Hope this answer helps you

Answer 2

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3 Ps of Public speaking - Prepare, Practice, Perform. 

Preparation

For me, Preparation was fairly relaxed. Because I was going to talk about my day-to-day job, and how amazing it is to use digital internal communications strategies to enhance employee engagement in large organizations. I thought about the message, considered the target audience I was addressing and what would make it relevant for them.

Once the outline was ready, I shared it with a colleague whose opinion I value for feedback. From there it took a bit more polishing (i.e. adding more tangible examples) and the presentation was ready.

Practice

Well... Practice took longer. Because it required focused time and I never seemed to have one full hour to immerse myself and practice. I remember talking to my husband about the presentation, how excited I was to give it and I recall him saying – “Well, did you practice it? Presenters from Ted Talks look so natural and cool, but they put a lot of time in preparation and practice.”

So here I am, reminded by my dear husband to do what I preach. And it was great! Because I got him involved in my project :) He and our daughter went out to the park that weekend, while I stayed home and practiced in front of the mirror.

My take away here is to ask for help to practice. In this case I needed help to free up time to practice. Depending on the situation it can be asking for help to practice in front of someone (to get the adrenaline kick in) or ask someone to film you if you are preparing for a video recording. It’s a different feeling when you stare in a camera or when you talk to a live audience.

Last but not least, I always advise on preparing speakers cards. This is a good final exercise to go through the presentation flow and write down the key message. Then each speaker can decide if they should use them or not, depending on the style of the presentation and the role they play (if they are moderating a session vs. if they deliver a presentation).

Perform

Closing the circle with the last P, Perform was such a great experience. I enjoyed every moment of it – going up the stage, setting the scene, sharing the case studies, answering questions during and after the presentation.

Reflecting back on the experience, I believe it was mostly thanks to the famous 3 Ps. I have to admit that during a break I went up on stage to see how it feels, how you see the audience, where the lights go. This is a trick I learned from my sister, who spent quite a bit of time on stage as an opera singer.

The above is a very personal experience. If you want to find out more about public speaking, you can enroll to an on line class. There are quite a few, and I’d recommend Introduction to public speaking from Coursera. The content is top-notch and it’s taught on line, which gives you flexibility in fitting it in your weekly agenda.