When I joined the US National Speakers Association in 1995 I was introduced to the eight competencies all professional speakers were expected to study and learn. The competency I was most fascinated by was Platform Mechanics. Not a term I had every heard before, it encompasses everything to do with delivering a speech, except the speech itself.

No matter whether you are speaking online or offline, this the skills of platform mechanics are essential. So today I am going to start exploring this topic. I say start because I think I am tending to let theses shows get a little too long, but also because it is a big topic embracing everything that happens on the platform. all the audio visuals, slides, microphones, staging, seating etc.

The essence of platform mechanics is simple. The audience should be blissfully unaware of it all. You want your audience to listen to, and be totally absorbed by, the speech you are delivering. If they are distracted by something, that means that your platform mechanics are not working properly

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