Hitler as a Public Speaker

Today I had to do a presentation for work. Nothing too intense, just a presentation for new hires about a managers report. It went pretty well, nothing really all that significant to report really. Thing is though that every time I have to stand up and do a presentation or a speech of any kind I think about some people who have delivered fantastic speeches that I really enjoy. Adama from Galactica, Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday, Jeremy Clarkson as he presents Top Gear and there is one individual in particular that I think gives fantastic speeches and I almost hate to say it but senor Hitler.

Now to be clear, I am not for Nazis or any thing else like that, but Hitler gave some amazing speeches, and for good reason. His speeches were carefully scripted to hit the exact points, and they were choreographed down to each and every single hand gesture and movement. When he wanted to command a crowd he could. His organization was great at the propaganda and moving a whole people to their cause.

I pick who I want to be before I go into doing the speech/presentation, and try to adopt the physical presence and speech patterns. I tend to choose it based on what the information is, and how I want to present it. For the report today I wanted to convey something interesting to listen to, mostly cause of how dry the material was and because I just love the satirical personality of sir Jeremy Clarkson. So many hand gestures, any tangents, and those epic pauses before making a point. And the best part is that it works. It makes for a presentation that people want to listen to. I haven't had a need yet to use Hitler presence yet I do look forward to it. It will take some work but for that kind of end result it would be interesting. Adama and Al Pacino's coach character I sure have, and I have to say the it helps because if you are trying to adopt someone else's presence it makes the presentation easier because you don't have to worry as much about your hand gestures, or your speech patterns because you've seen it before, you know that it works. When you are thinking about doing those kind of gestures it also helps you be less nervous and less focused the things you are doing wrong.

Thats my trick. Do a presentation, think about Hitler.