Chris Hayes Quotes

I am not a good cue card reader.

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.

I am still working on patter and presentation.

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.

Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.

You can have a five-page speech, and if the camera's not looking at you, you're not there.

It's essential that you make eye contact with your audience. You've got to know what's happening out there.

I didn't think I was much of a public speaker.

As a presenter, you have to speak with artificial energy and enthusiasm.

I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger.

I'm a presenter.

My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum.

I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good at standing in front of the class and speaking.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

I love presentations more than fashion shows. I love speaking to people and walking them through the collection.

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.

As any speaker will tell you, when you address a large number of people from a stage, you try to make eye contact with people in the audience to communicate that you're accessible and interested in them.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.

Go ahead, Teleprompter, Go ahead!

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. The key is the 10/20/30 rule: 10 slides given in 20 minutes using no font smaller than 30 points. If people just adhered to this rule, they would double or triple the quality of their presentations.