Think of your main topic and break it down into 3 specific ideas. This will help you to focus your discussion and remain clear. Keep the 3 ideas simple and have them in your mind. Write out your main points, then picture what you’re talking about so you can visualize what you’re going to talk about. To help you create the “soft humor,” don’t take yourself too seriously. Second, identify the fears and insecurities around the topic so you can address these in a way that shows we all have these fears, insecurities and taboos and that our feelings are normal. This helps keep you in the moment and present with the audience and allows you to recognize the reality of the effect of your topic on yourself and the audience. Tell the audience you’re excited about what you’re talking about. This can make your excited mood infectious and lead them to be willing to come on this journey with you.
You could try doing something fun, like bringing with you a relevant object, doing a magic trick or a dance move to take things out of the ordinary and add some life to your talk. Another fun approach is to try a meditation and ask the audience to relax - feel your toes relax, your feet, etc. If you want the audience to move around, don’t hesitate to ask. Ask them to stand up and stretch, to shake hands with the person next to them, or to do a twirl on the spot. You could try asking the audience to say a bunch of affirmations out loud with you, to get them caught up in the mood you’re creating and help them to see its relevance to them too.
You can ask the audience to imagine something along with you, asking them to close their eyes and think about something with you, then resume with eye contact following this.
