MeidokonWiki:

Build rapport

Do this quickly with one of:

This is in rough order of good-ness.

Tailoring the body of the speech

Tailor it to your audience, pick most suitable structure and examples. Tell stories and use examples to put your points into context, makes this relevant and understandable.

Summarising

Finish with a bang, try to build intensity and volume. End with a call to action if it's appropriate, gives your audience a key point to remember and take away.

Making notes

You might start with an essay. Now trim it down.

Determine your key points of your message. Now simplify it. Choose accessible words, go for shorter sentences, you're not speaking your essay.

Repeat your key points every now and then, summarise the conclusions for your audience, helps lead them along.

Use the rule of threes, good things come in threes. Great for examples, allows you to show contrast. Good for lists of examples, short enough for your audience to remember.

Style

Do be too loud! It's okay. You need to be louder rather than softer.

Eloquence is where it's at. Once you start practising your delivery, think about:

Pausing

You just have to learn to judge it. Leave pauses to let key phrases sink in. Leave pauses so there's cadence; you need to create flow.

You can pause in the middle of sentences, or at the end. Both work in various contexts.

Pacing

Crescendo to a finish throughout the speech.

You need to vary your pacing, it should ebb and flow. If you're high intensity the whole time, you'll still lose engagement as it's tiring for the audience.

Final points

MeidokonWiki: WritingSpeeches (last edited 2019-10-06 05:48:55 by furinkan)