#4- Do not read your Speech
If you are not in a formal event where reading your message is important; generally, you will want to deliver your Speech from the heart. However, you should refrain from reading the Speech completely (in most cases) because your message will come as something distant. Reading a presentation or a slide breaks the interpersonal connection. By keeping eye contact with the audience, you keep the focus on yourself and your message. A brief overview of your speech outline can serve to refresh your memory and keep your plan in mind. You can use audio-visual aids judiciously to highlight your point. However, using this tip too often can break the direct connection to the audience, so use it sparingly. These aids should improve or clarify your content, and thus capture and maintain the attention of your audience.
#5- Start with an anecdote or an interesting story
Many people often make the mistake of starting their speeches by thanking the presenter or expressing their happiness for being there. Still, it is proven that the best way to start a presentation in public is by an anecdote or story that projects the subject you are going to talk about.
Don’t hesitate to include a funny anecdote in your presentation. Spectators generally appreciate a personal touch in a speech.
#6- It must be simple
When making a presentation, you should put aside fancy speeches with hundreds of data. Keep in mind that people do not remember much of what they hear, so the best speeches include a relevant message and some great stories to illustrate the message you are going to convey.
#7- It must be short
A good speech should never be more than ten or twenty minutes long. According to experts, the ideal time is to last seven minutes.
#8- Use body language
If your body betrays symptoms of nerves or fear, those present will be more closed to adopt the message you want to convey. In order to succeed, the public must feel that you are having a good time and that the theme of the Speech arouses you a lot of passion and emotion.
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5. Osborn, M. Public Speaking [Text] / Michael Osborn, Suzanne Osborn. – Moughton Mifflin Company: 2000. – 512 p.
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