10 Effective Tips for Giving a Speech

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10 Effective Tips for Giving a Speech

• Kay Adams
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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Know Your Topic
• 2. Research/Facts
• 3. Know Your Audience
• 4. Delivery of Speech
• 5. Language/Voice
• 6. Making Eye Contact

• 7. Posture/ Nerves
• 8. Practice
• 9. Use Visual Aids
• 10. Question/Answers
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Gallop Poll
• Ancient Rome
• Oral Delivery
• Keep it short and simple
• First 30 seconds are important

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Know Your Topic

• Decide on a topic use solid foundations/facts
  for your speech.
• Ask three key questions
• What is the occasion?
• What is the purpose of the speech?
• Who is the audience?

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Know Your Topic Cont

• Have an opening, body and conclusion.
• Decide if you will use a script, notes or cue
  cards to remember key points or facts.

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Research/Facts

• Research your topic for relevant facts and
  supporting research.
• Add references to notes, cue cards or scripts for
  the audience to reference.

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Know Your Audience

• Make topic appropriate for age, gender or
  cultures.
• Your audience is there to here your message.
• Relax and deliver the message, instead of
  focusing on yourself.

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Delivery of Speech

• Speak clearly and make sure your appearance is
  appropriate.
• Maintain eye contact and refrain from fidgeting.
• Most importantly be yourself and try to relax.

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Language/Voice

• Speak clearly and concisely during your speech.
• Refrain from using cultural epitaphs, jargon and
  street lingo.
• Use a large booming pitch so that everyone in the
  audience can hear you, but be careful not to
  scream at them.
• Use appropriate acronyms, or abbreviations, but
  explain them to the audience.

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Making Eye Contact

• Connect with the audience
• Breathe!
• Get them to nod their heads to acknowledge what
  youre saying
• Face and observe your audience
• Divide the audience into Quadrants
• Pick one person in each to make eye contact with

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Posture/Nerves

• Dont stand there like a stick.
• Try to appear normal
• Use hand gestures naturally.
• Move around a bit, but stand up straight.
• Take a drink of water when appropriate.
• Rocking back and forth conveys nervousness.
• Act natural, not artificial.
• Try breathing exercises to calm yourself.
• Arrive early to meet audience members.

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Practice! Practice! Practice!

• Practicing your speech in front of a mirror,
  friends and family members can limit anxiety.
• Take time to pause in the right places and catch
  your breath.
• Never give a speech unprepared.

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Use Visual Aids

• Use PowerPoint presentations to deliver visual
  cues to yourself and the audience.
• Projectors and slides can be used.
• Use the Internet/computers if accessible.
• Use bright colors, pictures, graphs, charts and
  cartoons are all good sources of visual
  information.

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Questions/Answers

• Allow time for the audience to ask questions.
• Be prepared for questions using notes or cue
  cards.
• If you have no answer, ask audience member to
  talk with you after the speech. This will give
  you time to find an answer.

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Chart of Progression
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Conclusion

• Successful speech
• Appropriate topic
• Knowing the audience
• Clear and concise
• Voice quality
• Good eye contact
• Good body language
• Lots of practice
• Appropriate use of Visual Aides
• Be prepare to answer questions
• Breathe!

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