The document provides guidance on how to make a good speech. It recommends that a good speech should be concise, organized, tailored to the audience, persuasive, and credible. It emphasizes focusing the speech, clearly outlining the main points, understanding the target audience, using persuasive techniques to appeal to listeners, appearing knowledgeable and trustworthy, and practicing delivery through methods like rehearsing in front of a mirror. The document also offers tips for dealing with anxiety such as using hand motions and breathing steadily.
2. QUALITIES OF A GOOD SPEECH
Concise
Organized
Tailored to Audience
Persuasive
Credible
Proper Delivery
3. CONCISE
Say what you need to say
Nothing more
Nothing less
Be focused
There is always a time limit
Saying too much bores and is counterproductive
Saying too little leaves audience confused
4. ORGANIZED
You have your points
You say your points
You move on
Speech has clear beginning middle and end
5. AUDIENCE
Who are you talking to?
Identity of your audience is imperative
Are you talking to:
elementary school students?
college students?
business men and woman?
union workers?
Same speech can be made differently
6. PERSUASIVE
Appeal to the audience
Convince them of your speech
Several ways to do this:
Humor
Evidence based logic
Bandwagoning
Fearmongering
And many many more
Wikipedia has several more examples here and here
7. CREDIBLE
People need a reason to believe you
Sound like you know what you’re doing
Look like you know what you’re doing
Look likeable
Clean shaven
Clean clothes
Well dressed
Well combed
8. DELIVERY
Way you say it is more powerful than how you say it
Good hand motions
Confident body language
Fluent speech
Good attitude
9. PREPARATION
Good ways to practice your speech:
Talk to yourself in the mirror
(Doing this allows you to see your visual mistakes (i.e. body
language))
Repetition
(The more you do it the more you know it the more prepared you
are)
Extemporaneous speaking
Don’t memorize you speech word by word
Memorize concepts and order of delivery
Allows you to improvise on the spot
Preserves speech emotion
10. DEALING WITH ANXIETY
Hand motions
Help give outlet to nervous energy
Helps pacing, gives you rhythm
Practice with friend or family
Especially the encouraging kind, they set you up for success
Talk to a pet if you have no one else
Breath properly
Breath steadily even if the rest of you isn’t steady
Breathing steadily gives you rhythm and relaxes
More tips here!
11. VIDEOS!!!
Here’s more good advice on good speechmaking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyEFL7Feag
Here’s how NOT to make a speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YivQYeI0vys
12. REFERENCES
Cat Stare Picture http://www.podpocalypse.com/tag/cat-stare/
We Need You pic http://www.nowpublic.com/world/we-need-you
Of course, thank you YouTube for these great videos.
Thank you Wikipedia for its sites
Thank you University of Rochester for its webpage
Everything else from Microsoft office.