How to make a good speech impresion?
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Question by ErikaM: How to make a good speech impresion?
I am in ag at school and i have chosen to do speech. I was wondering how to make a good first speech like how my posture should be and so on. Please Help!! thanku
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Choose the correct title of your speech,and be confident in yourself.
Alzenki
January 5, 2013 at 11:27 am
Practice your speech in front of people who you may not normally be comfortable with. This will not only make you more comfortable talking to a crowd, but it will also help you remember your speech. Most importantly, have confidence in yourself.
Hrrssnn
January 5, 2013 at 11:31 am
Having confidence is easier said than done and practice is the only way to get it. Other things to do is to look different people in the audience in the eye and don’t just stare off into space or at the wall when talking and if you must turn your back on the audience to flip a chart or whatever, stop talking and don’t start again until you’re facing them.
The big thing is to NOT use “UH”. If you need to pause or break your sentence, instead of saying UH, simply stop and don’t say anything. An audience is much more tolerant of a couple of seconds of silence than repeatedly hearing uh, uh, uh. I find myself counting how many times speakers say it. When I’m doing that I’m not doing a very good job of listening to the speaker.
Don’t jingle change in your pocket and don’t keep looking at your wristwatch. If you must keep track of the time, set your watch on the lectern or on a table where the audience can’t really see it. You can then casually glance at it without the audience noticing. If they catch you repeatedly looking at your watch, they’re going to think you’re sick of talking to them.
Depending upon the subject, interspersing a bit of clean humor now and then will help keep the audience on their toes. You need to have the right attitude and you need to remember that the speech isn’t so much about you as it is about your audience. They’re doing you a favor by listening to you rather than you doing them a favor talking to them, so make it worth their while. There’s nothing worse than a speaker who thinks he’s doing you a favor by talking to you. Good luck.
bikinkawboy
January 5, 2013 at 11:54 am
Pick a subject area that you are familiar with.
If you know your subject area you can get off track a little but, still be able to jump right back to your speech. If you know what you are talking about , you will be confident. Your audience will be more attentive when they believe what you are saying. They will believe you know what you are talking about and won’t want to miss anything you have to say.
Use props that appropriate. If you are talking about pollination, bring in a wind pollinated prop such as a corn stalk with both tassels and ears. If you are adding in insect pollination, bring in pictures of bees, butterflies and other animal pollinator pictures.
To seal the deal bring in the end product. An apple, a $ 1 jar of honey from the dollar store. Let the audience get involved. Maybe let everyone sample the honey? Give everyone a spoon and no double dipping.
Hand them a test to fill out prior to your speech. Let them keep the test . When you are done have them check their answers. Ask them if they changed any? Ask did they learn anything? Involve your audience Not only will they learn something. but, by using these tools your next speech will really knock them out when you become more sophisticated in your speech choices and how to involve the audience.
I give speeches in ares as diverse as raising bees, Native American Gardens, Archery for competition shooters, Rifle and pistol competition shooting, Master Gardener seminars.. only in my areas of expertise, water resources usage, invasive plants and animals controls in our state and a host of others. I stick to what I know extremely well, I involve my audience, I show them what I think is important and then ask for feed back what they think is important. I learn as much as they do from my speeches and the sessions that follow. Be involved in your speech. Involve your audience. Share. Have a note pad to take notes and addresses etc. Use it.
I was giving a speech on foraging wild plants, fruits etc to an group of people and mentioned I was never successful in cooking wild black raspberries in pies etc without getting a less than great results. I j picked them and ate them out of hand or on ice cream. In the post speech contacts,
One lady gave me an address and phone number of a lady renowned downstate for her wild black raspberry pies. I called her the next day and got several recipes from her. I made some pies and now, I have the most wonderful raspberry recipes in the country.
At another speech on home canning I mentioned the quality of my raspberry pies were very good but did vary from time to time and I didn’t know how to correct it. A lady said because the the sugar difference in the berries. She said use a refractometer and I could add sugar to the sour ones and get the same taste in my pies every time. I tried it and it worked. Who do you think is learning more in my speeches.? For me its free. They have to pay. With each additional bit I can add to my speeches and praise the people who made it possible, I get asked by more and more people to give my wonderful engaging speeches. Maybe they like the stories of who helped with the speeches and want a chance to be added to the next speech?
I don’t have to worry if my hands are held right, I don’t have to worry if I miss a small point. I do have notes and an outline on everything. I can vary it on the run if the people want it. I don’t have to worry about my posture. I just have to worry about keeping the after speech question and answer periods down to a reasonable time frame.
Oh, these weren’t all my ideas. I attend a lot of other peoples speeches. I get a lot of tips and help from them. I watch how they work their audiences and hope to learn how to make my speeches a little better all the time. Good luck….
Vincent
January 5, 2013 at 12:52 pm