by Winno | May 8, 2017 | Speaking Skills
Print your speech onto cards Most speakers tend to blow an audience’s mind into immediate uninterest by strolling out to the lectern with a sheaf of papers in their hand. When an audience sees a huge pile of notes they suspect right from the start that the...
by Winno | May 1, 2017 | Speaking Skills
Rehearse your speech Now that you have added life to your speech you should put the three Ps into action and say the speech aloud to yourself as many times as possible. The best place to practice your speech is the bathroom because it has the sort of acoustics you...
by Winno | Apr 24, 2017 | Speaking Skills
Insert the ‘white spaces’ One of the things that makes a good advertisement is the amount of white space surrounding the words. Advertising writers know that ads are easier to read when there is lots of white space to balance the words. And so it is with...
by Winno | Apr 17, 2017 | Speaking Skills
Remove the big words and long sentences. When you are satisfied with your essay, go through it very carefully and remove or replace as many of the big words (three syllables or more) and jargon phrases as possible. Go for words of two syllables wherever possible and...
by Winno | Apr 10, 2017 | Speaking Skills
Write the speech like an essay Now that you know how long each part of the speech has to be you should ascertain how long it takes you to speak a page of your notes at a normal pace. When you know that, you can determine how many pages are needed for each section of...
by Winno | Apr 3, 2017 | Speaking Skills
Decide on a “what’s in it for me” (WIIFM) for your audience. Putting a speech together is like composing any other form of communication. It’s like any other message, such as an advertisement, that has to appeal to an end consumer. To have...
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