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Characteristics of a Good Public
Speaker
I saw on TV the other day that some little dictator in some little country (I
can't remember which of either) had spoken for FOUR HOURS! Geez! The only way
you could make ME listen to anybody speak for FOUR HOURS is to point a gun at
me. Come to think of it, maybe that's what happened. Now, just because this
little dictator spoke and the crowd stayed doesn't mean that anybody actually
listened to this guy rave on for FOUR HOURS.
My point is that the first characteristic of a good public speaker is that they
are well organized and they can say what they want to say in a short period of
time. They don't need to backtrack or repeat themselves if they are any good.
They get it said the first time, and they sure wouldn't need four hours to do
it. I could summarize "War and Peace" in a lot less than four hours.
This little dictator didn't know that "brevity is a virtue," so he probably
didn't follow any of the other tried-and-true characteristics of effective
public speaking, either.
One of the characteristics of a good public speaker is that their opening
remarks will get the audience's attention and make them want to hear what else
the speaker has to say. The best ones will begin with a question, an outlandish
proposition, or a funny story.
Another characteristic of a good public speaker is that they hold the points
that they are making down to three or four at the most. They make ONE speech at
a time. They don't try to impart every detail of their philosophy in one speech.
The final characteristic of a good public speaker is that they know the
importance of ending a speech strong. They "hit the nail on the head," and their
parting words are memorable.
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Leaders and Public Speaking
The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863,
and it is one of the most famous of all speeches. The Gettysburg Address
consisted of a total of 285 words and lasted only two minutes, which only goes
to prove that it is quality and not quantity that matters in public speaking.
Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech lasted between five and ten
minutes, once again proving that it doesn't take a whole lot of words to say a
lot.
If you want to become an effective and sought-after public speaker, you need to
take the lessons taught by really great public speakers to heart and make use of
the information. The idea of speaking publicly is to present your ideas or to
provide information.
I had a speech teacher back when I was in high school who said, "You never use
ten words when five will do and you never use a four-syllable word when a
two-syllable one will do." That is good advice. It is better to be direct and
make your speech clear and to the point than it is to beat around the bush
trying to get an idea across or to try to impress your audience with your
command of the language. If your audience doesn't understand what you are
saying, it won't matter what you are saying. You might as well be speaking in a
foreign language.
We can learn a great many things about becoming a successful public speaker by
reading and listening to great speeches of the past. I believe that there are
two keys to successful public speaking that we can learn from great leaders of
the past; keep it short, and keep it simple. |
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Organization and Public Speaking
Full and complete organization is one of the keys to success in public speaking.
The good news is that organizational skills can be learned if they aren't
inherent.
Step #1: When you are doing the research required for a speech that you have to
give, take notes -- take lots and lots of notes, and be certain that you write
down your source and the author's name. If you must make a quote, then it needs
to be an accurate quote, and credit needs to be given. If you quote a source
without giving credit, that is called plagiarism.
Step #2: Organize your thoughts concerning the speech that you will make.
Personally I like to use an outline, but that is just a personal preference.
Organize your thoughts about the points that you want to make in any manner that
makes sense to you.
Step #3: Write the middle part of your speech, first using the outline or
whatever system you used in step #2 to list the points that you want to make.
Assume that you have already started the speech, and this is the part where you
are imparting the information that you want to impart to your audience. Be sure
that the points are made in a logical and progressive order so that you have no
need to backtrack or use phrases like, "but before you do that, you need to…"
Step #4: Write your opening. Now that you know exactly what you are going to
say, you will have a much better idea of how to open your speech and prepare
your audience for what you are about to say.
Step #5: Write your closing. You know how you are going to introduce the
material that you will discuss. You know how and in what order you will
introduce the material so writing a short summary should be the proverbial
"piece of cake."
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