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One of the most challenging types of speeches that we may be called on to give is the “how to” speech. These speeches require us to do a great deal of homework in order to collect all of the information that we are going to want to share with our audience. Once we’ve collected the … Read more

Relationships are tricky things. As speakers, when we are asked to talk to an audience about their relationships and how they can both create and maintain them, we’ve got a tricky task on our hands. We have a responsibility to find out as much about our audience as we can. We need to understand how … Read more

When we are asked to give a topic on what can be a sensitive topic, we need to tread carefully. These kind of speeches are very important; however, at the same time we need to understand that what we are going to be talking about can carry a great deal of emotional weight for our … Read more

One of the biggest challenges that a speaker faces is what to do when we have too much information that we want to share with an audience? Some of the topics that we speak on are so large that while we are doing our homework, we end up collecting a great deal of information. When … Read more

One of the most challenging types of speeches to create is the one in which we are trying to educate an audience so that they will have enough information in order to make a decision. As speakers we have a responsibility to do our homework and collect all of the information that our audience is … Read more

When you are preparing to create a speech, what is your primary goal? If you are like most speakers what you want to be able to do is to grab and hold on to your audience’s attention. This, of course, brings up the question of just exactly what the best way to go about doing … Read more

Security is a hot topic that many speakers are being asked to speak about. Many of us don’t know that much about this topic so when the request comes, we’ve got some homework to do. Your audience is going to be eager to hear what you have to say — the security of their computers … Read more

Sometimes we may be asked to give a speech on an emotionally charged topic. We need to understand that although our audience is eager to hear what we have to tell them, they may not really want to hear our message. When we find ourselves in a situation like this, we need to tread lightly. … Read more

Not every speech that we give is designed to change the world. Sometimes all we want to do is to help our audience make their lives just a little bit easier. These types of speeches are generally filled with “how to” instructions for our audience — things that they can change that will make things … Read more