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Four Ways To Get An Audience To Take Action

December 5, 2023 by drjim
The goal of any our speeches is to get our audience to take action

In order to connect with your next audience you need to first write a speech that will motivate them to take action based on what you have told them

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, connection, importance of public speaking, inspire, jaw-dropping, memorable, novelty, passion, stories, TED, Toastmasters

Do You Speak Correctly?

November 28, 2023 by drjim
Speakers need to know what rules of grammar they have to follow

Speakers need to realize that the old rules surrounding split-infinitives and prepositions may no longer pertain to how they can build their speeches

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, grammar, grammatical error, importance of public speaking, infinitive, prepositions, split-infinitives, Toastmasters

How Speakers Can Get Audiences To Spread Their Ideas

November 21, 2023 by drjim
Ideas are only valuable if your audience will spread them

When a speaker gives a speech, they want to be able to convince their audience to take action and spread their message

Categories 4 - Demo Tags benefits of public speaking, communication channels, humor, importance of public speaking, overload, senses, spread, Toastmasters, true self

What Makes Up A Good Speech?

November 14, 2023 by drjim
Good speeches have a good structure

Every speech needs to have a common structure in order to make sure that it has everything that will be required to allow the speaker to connect with their audience

Categories 2 - Organize Tags benefits of public speaking, conclusion, goal, importance of public speaking, introduction, main points, power statement, structure, Toastmasters

Use A Pause To Make Your Next Speech Even Better

November 7, 2023 by drjim
A pause can be a powerful tool during a speech

Speakers need to understand that by adding periods of silence to their next speech they can do a better job of holding on to their audience’s attention

Categories 6 - Present Tags attention, beginning, benefits of public speaking, calm, conversation, eye contact, importance of public speaking, negotiation, noise, silence, Toastmasters

The Art Of Speaking About Money

October 31, 2023 by drjim
Money can be complicated, how should we talk about it?

Speakers who will be talking about money need to take the time to understand what their audience wants and then keep their speech simple

Categories 2 - Organize Tags benefits of public speaking, big picture, clear, finance, financial information, importance of public speaking, jargon, money, Toastmasters, Warren Buffet

Writing A Speech For Someone Else

October 24, 2023 by drjim
Writing a speech for someone else can be hard to do

Speakers who agree to write a speech for another speaker need to take the time to learn how that speaker speaks and write the speech using their voice

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, ear, importance of public speaking, Listen, research, sentences, sound bite, speech writer, time, Toastmasters, voice

The Speaking Differences Between Men And Women

October 17, 2023 by drjim
How do men and women speak differently?

Men and women have different styles of speaking and each has advantages and disadvantages so we need to learn both when giving a speech

Categories 6 - Present Tags benefits of public speaking, dominate, importance of public speaking, men, speaking styles, subordinate, Toastmasters, tone, verbosity, women

What’s The Best Way To Write A Speech?

October 10, 2023 by drjim
It turns out that speakers can borrow tips from the people who do it well

Speakers can create good speeches if they take the time to study how good speeches are created and then adopting those writing habits

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, concrete words, editing, importance of public speaking, laugh, out loud, personal stories, strong, structure, Toastmasters

How To Create Your Next Speech Faster

October 3, 2023 by drjim
You can speed up how long it takes you to create a speech

Speakers who want to speed up the preparation of their next speech should not write it out word-for-word or memorize it.

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, flexiblity, fumbling, importance of public speaking, memorization, outline, practice, speech, timing, Toastmasters, word-for-word
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