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Preparing For Your Shortest Speech

February 20, 2024 by drjim
A speaker’s introduction is a real speech

Speakers may be called on to deliver an introduction for another speaker and we need to view this as being an opportunity to give a very short speech

Categories 3 - Create Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, body, closing, excited, importance of public speaking, introduction, opening, speaker, speech, Toastmasters, tone

How To Get Better At Writing Speeches

December 12, 2023 by drjim
Every speaker want to learn how to write better speeches

Speakers who want to become better speech writers need to take the time to study how other speech writers do it in order to improve their speeches

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, books, importance of public speaking, library, professional speechwriter's organizations, speech writing, Toastmasters, Twitter

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

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

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

Should Your Next Speech Have More Slang In It?

September 26, 2023 by drjim
Does slang belong in your next speech?

Speakers should consider adding slang to their next speech in order to capture their audience’s attention and to allow them to visualize what you are saying

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, Geoffrey Chaucer, importance of public speaking, novelty, playfulness, slang, Toastmasters, William Shakespeare, words

What Role Could Poetry Have In Your Next Speech?

September 19, 2023 by drjim
Adding poetry to a speech can help capture an audience

Speakers who would like their speeches to be remembered can add poetry to them in order to improve their cadence and flow

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, cadence, importance of public speaking, jargon, Maya Angelou, metaphors, poetry, senses, similes, simple, Toastmasters

Can We Use Songs In Our Speeches?

July 18, 2023 by drjim
Adding a song to a speech can make it unforgettable

The next time that you create a speech, consider working a song into it in order to capture your audience’s attention and present them with something different

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, chorus, duration, importance of public speaking, melodies, rhythms, singing, song, soundtracks, storytelling, titles, Toastmasters
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