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Presenting A Speech In A Second Language

February 27, 2024 by drjim
What language will you use for your next speech?

Speakers who know more than one language and who can give a speech in a second language need to prepare the speech carefully thinking about their audience

Categories 6 - Present Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, English, importance of public speaking, language, second, simple, Toastmasters, translation, vocabulary

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 Add Humor To A Speech

May 23, 2023 by drjim
Use a checklist to make your next speech funnier

Speakers who want to add humor to their next speech should use a humor checklist to make sure that they’ll get the laughs that they are looking for

Categories 3 - Create Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, checklist, clear, concise, current, humor, importance of public speaking, laugh, references, surprise, Toastmasters

When Giving A Speech Don’t Just Stand There Like A Mannequin!

April 25, 2023 by drjim
You need to remain flexible while you are giving your next speech

Speakers who want to be able to connect with their audience need to remember to overcome being nervous and remember to use their bodies during their speech

Categories 5 - Rehearse Tags agility, audience, benefits of public speaking, body, distracted, importance of public speaking, mannequin, mind, tension, Toastmasters, visualize, voice

Speakers Need To Learn To Read Their Audience

March 14, 2023 by drjim
We need to understand what our audience wants in order to give it to them

Speakers need to get good at “reading” their audience so that they can adapt their speech as they are giving it to best meet the needs of their audience

Categories 6 - Present Tags attention, audience, benefits of public speaking, connection, importance of public speaking, indicators, questions, read, responses, signals, Toastmasters

How To Create A Humorous Speech

November 8, 2022 by drjim
Creating a humorous speech is easy if you know how to do it

Speakers who want their speech to be remembered need to find ways to work more humor into their next speech

Categories 3 - Create Tags attention, audience, benefits of public speaking, characters, costume, exaggerate, funny, humor, importance of public speaking, laugh, Toastmasters

Does Humor Have A Place In A Business Speech?

October 4, 2022 by drjim
If done correctly, a speaker can eliminate the boring from a business speech

Speakers can add humor to their business speeches in order to connect with their audience and have their message remembered

Categories 5 - Rehearse Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, business, clash, humor, importance of public speaking, interact, pain, Remember, speech, test, Toastmasters

How To Work Stand Up Comedy Into Your Next Speech

September 20, 2022 by drjim
If done right, you can incorporate stand-up comedy techniques into your next speech

Speakers who want to do a better job of connecting with their audience need to study stand-up comedians and work their techniques into their next speech

Categories 7 - Change Tags audience, benefits of public speaking, comedian, comedy, humor, importance of public speaking, jokes, laughing, laughs, stand-up, Toastmasters

How Speakers Can Deliver A Virtual Speech

July 19, 2022 by drjim
When you can't be there, you can still captivate your audience

Speakers can now deliver virtual presentations to audience; however, this is a different way of speaking and we need to take the time to master it

Categories 6 - Present Tags agenda, attention, audience, benefits of public speaking, importance of public speaking, platform, PowerPoint, presentation, Toastmasters, virtual

How Can Speakers Use Twitter To Make Their Next Speech Even Better?

June 28, 2022 by drjim
Speakers need to learn how Twitter can make their next speech even better

Speakers need to understand that they can’t get their audience to put their phones away so they should start to incorporate Twitter into their speeches

Categories 7 - Change Tags attention, audience, audio, benefits of public speaking, clips, follow up, importance of public speaking, mobile phone, questions, tag line, Toastmasters, Twitter
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