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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

Congratulations: How To Accept Praise

September 13, 2022 by drjim
When you are done speaker, you still have a job to do

Speakers need to realize that once they are done speaking they then need to take the time to receive praise from their audience

Categories 7 - Change Tags admiration, agree, benefits of public speaking, egotistical, gratitude, importance of public speaking, performance, praise, speaker, speech, Toastmasters

How To Add Stories To Your Next Speech

August 30, 2022 by drjim
Stories are what can make a speech memorable

Speakers who want to be able to give speeches that will be remembered need to learn how to incorporate stories into their speeches

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, imagination, impact, importance of public speaking, invitation, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, speaker, speech, Toastmasters

The Art of Giving Political Speeches That Contain Stories

August 23, 2022 by drjim
If you want to get votes from your audience, then tell them a story

Politicians are realizing that if they want to be able to connect with their audience, then they need to get good at telling stories that will be remembered.

Categories 1 - Plan Tags benefits of public speaking, importance of public speaking, political identity, politician, speech, stories, story, Toastmasters, truth, Winston Churchill

How You Write Controls How You Speak

August 16, 2022 by drjim
Boosting your writing skills will boost your speaking skills

Speakers who want to become better need to start to write out their speeches so that they can pick the words that they want to use

Categories 3 - Create Tags author, benefits of public speaking, dictionary. thesaurus, filler words, importance of public speaking, speech, Toastmasters, write, writer, writing

What Time Means To Speakers

August 9, 2022 by drjim
Time is valuable to both speakers and their audience

Speakers need to understand that the amount of time that they will have may be reduced and so they need to come prepared to make adjustments

Categories 2 - Organize Tags arrive, available, benefits of public speaking, handout, importance of public speaking, monitor, plan, questions, reconfirm, respect, speech, time, Toastmasters

What Should A Speaker Do When Disaster Strikes?

June 14, 2022 by drjim
Disaster can strike a speaker at any time

All speakers dread forgetting what they wanted to say next and so when it happens we need to have a way to buy time in order to remember what comes next

Categories 7 - Change Tags benefits of public speaking, forget, importance of public speaking, joke, memory, notes, physical, picture, recall, rhetorical question, speech, Toastmasters

How To Become A Persuasive Speaker

May 3, 2022 by drjim
Speakers have the ability to change their audience's minds

Speakers who want to be able to motivate their audience should give a persuasive speech with logic, emotional appeal and credibility

Categories 5 - Rehearse Tags benefits of public speaking, chains, connect, credibility, emotional appeal, importance of public speaking, logic, persuasive, speech, Toastmasters

How Can A Speaker Persuade An Audience?

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by drjim
It turns out that it may not be as hard you think that it is

Speakers who want to convince their audience to take action need to be able to create persuasive speech that will connect with them

Categories 3 - Create Tags benefits of public speaking, compelling, connection, emphasize, identify, importance of public speaking, isolate, persuade, persuasive, solution, speech, structure, Toastmasters

Sometimes It Takes A Debate To Convince An Audience

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 by drjim
Speakers can use debate skills to sell your idea to your audience

Speakers may be called on to participate in a debate and if they are then they need to show up with a position and material to support it

Categories 6 - Present Tags benefits of public speaking, civility, counterarguments, debate, importance of public speaking, lectern, position, scrutiny, speaker, speech, Toastmasters
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