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How To Prepare and Deliver A Speech Effectively: Stikes NU Tuban 2020

This document provides tips for effectively preparing and delivering a speech. It recommends focusing on a clear main message and supporting it with three key points. When developing the speech, speakers should consider their audience to use an appropriate tone. Speeches are most engaging when they include concrete examples and personal stories rather than generalizations. Effective speeches are also brief, get feedback, involve eye contact with the audience, use gestures appropriately, and may incorporate walking, props, or humor when suitable.

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How To Prepare and Deliver A Speech Effectively: Stikes NU Tuban 2020

This document provides tips for effectively preparing and delivering a speech. It recommends focusing on a clear main message and supporting it with three key points. When developing the speech, speakers should consider their audience to use an appropriate tone. Speeches are most engaging when they include concrete examples and personal stories rather than generalizations. Effective speeches are also brief, get feedback, involve eye contact with the audience, use gestures appropriately, and may incorporate walking, props, or humor when suitable.

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Stikes NU Tuban 2020

How to Prepare and Deliver a Speech


Effectively    

1. Focus on the Main Message

If you’ve been asked to give a speech, the first step is to choose a focused message.
Even if you’ve been given a theme for your speech such as “inspiration” or
“strength,” this is more a general umbrella under which your specific points (and
point of view) will fall. Make a short list of five ideas for your speech. It can be
helpful to write them in command form. “Strength” a brainstorm of five speech
messages could include: “don’t ever give up, “overcome failure,” “build physical
strength” and “know your strengths.” If you feel stuck for ideas, a reference to
your current political or social context can bring new insight to your theme.

2. Build Three Supporting Points

By focusing on your central message with supporting evidence, you strengthen it.
A stronger message will resonate more with your listeners. To come up with
supporting points, ask yourself “why” about the speech message you’ve selected.
For example, for “don’t ever give up,” you’d ask, “Why should you never give
up?” Make a list of several possible supporting ideas. Read through your finished
list, and at the end, cross off the weaker ones that don’t support your main point.

3. Keep your Audience in Mind

After looking into the central message and supporting points for your speech, you
can flesh out the rest by considering your audience. Knowing who your audience
are and what they are expecting from this encounter can help you pick the right
tone to optimal effect.

4. Be a Tactful Speaker

Some speakers choose to generalize complex topics in a speech because they think
it’s easier for the audience to understand. It’s actually better to do the opposite.
Listeners tend to connect better with concrete examples and personal stories, so
embrace detail in your speech. A personal anecdote about why one shouldn’t give
up is more effective than just saying not to. Areas where your passion and
knowledge overlap are generally the richest. If appropriate to the context, don’t be
afraid to tell a joke about the topic. A little self-deprecating humor goes down well
with the crowd, one can always give it a shot.

5. Brevity Is The Soul Of The Wit

Some of the most effective speeches of all times have been brief. “The Gettysburg
Address” was only 15 minutes, while “I Have a Dream” was for 17 minutes. Aim
for brevity. A good formula is to speak for less time than you’ve been asked to, as
people tend to overestimate the attention span of their audience.

6. Feedback is Important

As the speech has to be delivered to an audience, it is important to get feedback


from theoretical listeners. Read your speech to someone you trust and ask for some
honest feedback. In particular, it can be helpful to ask if anything is confusing or
unclear. Your speech will have more impact if the message is engaging.

7. Eye Contact is Important

During your speech, look at your audience while you are speaking.  Put the content
of your speech, either fully written out or in bullet points, so you are not staring
straight down at a piece of paper while you speak. Engaging your audience
visually makes you appear secure and confident.

8. Use Appropriate Gestures

A well-placed gesture can add humor or aid greater understanding of your speech.
For optimal effectiveness, punctuate your speech with gestures when appropriate.
If you’re a very nervous public speaker, try just resting your hands against the
podium. It will make you feel steadier.
9. Walk When Required

If your speech is informal, walking from one side of the stage to the other can help
engage people sitting in different parts. It will draw your audience in and enhance
your confidence.

10. Use Props

If appropriate, bring props to punctuate your speech for your audience. This can be
anything useful such as a graph to handout to all attendees or even a personal item
to drive home your speech’s content. Props can personalize your speech and add
interest or humor. Limit yourself to one or two props maximum per speech.

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