As you prepare your speech, ascertain you know your topic well. Research your topic completely. Write down bullet points of everything you want to cover, and be clear and concise so that you can refer to it as needed during your speech. The work you put into your speech will pay off in big ways if your audience has questions or you need to in any way reflect back on your work for a summary.
Make eye contact with your audience members. Doing so makes them feel as if you are speaking dire...Read Full Post »
Make sure that you stay focused once you get out there and start talking. Your message will not be received well if you go too far off topic. Do everything you can to stay on the original topic, or you may risk scaring away a large portion of your audience.
It is important to realize that most people really want you to succeed. The most important thing is to deliver relevant, interesting information. To help keep your speech entertaining either tell a story about yourself or a joke to w...Read Full Post »