2. QUALITIES OF A GOOD SPEECH Concise Organized Tailored to
Audience Persuasive Credible Proper Delivery
3. CONCISE Say what you need to say Nothing more Nothing less
Be focused There is always a time limit Saying too much bores and
is counterproductive Saying too little leaves audience
confused
4. ORGANIZED You have your points You say your points You move
on Speech has clear beginning middle and end
5. AUDIENCE Who are you talking to? Identity of your audience
is imperative Are you talking to: elementary school students?
college students? business men and woman? union workers? Same
speech can be made differently
6. PERSUASIVE Appeal to the audience Convince them of your
speech Several ways to do this: Humor Evidence based logic
Bandwagoning Fearmongering And many many more Wikipedia has several
more examples here and here
7. CREDIBLE People need a reason to believe you Sound like you
know what youre doing Look like you know what youre doing Look
likeable Clean shaven Clean clothes Well dressed Well combed
8. DELIVERY Way you say it is more powerful than how you say it
Good hand motions Confident body language Fluent speech Good
attitude
9. PREPARATION Good ways to practice your speech: Talk to
yourself in the mirror (Doing this allows you to see your visual
mistakes (i.e. body language)) Repetition (The more you do it the
more you know it the more prepared you are) Extemporaneous speaking
Dont memorize you speech word by word Memorize concepts and order
of delivery Allows you to improvise on the spot Preserves speech
emotion
10. DEALING WITH ANXIETY Hand motions Help give outlet to
nervous energy Helps pacing, gives you rhythm Practice with friend
or family Especially the encouraging kind, they set you up for
success Talk to a pet if you have no one else Breath properly
Breath steadily even if the rest of you isnt steady Breathing
steadily gives you rhythm and relaxes More tips here!
11. VIDEOS!!! Heres more good advice on good speechmaking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyEFL7Feag Heres how NOT to make a
speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YivQYeI0vys
12. REFERENCES Cat Stare Picture
http://www.podpocalypse.com/tag/cat-stare/ We Need You pic
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/we-need-you Of course, thank you
YouTube for these great videos. Thank you Wikipedia for its sites
Thank you University of Rochester for its webpage Everything else
from Microsoft office.
