1. WHAT IS PUBLIC SPEAKING? Public speaking is nothing but an enlarged conversation. There is not much
difference between talking to one person or to ten people or to a hundred on a topic that interests them. As the number increases, you must talk louder. But this is no longer necessary, as the modern audio
systems will take care of this.
A crowd is willing to listen to a speaker for a
long time, without interruption, if the topic is current and is within their comprehension and understanding. Each
individual in the crowd feels as if the speaker is talking to him direct as the topic is of interest to him as well as to the speaker. Therefore, think of your speech as a conversation with the audience.
Talk with the persons seated in front of you.
Talk to them; but never, never talk at them.
Think of the speech as a discussion with the
people you know. Imagine that you are answering an
important question posed by them. You are doing your best to answer this question. While doing so, imagine that they ask you more and more questions and you try your best to answer them all.
To make your
point clear, you tell stories or analogies to illustrate what you mean, and if
necessary, you also cite figures and statistics. Imagine that someone objects in between and you offer counter arguments.
Then you produce more facts to back them up. Finally, you sum up everything of what you have been saying so far with a "There that's it. That's what I have been saying."
So, a well prepared
speech, with interesting details, delivered with gestures and good talking, in a convincing manner, is all about Public Speaking.
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