Tips for Effective Public Speaking

What is Public Speaking?

A person’s speaking skills are vitally important for becoming an effective, successful communicator in today’s competitive world. Public speaking is the process of act of performing a speech to a live audiences. This type of speech is deliver with three general purposes; to inform, to persuade and to entertain. Public speaking is former and face-to-face speaking. A good public speaking can united people and caused great change, both positive and negative.

Why public speaking is important?

‘If you want to be a leader you must know how to communicate’

·        Increased in self-confidence.

·         Most effective ways to deliver your message across.

·         Allows you to demonstrate your knowledge.

·         Allows you to improve your knowledge.

·         Allow you to make a difference in your life, business, community, and career.

Tips of effective public speaking:

1. ORGANIZE your speech into three parts

Before going to give your speech, you have to divide your whole speech into three basic parts;
Introduction- It should be attractive

Main speech- It should be clear, meaningful, coherent and logical

Conclusion- It should be clear and crisp

2. Start with a PROPER GREETING to the judges and audience

3.  Make the INTRODUCTION BRIEF but attention gathering

4. START your speech with; Quotation, Example, Definition, Humor

5. BALANCE the points to consider all aspects of the situation

6. EMPHASIZE your arguments but don’t show bias

7. MOVE FROM one point to another- LOGICALLY & SMOOTHLY

8. AVOID grammatical faults

9. Use CORRECT PRONUNCIATION

10. Use the RIGHT WORD as far as possible

      Avoid use of big words to show off jargon, slang & clichés.

11. Cite SPECIFIC EXAMPLE instead of making generalizations

12. Use PAUSES appropriately

13. Speak FLUENTLY

14. Keep your VOICE AT LEVEL

15. Speak at your NATURAL SPEED

16. Walk at your NORMAL PACE

                 When your turn to speak has come then walk at your normal pace  to   the dais/ speaker podium.

                 

17. LOOK AT DIFFERENT sections of the audience once in a while

18. Allow your hands the NATURAL GESTURES they are used to, while you speak

19. Ask your audiences for ANY QUERIES; some cases it may not possible

20. End with a word of THANKS.

HOPE IT WAS FRUITFUL!!

Thank you for your time.