Making a speech in public is a mega daunting task, particularly if you’ve never made one before! The need for a keynote speech can arise in any event or situation. Such examples include anywhere from a wedding to a business seminar. Stop for a moment if the prospect of making a keynote speech terrifies you. Enjoy a few tips on delivering a great speech and being a keynote speaker.
Know what you are talking about
No-one likes to listen to someone that hasn’t a clue what they are on about. Joking aside, do your research on what you are talking about. Let’s face it, if you are the best man at a wedding, you should probably know about the groom already. Even if you don’t get on with the wife, getting to know her for a good speech is a fair sacrifice. If you have the responsibility of business speakers at an event of conference, do your research. If you are giving a promotional speech on a product, know the product inside out before hand. Test the product or service for yourself. Look up reviews on the internet. Any company product should also have a detailed website explaining the benefits of the product. Youtube and Wikipedia are other good resources for information.
Research the audience
Interacting with your audience is super important. If you stood and just talked for an hour, you’ll bore your audience. They won’t get your message, because they won’t be listening. With this, do try and avoid giving a bad speech. Do some research on the audience before you come to making the speech. What companies do they work for? Are there any shared interests? Is there anything you can help them with? Get the audience participating and helping you along. Visual aids are a good idea. Cliched as it may be, what about using Powerpoint? Sometimes it can be a difficult choice to decide whether to allow the audience to participate. What sort of audience are they? Try and pick the more confident audience member. Leave the more nervous audience member alone. They won’t trust you again!
Work for the sake of your company
Whether it be for free drinks, or presenting an important speech, work for the employer. If you need to sell, don’t do it aggressively. If promoting a product, remember to give it your best go. Should you fail, don’t expect to be asked to give a speech again.
Practising equals best preparation
Being unprepared is the worse thing you can be when giving a keynote speech. {The most skilled keynote speakers will practise over and over again. } How about using cue cards? Know your words. If you get lost you then at least have your cue cards to go back to your speech. Whoever you have to deliver a speech to, we do wish you the best of luck in becoming one of the best motivational speakers.
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