Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
The Goodwill Speech
After completing 10 speeches at Toastmasters I continued doing speeches from Technical Speeches and Speeches by Management manuals. Then an elongated gap followed. And after taking up the position as President of the Millennium Toastmasters Club, I decided to continue doing my speeches. Thought of starting with Story Telling manual which I believed would be a fairly easy job. But somehow it did not excite me to prepare and deliver my speeches. I went through a few other manuals and finally got hooked to the objectives presented in the Public Relation manual. I called up the Vice President – Education, CC Devlal of our club and requested him to include my name in the agenda as a speaker for the coming meeting. And below is the speech that I presented at our club.
“People may lie in a coffin than to give a sermon at a funeral.”
Is public speaking some kind of a disease, may be, they call it – Speak phobia!
Toastmaster of the evening, fellow Toastmasters, and perspective guests, a very good evening to all of you!
Is public speaking such a difficult task!? Can something be done to overcome this false fear of public speaking? Is there any forum which helps us in developing the art of public speaking?
Tonight let me share with you a few tips on preparing and delivering a speech.
1. First, identify the purpose of your speech. What is the purpose of my speech, is it to motivate or persuade the audience? Is it an informational speech? Call to order?
2. Have two to three main points directly supporting the purpose of your speech.
3. Have a definite opening, body and conclusion of the speech. It is recommended to memorize the opening and conclusion of the speech so that the impact can be created.
By saying impact, I remember, recently one of the speakers had to discontinue his long talks on account of his throat. Several people threaten to cut it!
4. Try to include some humor; a speech sprinkled with subtle humor is well received by the audience.
And while delivering the speech
1. First thing to remember is when you are here on the stage, feel like a king. Audience is here investing their time to listen to you.
2. Your body speaks – include appropriate gestures and body movements.
3. Incorporate some vocal variety. This will give some kind of variety to your speech and will improve and hold audience attention.
4. Most importantly, be yourself! Do not try to over act.
Well dear friends, just by reading or listening how to prepare and deliver a speech will not make us a champion speaker. What it takes for a man to be perfect!? Practice, yes practice! Thus, we need a forum which helps men and women learn the arts of speaking, thinking and listening vital skills that promote self actualization, enhance leadership potential and foster human understanding and thereby contributing to the betterment of mankind.
Toastmasters is such a place where we learn all these.
In conclusion let me use the words of Robert McKenzie “Success to you may mean many things, if you could given a wish today, what would you do?”
Over to you, Toastmaster of the evening!
And these were the valuable comments which I received from fellow toastmasters.
“A masterpiece speech, wonderful.” – CC Shajahan
“Amazing speech and useful tips. I like your self – confidence.” – TM Hessa
“Excellent – congrats. You need to consider slowing down the pace of speech – for a great speaker.” – CC Mohammed Shafeeque
“Could have used some personal experiences on how you started out as a Toastmaster to encourage the guests here tonight to take the first step.” – CC Roy Jacob
“People may lie in a coffin than to give a sermon at a funeral.”
Is public speaking some kind of a disease, may be, they call it – Speak phobia!
Toastmaster of the evening, fellow Toastmasters, and perspective guests, a very good evening to all of you!
Is public speaking such a difficult task!? Can something be done to overcome this false fear of public speaking? Is there any forum which helps us in developing the art of public speaking?
Tonight let me share with you a few tips on preparing and delivering a speech.
1. First, identify the purpose of your speech. What is the purpose of my speech, is it to motivate or persuade the audience? Is it an informational speech? Call to order?
2. Have two to three main points directly supporting the purpose of your speech.
3. Have a definite opening, body and conclusion of the speech. It is recommended to memorize the opening and conclusion of the speech so that the impact can be created.
By saying impact, I remember, recently one of the speakers had to discontinue his long talks on account of his throat. Several people threaten to cut it!
4. Try to include some humor; a speech sprinkled with subtle humor is well received by the audience.
And while delivering the speech
1. First thing to remember is when you are here on the stage, feel like a king. Audience is here investing their time to listen to you.
2. Your body speaks – include appropriate gestures and body movements.
3. Incorporate some vocal variety. This will give some kind of variety to your speech and will improve and hold audience attention.
4. Most importantly, be yourself! Do not try to over act.
Well dear friends, just by reading or listening how to prepare and deliver a speech will not make us a champion speaker. What it takes for a man to be perfect!? Practice, yes practice! Thus, we need a forum which helps men and women learn the arts of speaking, thinking and listening vital skills that promote self actualization, enhance leadership potential and foster human understanding and thereby contributing to the betterment of mankind.
Toastmasters is such a place where we learn all these.
In conclusion let me use the words of Robert McKenzie “Success to you may mean many things, if you could given a wish today, what would you do?”
Over to you, Toastmaster of the evening!
And these were the valuable comments which I received from fellow toastmasters.
“A masterpiece speech, wonderful.” – CC Shajahan
“Amazing speech and useful tips. I like your self – confidence.” – TM Hessa
“Excellent – congrats. You need to consider slowing down the pace of speech – for a great speaker.” – CC Mohammed Shafeeque
“Could have used some personal experiences on how you started out as a Toastmaster to encourage the guests here tonight to take the first step.” – CC Roy Jacob
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