Plan Well Before Speaking on a Public Platform

As Margeret Atwood said, “A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.” Indeed, we are one of the most superior creatures on Earth being gifted with the most sophisticated form of communication. With our intelligence and technology, we have taken it even further to an altogether different level where communication is the key to everything. Internet is the biggest example, which lets us communicate irrespective of our location or familiarity with others. Communication has made every individual powerful like never before in history.

With power comes responsibility. History vouches for it that great communicators become great leaders. Therefore, it is important that we use every platform and opportunity of communication sensitively and responsibly. For, every word that we utter might influence someone, leading them take important decisions in their lives. What we say also represents who we are and, unless we are able to choose and put our words rightly, we might be misjudged by others. This obviously indicates that what we speak needs to be extremely relevant and we should really design it well; so none can play around with our words.

Public speaking, especially, is a platform that gives us an opportunity to speak one-to-many, and achieve visibility and popularity in our domain, whether we are students, professionals, etc. Therefore, we should go really prepared in line with what exactly we want to speak and who exactly is our audience.

There are a few steps we need to follow to deliver a good speech:

1.     Know your audience well.

2.     Understand the occasion and its objectives.

3.     Understand the topic and the current trends on it.

4.     Find out about the time limit for your speech.

5.     Put your thoughts in a coherent manner with an introduction, a body and a conclusion.

6.     Depending on the topic, you can end your speech open-ended or close ended.

7.     Choose vocabulary in such a way that it is perfectly comprehensible to your audience.

8.     Avoid repetitions of words and thoughts.

9.     Utilize the limited time given to you with new and multiple ideas.

10. Always greet your audience at the outset.

11. Have the right expressions and tone.

12. End with an impressionable statement, followed by thanking the audience.

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