effective speaking !!!
naah .... not intended to blah-blah on 'ur road to be the best orator' or ' Go on n become Mr.Winston Churchill' .... just a few tips on how not to let the audience sleep . ...
Having to stand on the stage makes the greatest of mortals shake in their boots. Mouths go dry and pants get wet while ppl , battling the cold stares of the audience , trudge their way through each word. Well, having nothing better to do , i thought i wud write down a few things i have always found useful to beat the devil.
Monotony is the one of the most detested things in the world. Imagine that u are required to speak about "Digital-Divide in India". By the time u get a chance to speak, the audience are probably already half-dead listening to the boring definitions and statistics that make no sense provided by the previous speakers. Another person speaking on the same topic , is just like pushing them off the edge. So, now is the time to be creative. Any point one wishes to express can be put in a lil more appealing and a different way, say, with a live example, so that the ppl sitting infront of him actually feel like a part of it . A lil humour always helps ...but then, it is not wise to get too carried away.
Keep it simple. Many ppl try to make an 'effective' speech by conspicuously using ornamental language. The only 'effect' it will have is incomprehensibility. While efficacious words undoubtedly add beauty, high-funda language often leads to confusion.
Be casual. The speech shud appear to be delivered off-handedly instead of one which was written down and mugged up. The trick, ofcourse is to write an "appearing-to-be-offhand-speech" and mug it up.
Many ppl are against to mugging up a speech before making it. But, it always helps to make one feel confident. Rehearsing a speech before the mirror even helps in getting the facial expressions right, which is very important.
The last detail to take care for the audience not to fall asleep is to speak in the appropriate tone suited to the context in the speech....dont whimper..dont be too loud....
just keep saying to urself u r the best :P
Having to stand on the stage makes the greatest of mortals shake in their boots. Mouths go dry and pants get wet while ppl , battling the cold stares of the audience , trudge their way through each word. Well, having nothing better to do , i thought i wud write down a few things i have always found useful to beat the devil.
Monotony is the one of the most detested things in the world. Imagine that u are required to speak about "Digital-Divide in India". By the time u get a chance to speak, the audience are probably already half-dead listening to the boring definitions and statistics that make no sense provided by the previous speakers. Another person speaking on the same topic , is just like pushing them off the edge. So, now is the time to be creative. Any point one wishes to express can be put in a lil more appealing and a different way, say, with a live example, so that the ppl sitting infront of him actually feel like a part of it . A lil humour always helps ...but then, it is not wise to get too carried away.
Keep it simple. Many ppl try to make an 'effective' speech by conspicuously using ornamental language. The only 'effect' it will have is incomprehensibility. While efficacious words undoubtedly add beauty, high-funda language often leads to confusion.
Be casual. The speech shud appear to be delivered off-handedly instead of one which was written down and mugged up. The trick, ofcourse is to write an "appearing-to-be-offhand-speech" and mug it up.
Many ppl are against to mugging up a speech before making it. But, it always helps to make one feel confident. Rehearsing a speech before the mirror even helps in getting the facial expressions right, which is very important.
The last detail to take care for the audience not to fall asleep is to speak in the appropriate tone suited to the context in the speech....dont whimper..dont be too loud....
just keep saying to urself u r the best :P
posted by tentejswi at
6:12 PM
3 Comments:
nice tips tejaswi..will certainly come handy to most of us. so now i know why u cracked that joke "andre **** patra"
in ur speech..huh..!! very innovative keep blogging cheers..!!
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veikiin, at 3:56 AM
Nice! Great start.But there is nothing quite like an extempore speech if u can pull it off.I have been there myself a few times and believe me the satisfaction u get out of something like that is comparable only to a backfoot drive through a packed off side field(Partly bcos thats how difficult it is).Also I am one for an element of sophistication in speeches.Always works if u can use a few 'ornamental' words.But humour is absolutely neccessary.Nice blog.Keep em' coming.
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Fgenius, at 4:14 AM
very true.the use of "ornamental" words in a speech is a definite no-no.some use them to intimidate the audience, but the risk is the target audience might loose track of the actual subject matter and doze of eventually.also its annoying sometimes the wrong context in which they are used.so simplicity is always the way of life:)
by the way about the agonies of 'Digital Divide in India',I am sure the best of orators would be helpless with it,leave alone us lesser mortals:D
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Saumya Chandra, at 12:04 AM
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