April 11, 2009

Make a peach of a speech

Fellow speaker,

Know the purpose of your speech:
  • Information – present your facts that people need to do their job better
  • Persuasion – change in behavior or ideas is necessary – sell your proposal to audience
    Motivation – your audience is demoralized by change or lacks optimism about future – your job is to enthuse audience
  • Discussion – there is no set outcome for your speech - your audience has a decision to make on their own
  • Entertainment – you want people to enjoy themselves by establishing a fun, light-hearted mood
Speechifying,

Tim