Writer and editor Mitch Merkin suggests you "PRUNE" your speeches after you write them out by eliminating
- Platitudes - remove obvious observations and points that the audience already knows
- Redundancy - take out unneeded repetition of unimportant points (it is OK to repeat important, key speech points)
- Unnecessary words - reduce the number of words so your audience quickly and easily understands you speech point(s)
- Needless complication - reduce complex ideas into an overall, simple, easy to understand idea
- Excursions - eliminate the places in your speech where you wander off your point and talk about things not directly relevant to your topic and speech point
Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
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