March 30, 2011

signal ahead

Fellow speaker,

When you are about ready to end your speech, signal your audience in some way.  It could be a phrase you use, or a summing up of main points, or some other method.  Whatever you do, once you have signaled the end of your speech, make sure to end in a timely manner (i.e., in five minutes or less).  The one thing an audience can not stand is a speaker who indicates they are going to end and then never does.

Signaling,

Tim