Make Your Message Powerful and Memorable
How do you make YOUR presentation “memorable” for your audience? Every speaker has their own way of pulling a speech together and they tweak it when changes are needed. Over the years, through feedback and sharing of ideas, I’ve created my own template to organize my thoughts and plans. I’ve outlined below what has worked for me. I encourage you to use this outline then revise it to suit your own style and personality. There are basically three main parts to a speech: Opening, Body and Conclusion. OPENING • Your first sentence (or first few sentences) should GRAB the attention of your audience so they WANT to stop what they are doing and listen to you. In Toastmasters, we call this an “attention getting” statement. • Keep this opening statement short but powerful, memorize it (without skipping a beat) and say it confidently. What is a powerful statement? 1. Open with a quote that fits your message (espe...