Table of Contents

The Basics of Writing and Giving a Speech

Whether you have to write a formal speech or give an informal presentation, this intensive class will teach you "all the basics."

    Come to this hands-on seminar and learn how to:
  1. Give your next speech a terrific hook
  2. Schedule your speech for the best time slot at any conference
  3. Analyze your audience
  4. Find terrific quotes, anecdotes and one-liners
  5. Turn boring statistics into real "grabbers"
  6. Organize your material
  7. Prepare a strong outline
  8. Create great openings and closings
  9. Write for the ear—not the eye
  10. Use smooth transitions
  11. Make your presentation "tell a story"
  12. Use powerful rhetorical devices (triads, repetition, parallel structure, word play)
  13. Turn a dull delivery into a dynamic delivery
  14. Build vocal variety into any presentation
  15. Project credibility
  16. Harness the power of "talking points"
  17. Use (not abuse) humor
  18. Avoid "bureaucratese"
  19. Prevent audio-visual problems
  20. Avoid the deadly "word slides"
  21. Prepare for Q&A sessions

Home ||  Basic Class ||  Advanced Class ||  Master Class ||  Seminar Praise