Thursday, June 4, 2015

'CONNECT' 55 - Tips on Public Speaking - Structuring Your Speech


Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
Structuring your speech
You need to be very focused in structuring your speech. For this you have to be clear what you want to convey and to whom. It will be a good idea to divide your speech into three part: the topic, the general purpose and the specific purpose. For this you should take into account the context and the profile of the audience before whom you are going to deliver your speech.

For example, if you are called by a school management to address a group of teenage students on the ill effects of social media. You can structure your speech as follows:
Topic: Facebook
General Purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: To inform the students on the ill effects of the Facebook if they are
                           not careful while sharing their personal information.  
Again you have to be very specific as to whom you are going to speak to - boys or girls. This means you will end up preparing two completely different speeches, one for the boys and another for the girls. What you share with the girls will be completely irrelevant to the girls.
Once you are clear about this aspects, then you can write down your speech. You would have delivered a very meaningful speech!
NC Sridharan

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