How to Make a Persuasive Speech
To master the art of persuasive
speaking, you need much more than good presentation or speech
making skills. Though remember the real secret of success lies in
the preparation. With the right degree of preparation, totally
unknown public speakers have been known to floor even large
sizable audiences. It is not impossible. You can make a strong
persuasive speech if you follow a few basic guidelines:
1. First, You need to find a good
persuasive speech topic - something that will captivate your
audience right from the start --
How to Find Good Persuasion Speech Topics
2. Research Your Speech topic and
come up with interesting quotes, questions, stories, anecdotes,
facts and figures that you audience might be interested in.
3. Next YOu need to know How to
Write a Persuasive Speech -- You need to do justice to the
persuasive speech topic by writing a powerful persuasive speech --
For more information and speech samples read:
4. Finally, How to make the
persuasive speech - this is where your speaking skills come
alive... You need to practice, practice and practice some more...
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Time yourself,
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stand and speak / deliver your
speech in front of your mirror at home,
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make a video recording of your
delivery and watch it over and over again, until you can pin point
your errors and correct them
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Keep practicing and polishing your
speech until you feel that it delivers just the right punch for
the expected audience.
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Remember Your body language -- your
posture,
your speech patterns, your tone of voice, your reactions, and even
your thoughts and feelings will project into your body language...
so make sure to work on it and improve it as much as possible.
Here are a few Presentation Guide
lines for a strong persuasive speech delivery:
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Dress appropriate for the audience /
location where you are going to make your speech. You should
project a polished, well dressed and confident image. So select
and try out your ward robe beforehand to eliminate any stress due
to dress.
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Practice your speech sufficiently,
though take adequate rest the day before the speech, so you appear
well rested and relaxed.
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Familiarize yourself with the
location where you are going to be speaking, so you know the
layout beforehand.
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Prepare any presentations/slides/powerpoint
before hand and make sure you have the right equipment --
projector, computer etc -- if needed.
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Take a deep breath before you start
your speech and then breath normally, keep some water handly, in
case you need it during the speech delivery.
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It's okay to stumble once in a
while, as long as you are able to regain your footage immediately.
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Remember to look into your
audience's eyes, Move your head as you speak so it looks like you
have eye contact with each and everyone of them... smile and laugh
as appropriate and keep them
engaged. Speak with confidence. You will succeed.
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