PURPOSEFUL SPEAKERS ARE

HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL

How to speak purposefully and lead to success?

PURPOSE OF A SPEECH To Persuade or get action To inform To impress and convince

FUNDAMENTALS OF EFFECTIVE AND PURPOSEFUL SPEAKING Acquiring the Basic skills Developing Courage and self-confidence

ACQUIRING THE BASIC SKILLS Take heart from the experience of others Keep your goal before you Predetermine your mind to success Seize every opportunity to practice

DEVELOPING COURAGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCEa. Get the facts about fear of speaking

in public You are not unique in your fear of speaking

in public A certain amount of stage fright is useful Many professional speakers have assured

that they never completely lose all stage fright

The chief cause of your fear is thinking that you are unaccustomed to speak in public

START WITH A STRONG AND PERSISTENT DESIRE

DEVELOPING COURAGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCEb. Prepare in the proper way

KNOW THOROUGHLY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

Never memorize a talk word for word Assemble and arrange your ideas before

hand Rehearse your talk with your friends and

colleagues

DEVELOPING COURAGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE Don’t speak until you are sure you have

something to say, and know just what it is; then say it, and sit down.

Advice followed by Theodore Roosevelt

A WELL PREPARED SPEECH IS ALREADY NINE-TENTHS DELIVERED

DEVELOPING COURAGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCEc. Predetermine your mind to success Lose yourself in your subject Keep your attention off negative stimuli

that may upset you Give yourself a pep talk

DEVELOPING COURAGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCEd. Act confident

“To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all of our will to that end, and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear”

Prof William James,Psychologist.

A real life example is Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the US who was inspired by Marryat’s Books

DEVELOPING COURAGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE

“In war the best defensive is an offensive. So take the offensive against your fears. Go out to meet them, battle them, conquer them by sheer boldness at every opportunity”

Marshall FochOFF COURSE SPEAKING IS ALSO LIKE WAR

DEVELOPING COURAGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCEe. Practice! Practice! Practice!- Fear is begotten of ignorance and uncertainty

- Professor Robinson- It is the result of a lack of confidence- Lack of confidence is the result of not

knowing what you can really do- Not knowing what you can really do is caused

by a lack of experience- When you get a record of successful

experience behind you, your fears will vanish.- So Practice! Practice! Practice!

SPEAKING EFFECTIVELYa. Speak about something you have

earned the right to talk about through experience or study

- Tell what life has taught you- Look for topics in your back ground

SPEAKING EFFECTIVELYb. Be sure you are excited about your

topic

PUT YOURSELF INTO YOUR TALK

c. Be eager to share your talk with your listeners

FOUR WAYS TO DEVELOP SPEECH MATERIAL THAT GUARANTEES AUDIENCE ATTENTION

1. Limit your Subject- Select your topic- Stake out the area you want to cover- Stay strictly within those limits

THE SECRET OF GOOD DELIVERY“It is so much what you say as how you say it”

- Crash through your shell of self-consciousness“It is simple enough in its conception,But unfortunately complicated in its execution”

-Marshal Foch- Don’t try to imitate others-Be Yourself- Converse with your audience- Put your heart into your speaking- Practice making your voice strong and flexible

“Words – spoken should be for making things easier to understand rather than show off the speaker’s knowledge”

Swami Vivekananda

RECOLLECT THE PURPOSE OF SPEECH To Persuade or get action To inform To impress and convince

MAKING THE TALK TO GET ACTIONa. Give your example, an incident from

your life Build your example upon a single

personal experience Start with a detail of your example Fill your example with relevant detail Relive your experience as you relate it

Remember the incident-example makes your talk more interesting, more convincing and easier to understand

MAKING THE TALK TO GET ACTIONb. State your point, what you want the

audience to doThe need for detail is overThe time for forthright, direct assertion has

come

MAKING THE TALK TO GET ACTIONI. Make the point brief and specific Reduce the number of words and make your

language as clear and explicit as possible Don’t say – Think of your Grandparents now

and then Be patriotic Instead Say – Make a point of visiting your

Grandparents this weekend Cast your Vote next TuesdayII. Make the point easy for listeners to doIII. State the point with force and conviction

MAKING THE TALK TO GET ACTIONc. Give the reason or benefit, the

Audience may expectBe sure the reason is relevant to the

exampleBe sure to stress one reason – and one only

MAKING THE TALK TO CONVINCEa. Win Confidence by deserving it

“The sincerity with which a man speaks imparts to his voice a color of truth no

person can excuse”Alexander Woolcott

MAKING THE TALK TO CONVINCEb. Get a YES response

“My way of opening and winning an argument is to first find a common

ground of agreement”Abraham Lincoln

MAKING THE TALK TO CONVINCEc. Speak with contagious enthusiasm

Every time you speak, what you do determines the attitude of your listeners

If you are Lukewarm, so they will be If you are dismissive and opposed so they

will be

“When the congregation falls asleep there is only one thing to do. Provide the

usher with a sharp stick and have him prod the Preacher”

Henry Ward Beecher

MAKING THE TALK TO CONVINCEd. Show respect and affection for your

audience“The human personality demands love

and it also demands respect”Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

MAKING THE TALK TO CONVINCEe. Begin in a friendly way

Pride is such a fundamentally explosive characteristic of human nature

It is on your part to get a man’s pride work for you, instead of against you

If it happens it is easier for the listener to accept rather than reject your proposal

THE SECRET OF GOOD DELIVERY- Stress important words, Subordinate

unimportant ones- Change your Pitch- Vary your rate of Speaking- Pause before and after important ideas

PLATFORM PRESENCE AND PERSONALITY

A Speaker is - under a magnifying glass- in the spot light- and has all eyes are upon him.

Remember “Even before we speak, we are Condemned or Approved”

PLATFORM PRESENCE AND PERSONALITY Go before your audience rested – a tired

speaker is not magnetic nor attractive Beware of your hunger. Eat as sparingly

as a saint. Do nothing to dull your energy. Face the audience well dressed and

groomed

PLATFORM PRESENCE AND PERSONALITY Unless there is a real reason or a

necessity for the speaker to stand on a plat form, don’t do so.

Get down on the same level with the audience, stand near them and break up all formality.

Keep the air fresh Let there be light - on your face

PLATFORM PRESENCE AND PERSONALITY Do not hide behind a table Ensure that no guests on the Platform When you are doing real speaking

before a real audience, make only the gestures that come natural.

The best eleven words I have ever read is:

Fill up the barrelKnock out the bung

Let nature caper

HOW TO OPEN A TALK? Beware of opening with a so-called

Humorous story Do not begin with an Apology. There’s

no use in going further Arouse Curiosity Why not, begin with a story? Begin with a specific illustration Use an exhibit

HOW TO OPEN A TALK? Ask a question Why not open with a question from

some famous man? Tie your topic up to the vital interests of

your audience Don’t make it too formal Don’t let the bones show Make it appear free, casual and

inevitable

HOW TO CLOSE A TALK? Summarize your points Appeal for action Pay the audience a sincere compliment Close with a poetical quotation, if

possible

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE?

MAKING THE TALK TO INFORM

“Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly

Everything that can be said, can be said clearly”

Ludwig Wittgenstein

MAKING THE TALK TO INFORMa. Restrict your subject to fit the time at

your disposalDon’t take the subjects like “The rise and fall of the British Empire” or “The Constitution of India - its evolution and existence” if you have only five minutes to talk.As you cannot see the Whole Mumbai City in a half day as I and Jeyakumaravel did with out any specific use.

MAKING THE TALK TO INFORMb. Arrange your Ideas in Sequence

For example, if you are talking about the Government of India, arrange it in the following way.

Government of India- LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

MAKING THE TALK TO INFORMc. Enumerate your points as you make

themMention plainly as you go along that you

are taking up first one point and then another like “My first point is…”

When you have discussed the point, you can say frankly that you are going to the second one.

You can keep on that way to the end

MAKING THE TALK TO INFORMd. Compare the strange with the familiar

For example a Catalyst.It is a substance that causes changes to occur in other substances with out changing itself.

Try this.It is like a little boy in the schoolyard, tripping, punching, upsetting, poking all the other children there, and never being touched by a blow from anyone else.

Turn a fact into a pictureAvoid technical terms

MAKING THE TALK TO INFORMe. Use visual aids

“One seeing is better than a hundred tomes telling about”

Japanese Proverb