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Originally Answered: How many words should I write for a 30 minute essay? It should be approximately — words. Although pacing varies, a 5-minute speech is roughly words. The man was utterly bereft of stories. Of course they do! Have you ever listened to Warren Buffett speak? Or Bill Gates? Or Josh Linkner? Stories are the spoonful of sugar that make the medicine facts go down. Now, reflect on the best. I can guarantee that the former was filled with facts and the latter with stories.
Instead, express the single key message of your speech — the one important thing you want your audience to be able to remember, for sure — as a single sentence. Keep this purpose at the top of your mind at all times. You talk, your words travel into their ears and if they happen to be thinking about what to make for dinner that night, your message will not get through.
If their attention has strayed while reading, they can flip back in the book. This is why you MUST repeat the points you are trying to make at least three times: once in the intro, once when you make them and once again in your conclusion.
I see speakers do this in three primary ways. First, they spend too much time shuffling paper. Be organized and ready to go as soon as you take the stage. The second mistake is they spend the first 45 seconds thanking an endless number of people.
The first 45 seconds are your most precious chance to grab the attention of your audience. Thank the person who introduced you with one brief sentence and then dive into an attention-getting opening. You can give thanks to others, if you need to, towards the end of your speech. Finally, some people feel obliged to begin with lame opening jokes that are unrelated to the actual speech topic. Calender vs. Calendar: What Is the Correct Spelling? Speech Length. Slow wpm. Average wpm. Fast wpm.
Thanks, Peter, for the comment and point about pathos — it is also a good reminder! Hi Nick, This is such a helpful post. Putting my thinking hat back on, but feeling very focused! Nontheless — This is particularly helpful. Ruth, you do have wisdom to share, as anyone who knows you will attest, so good luck with the process! Ruth Mott. Thank you for this. Very helpful. While I am a presentation trainer, training people every day on presentations and public speaking, it is good to be reminded of the basics.
I need to give two big talks in the next few weeks and will use this process. Completely agree about the use of pathos. The greater the emotional buy-in the more powerful the talk. And that is often the hardest part of a talk to get right.
Hi, just stumbled upon this link! Very informative. I have spoken to adults before, but how would you approach talking to kids for minutes?! Hi, Nessa — glad you found the post helpful. For kids, involve them, keep it action-oriented, and pick one point and stick to it. One powerful tool with kids and adults if done really well is repetition of the key aspects of a story from different perspectives…. Eg crap simple draft version… I was on my way to work when realised that I had forgotten my keys.
No keys. I forgot my keys. Hi Nick! I just ran across this particular post, which jumped out because I too just wrote something about the awesome Jill Bolte Taylor talk! Hello, I am a beginning professional motivational speaker and I just have to say thanks. This post was definately a confidence booster for my 1st speech tomorrow.
I found this page on google. Such a brilliant article. As a guest speaker and alumni, I want to draw their attention, share my experience, and leave them aome thought. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. I really appreciate this advice, Nick.
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