Give Your Best Speech Ever! Workshop Outline

This highly interactive 90-minute workshop is for small or large groups, and contains a mixture of lecture, slides and videos.

Objectives
The participants will learn how to:

  • Organize, write and deliver convincing speeches and presentations
  • Give audiences just the right amount of information
  • Write for the ear instead of for the eye
  • Use audio-visual aids, such as PowerPoint, productively
  • Manage the question and answer segment masterfully
  • Gesture and use their voice and body language effectively
  • Manage nervousness
  • Be effective participants on panels
  • Use audience and event research to calm nervousness
  • Control the event

Outcomes
Participants will:

  • Learn how to use the Best Speech Ever Outline
  • Receive tips on making best use of Power Point slides
  • See how to control the question and answer segment of a presentation
  • Learn how to write an introduction for themselves that will get the audience interested in their speech
  • See how the pros do it!

Handouts

  • Copies of all slides, including speech outline format
  • Message Development worksheet
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