Tailor your speech to suit your audience
How do you choose a speech to suit your audience? It’s quite easy if you have been asked to talk to engineers about town planning. Obviously your speech will be technical and geared towards that...
View ArticleLeadership – a topic of interest
Most of us would feel proud if someone told us that they thought we had leadership qualities. It is a quality, of course, that we expect army officers and business executives to possess. Community...
View ArticleWriting a speech should make you think
Writing a speech should make you think. It shouldn’t be something that you rattle off from the top of your head. If it’s a wedding speech, for instance, you should think about how you can enhance the...
View ArticleHas it ever occurred to you that speeches are a lot like people?
Has it ever occurred to you that speeches are a lot like people? Some are long and some are short, some are funny and some are serious. Just as people express different views and opinions so too do the...
View ArticleWhat do you do when you cannot decide on a topic for a speech?
What do you do when you cannot decide on a topic for a speech? The answer is simply open the dictionary and select a word. The first word to catch your eye might be “Abandoned”. You could then write...
View ArticleThe Casino isn’t the only place we gamble
The Casino isn’t the only place we gamble. Every day we gamble with our lives on the roads and in our homes and hospitals. In fact life is one long gamble yet we never seem to see it that way. We...
View ArticleWriting a speech is like designing a garden
Writing a speech is like designing a garden. The boundary is the length of the speech and after that it is up to you what you plant in your particular garden. You may choose a thorny subject such as...
View ArticleA good speaker will respond to the response of his or her audience
A good speaker will respond to the response of his or her audience. That may seem difficult if he or she has a prepared script. If, however, the audience appears to be bored with something that is said...
View ArticleThe ozone layer isn’t the only thing that affects the weather
The ozone layer isn’t the only thing that affects the weather. In nature itself when it’s time for Santa and snow in Canada it’s time for the summer holidays with their sea, sand and surf in Australia....
View ArticleJesus didn’t give speeches.
Jesus didn’t give speeches. He gave sermons in parable form. In doing so he gave us a wonderful example of how good speeches should be written. He spoke mainly to farmers and fishermen. They could...
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