Just a few tips on how to make a good speech.

1. HOW TO MAKE A
GOOD SPEECH
By
Rafiel Saavedra

2. QUALITIES OF A GOOD SPEECH
 Concise
 Organized
 Tailored to Audience
 Persuasive
 Credible
 Proper Delivery

3. CONCISE
 Say what you need to say
 Nothing more
 Nothing less
 Be focused
 There is always a time limit
 Saying too much bores and is counterproductive
 Saying too little leaves audience confused

4. ORGANIZED
 You have your points
 You say your points
 You move on
 Speech has clear beginning middle and end

5. AUDIENCE
 Who are you talking to?
 Identity of your audience is imperative
 Are you talking to:
 elementary school students?
 college students?
 business men and woman?
 union workers?
 Same speech can be made differently

6. PERSUASIVE
 Appeal to the audience
 Convince them of your speech
 Several ways to do this:
 Humor
 Evidence based logic
 Bandwagoning
 Fearmongering
 And many many more
 Wikipedia has several more examples here and here

7. CREDIBLE
 People need a reason to believe you
 Sound like you know what you’re doing
 Look like you know what you’re doing
 Look likeable
 Clean shaven
 Clean clothes
 Well dressed
 Well combed

8. DELIVERY
 Way you say it is more powerful than how you say it
 Good hand motions
 Confident body language
 Fluent speech
 Good attitude

9. PREPARATION
 Good ways to practice your speech:
 Talk to yourself in the mirror
 (Doing this allows you to see your visual mistakes (i.e. body
language))
 Repetition
 (The more you do it the more you know it the more prepared you
are)
 Extemporaneous speaking
 Don’t memorize you speech word by word
 Memorize concepts and order of delivery
 Allows you to improvise on the spot
 Preserves speech emotion

10. DEALING WITH ANXIETY
 Hand motions
 Help give outlet to nervous energy
 Helps pacing, gives you rhythm
 Practice with friend or family
 Especially the encouraging kind, they set you up for success
 Talk to a pet if you have no one else
 Breath properly
 Breath steadily even if the rest of you isn’t steady
 Breathing steadily gives you rhythm and relaxes
 More tips here!

11. VIDEOS!!!
 Here’s more good advice on good speechmaking
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyEFL7Feag
 Here’s how NOT to make a speech
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YivQYeI0vys

12. REFERENCES
 Cat Stare Picture http://www.podpocalypse.com/tag/cat-stare/
 We Need You pic http://www.nowpublic.com/world/we-need-you
 Of course, thank you YouTube for these great videos.
 Thank you Wikipedia for its sites
 Thank you University of Rochester for its webpage
 Everything else from Microsoft office.