Have you ever heard a speech and found it really interesting? What do
you reckon that grabbed your attention in that speech? A speech might
contain a lot of information but still failed to hold the audience. In this
blog, I would like to share the 4 most important things an interesting
speech possesses.
1) Humor- Humor is a very important part of a speech. Laughter is a
key that connects you to your audience. And once the audience
stays connected to your speech the audience remembers your
ideas and points. Humor also keeps your audience energized and
engaged. That is why The Kapil Sharma Show is such a hit. A
famous American poet, Maya Angelou, said, “I’ve learned that
people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
2) Anecdotes & Quotes- Almost all interesting speeches have
anecdotes and quotes. But why do we need anecdotes you may
ask. Let me give an example. If you have a choice between
listening to a man speaking about a specific topic very straight- to
the point and reading a story about the same topic, what will you
choose? Well, most of the people would choose reading a story as
it would be more fun than listening a boring one liner. Quotes too
are important as when people hear something catchy but difficult
to understand they ponder upon those things which helps them
to remember points easily. Though you must also remember to
elaborate the quote if it’s too hard.
3) Gestures- Some times people make their speech look boring as
they don’t move at all and don’t have facial expressions. When
this happens the audience and the speaker is automatically
disconnected. Movements draw attention to what you’re saying.
Using gestures is not as easy as it looks. Sometimes when we are
giving a speech we shiver a lot if we are nervous and when we are
nervous our hands stop moving most of the time. Thus, having no
gestures can hint your audience that you are nervous which can
disconnect you from your audience.
4) Knowing your audience- Knowing your audience is a very needful
thing while writing a speech. You should know which type of
audience is going to show up. For example, if you are giving a
speech in a gavel club meet, you should know that you are going
to speak in front of children and write a speech appropriate to
that age group. You can’t go speaking about mutual funds or
something like that in front of children, they won’t understand
anything and they would not enjoy the speech.
To sum it all, it is very important to involve your audience in your
speech if you want them to follow what you say. Do try to incorporate
these 4 pillars in your speech structure and see how tall a building of
fanbase can you make.

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