Practice Speaking Like Conversation to Make Your Presentations Better
Think back to the last time you heard someone give a speech by reading the words right off the card. How bored you were? If you want to avoid the same impact on your audience, practice your speech by talking to someone about it.
As the advice site Mental Floss suggests, the audience responds well to speeches spoken in a conversational tone. When exercising, ask a friend to sit with you and talk about the topic. You can provide the same information, but allow a friend to ask questions or provide feedback. This will not only help you improve your presentation, but also learn how to talk about it without a huge audience:
As tempting as it may be to type a speech and read it word for word, refrain from doing so. The audience listens better when the speaker speaks to them rather than reading to them … In other words, if you change your natural speech pattern to deliver a speech written like an essay, you are setting yourself up for failure.
When you give a speech in front of an audience, they probably won’t ask questions directly. However, knowing what questions your friend is asking can give you an idea of how they think. More importantly, if you deliver your speech as if you were explaining it to a friend, your audience is more likely to respond in a friendly way.
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