Creating a Speech Part 1

Sick for the past couple of weeks and behind on my entries. Sorry about that. Today I will start talking about building a speech. I am going to assume that you have the fundamentals of speaking under your belt. You can get up in front of a group and talk. If this is not the case, then may I recommend Toastmasters? It is how I got my start in public speaking and what a gift that was!

So, assuming the very basics, how to begin? Let's assume that you get hired, or want to get hired, to talk about a topic that is not currently in your field of mastery. Congratulations! You are now going to get paid to increase your knowledge base, add a product for sale to your inventory and have a blast! At least you will if you work the way that I recommend.

So, go to your local library, new topic in hand, and start gathering information. Lots of information. For a 1 hour presentation, kind of a natural starting place, you should collect and master enough information for at least 4 hours of chatting about this new topic of yours. This extra depth will serve you very well indeed. The Internet can flesh out your collected data with the latest and greatest and then you are ready for the next step...putting yourself into the minds and shoes of your target audience. We will talk about that in the next entry...bye for now...Jack