How was the first podcast?? Like it? For those of you who have given me your feedback, a BBBBBIIIIGGGGGG THANK YOU! I love it when I hear from you! And do keep your emails coming. I promise to reply them within a week. Scouts’ honor.

Last week has been phenomenal as I got to work with a whole bunch of public speaking enthusiasts. One of which was at a presentation workshop held in Yishun Safra. Shall share with you more about what happened in the next post.

Meanwhile, here’s my reply to one of my subscribers. Thought this will be useful to you as well. Talk soon.

What constitutes a good speech/presentation?

1. One Powerful Message

No point flooding your audience with too many messages as they won’t remember all of them anyway. Instead, you will have a better chance of impacting them if you focus on just one message. Find various ways (stories, demonstrations, quotes, analogies, visuals, jokes, examples) to illustrate your message.

I would also suggest that you believe in the message. There must be an inner drive/reason that is pushing you to deliver the message. Else… it will merely be a public announcement. One way to create drive/belief/enthusiasm in your speech is to ask yourself two questions:

(i) How will the audience benefit from listening to my speech/presentation?
(ii) Why is it important for them to hear it?

2. Be Authentic

Nothing beats speaking from the heart. Ask anyone and they will tell you that sincerity wins it all. Ask yourself this question: Why is it important for YOU to share this message with them?

To increase the authenticity of your speech, include stories of your own. Audience love it when speakers share personal stories as they create instant connection. As you open up to them, they too will open up to you. DO NOT use stories from the internet or worse, Chicken Soup for the Soul, for a very simple reason - they aren’t yours!

3. Strong Content

Not only must you have a strong message i.e. one that is obvious to your audience, there must be some takeaway points. These takeaway points got to be tangible and useful to them immediately. They should also feel motivated to take some action. It could be to start exercising or writing down their financial goals. At the end of the day, your audience MUST take some action. Otherwise, it will be a wasted speech.

Other related posts include:
Words Matter, But Message is King
Go Naked At Your Next Presentation
What Constitutes A Great Speaker?

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