Speech design tips
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The document provides tips for writing a speech, emphasizing the importance of starting with the main take-away and making the beginning and ending impactful. It suggests incorporating memorable stories to engage the audience and offering a summary at the end along with next steps. Overall, the focus is on creating a speech that is both engaging and effective.
Speech design tips
- 1. Writing a speech Richard Riche
- 3. Start with the “take-away”
- 5. Make your stories count
- 6. Summarise
- 7. Close with next step!
- 8. Quick tips
- 9. 1
- 10. Writing a speech Richard Riche
Editor's Notes
- #2: Do you find it hard to write a speech?
- #3: What message/image will you draw in their mind? Hook: What should the audience walk away with? (What they need) Give problem, solution with benefits Give an example, or ask the audience for one - example of point, message, take away that stuck, they remembered.
- #4: What message/image will you draw in their mind? Hook: What should the audience walk away with? (What they need) Give problem, solution with benefits Give an example, or ask the audience for one - example of point, message, take away that stuck, they remembered.
- #5: Pause, smile, then: Open with a Question or a statement! Then pause to allow it to sink in (count of 3-4 seconds) Makes it a dialogue, vs lecture. Give an example, or ask the audience for one - when someone has opened with question or statement, vs.. welcome ladies gentlemen or done a long intro.
- #6: A clear point Use the story to illustrate your point If it doesn’t make point, why say it. Nieces bum ... vs Matthew (follow process)
- #7: Simple formulae: start with a statement or question 3 points that draw an idea/message summary and close with question/statement
- #8: What is the next step?
- #9: Notes- key words . sequence Pause -allows impact (savour your idea/question/humour) Use stage (body language) action for point Lower time limit - eg 5-7 prepare 5 monotone
- #11: Do you find it hard to write a speech?