Ending Your Speech with a Call-to-Action
When you give a speech, you want your audience to think, feel or do something differently than before, right? Even if your speech is primarily informative in nature, don’t you want your audience to do something with the new information? Don’t you want them to consider your ideas and apply them in some way? In […]
It’s a Wrap: Concluding Your Speech Completely
“Umm . . . I’m out of time. So, I guess that’s all. Thank you.” We’ve all heard conclusions like that. Maybe you’ve even done it yourself. I call it the “aborted conclusion.” Maybe that phrase, “aborted conclusion,” makes you feel uncomfortable because of the usual connotations of the word, “aborted.” Good. If you terminate […]
How to Start and End Your Speeches
People remember best how you start and how you end! Do you know what parts of a presentation are best remembered? The interesting parts, right? Well, yes! And some parts are remembered better because of their locations in the speech. Numerous studies have shown (with lists of items) that people recall the items near the […]