How to Skillfully Make a Talk

Here are five rules that, if you observe them, will make you an interesting speaker. They make the difference between interesting talkers and uninteresting ones.

Know what you want to say

If you don’t know exactly what you want to say, don’t get on your feet or open your mouth.

Speak with authority, from knowledge and with confidence. This can only be if you know what you want to say.

Say it and sit down

Be brief, be to the point and then sit down.

Remember no one was ever criticized for saying too little. If more is desired from you, it will be asked of you.

Look at the audience while you talk

The importance of this rule is hard to overstate. Anybody worth talking to is worth looking at.

This is why talkers who read their talks rarely go over.

Talk about what the audience is interested in

It is not what you want to say that is important; it is what the audience wants to hear.

The audience’s interest is paramount, not yours.

A sure fire method of being a winning and well liked speaker is to tell people what they want to hear.

Don’t try to make a speech

Don’t try to orate – few can. Make a talk instead.

Be natural, be yourself, that’s why you are making the talk.

Just say what you have to say, naturally.

Courtesy – Skill with people