Do people get bored when you talk? Or do you feel like what you say is not effective? Well
perhaps you are not making an impact with your words. Do you want to be able to deliver
the best speech you possibly can? Don't worry, speaking publicly whether you are giving a
presentation at work, cracking the speaking module in your IELTS test or speaking in front
of a large audience is really easy. Breathe, because today I'm going to show you, how to
say things that really matter. Say things that make people listen to you and say things
that really create an impact. So stay tuned with me and watch the complete video on Skillopedia
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Now it's great to have an amazing vocabulary but frankly most of us in real life are not
poets, authors or great thinkers. We understand and relate to simple language. Now imagine
you and I, we go to a restaurant, the chef comes in great style and tells us to order
for the Caldillo de congrio. He tells us that it contains 300 kilocalories, is rich in omega-3
fatty acids, zinc and blah-blah-blah. If he just told us that it tasted great and is good
for health, we'd understand him right? We'd feel much more comfortable. So always remember
use words that your audience can relate to. Hard language will confuse them simple language
makes people trust you and therefore believe in you.
I believe that if you want to deliver something impactful with your words, you have to be
original and you can be original if you reveal something, if you tell people something new,
something that they've never heard of before. Now I can convince my students to learn English.
You know what I can do it be by telling you that if you learn English you will be able
to speak well, you will get a good job, etc., etc. I mean you've heard all of that before,
am I right? But what if, I tell you how I learned English even though I am a non-native
speaker. Now wouldn't that make you listen to me? Isn't that something no one ever knew?
As you can see, when you reveal something new that no one knows, it makes your speech
original and it makes people take interest in what you're saying. Very soon I will tell
you how I learned English in one of my other lessons. I want to tell you my secret. So
guys reveal to your audience something that they have no clue about. That keeps the excitement
going.
In school we were always told to make a great impression when we spoke. However I believe
more in inspiring and not impressing because if you inspire people they will have a great
impression of you anyway. For example, let's assume you are a business person who wants
to convince an audience of your new so-called venture, your new business idea, now if you
are that business person don't just impress them with a great business plan containing
facts and figures, they'll probably go to sleep. I would instead focus your speech on
inspiring or showing them how they can be involved in changing lives, building opportunities
and overcoming obstacles for anyone associated with your business. Always remember when people
are inspired they will believe in what you have to say. So always go with an inspiration
instead of creating a good impression.
As you know it does not matter how much you say. Now a lot of people have so much of information
to give. The question is, do people listening to you really need all that information, can
they really process all of that in one sitting? The answer is mostly, ‘No!’ Therefore,
make sure you condense your information to that which you feel is most important, leave
things that are not really required. That way you can avoid people from getting bored
when you talk. Only give relevant details that can only happen when you make your speech
condensed when you edit your speech. Yes make sure you proofread your speech and record
it, ask yourself is it too long, is it too boring? Well if it's boring you, it's time
to clip it. You know famous talk-show host Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globe
Awards 2018 was just a 9 minute speech but she said everything she had to say and she
did it amazingly well. In fact that speech has been voted as one of the best features
of our time. So guys keep it short, condensed and sweet.
I believe it's good to prepare what you're going to say. Now when you prepare your speech
you rehearse everything, after all you have to remember, don't you? While that is totally
okay. Make sure you sound natural, don't sound like you've memorized your speech. Otherwise
your words will just sound automated, like an IVR and frankly it will lack the emotion
or the impact that you wanted to deliver. When you speak naturally you sound authentic,
you sound passionate, like you believe in yourself and that makes people believe in
you. To sound natural you must take pauses in your speech and emphasize on important
words. Let's say for example you are a recruiter, talking about jobs in the market, instead
of saying this job is the most demanded one in the market, try saying it like this, “Today
this job is most demanded in the job market.” Sound passionate, make people believe, you
really care about what you're talking about. So the rule is to avoid reading out of a script,
sound natural.
To create a great impact, it's important to show that what you say is not just something
that is relevant right now, you must show that whatever you are talking about has always
been relevant, even in the past. If you want to convince your friends to enter into a fitness
program with you, you can talk about how so many people have done that in the past and
they've now they are now living a healthy lifestyle. So if something has worked before,
the rule is that it should work even now. So it's important to link the past with current
facts which will help you tell the audience that what you're saying is really true. It
kind of brings claim to your words.
Instead of just giving information, whatever you say it to, whoever you say it to, should
always bring hope. That makes whatever you say feel very positive to listen to. It's
our responsibility to always make people feel that they can do and become much more than
they already are. So always end your powerful speech or talk with a note of hope. On a college
campus don't just tell students to study in order to get good grades, talk to them in
a way that gives them the hope of a better future with great education. Do that and see
how glued they get to your words because with hope great things are possible and that makes
people listen to you.
Well thank you so much for engaging with me on this video. Please let me know how these
tips have helped you and which of these tips you've used or would like to use. Because
I know if you do use them, you will also make a great impact with your words. I'll be back
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