How to be a Good Speaker

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A good speaker is a person who speaks confidently in front of the crowd pack with confidence and an interesting topic. That is why being a good speaker needs good preparation.

To be a good speaker here are some tips for you to consider:

1.    Choose an interesting topic.
    Something that suits to the context of where you are speaking. And of course to have an interesting topic you must also make your listener to look at you as an interesting person. So, aside from you having an interesting topic you yourself must also be interesting.

2.   Make eye contact. 

Eye contact is very important. You can look above the people's head because it looks like you're looking right at them, but you're really not. Do not overdo it or you will risk looking like you're nodding your head or you can appear stiff. It is also a good idea to make eye contact with different people. Do not stare that the same person throughout your speech, this would make them feel uncomfortable. You could try looking to the left, the center of the room, and the right of the room.

3.   Have a point and stick to it.

 In some settings you must speak on a certain subject. Even in casual conversation, though, it is important to focus on a limited set of related ideas. If you drift from one tangentially related idea to the next your speech becomes a sort of bad poetry or misplaced filibuster that may quickly bore the listener.

4.   Speak clearly.

 It may be tempting to say, "El whooziwhatsit fonctionne bien in thinger teh other day." It may also not be worth the listener's time to try to figure out what you mean.

5.   Adjust your speech for your audience.

 A technical audience will appreciate your use of jargon and acronyms. If your audience has trouble grasping the concepts you are relating, it may be necessary to speak slowly and offer generally familiar examples. Still, make sure not to sound as if you are explaining the concepts to a class of kindergarteners.

6.   Don't use one tone the entire speech. 

It makes you sound very dry, dull, and boring as a speaker. It makes you a much better speaker when you raise your voice a bit here and there. Make it sort of like a debate almost, and it's on something you really care for that's really important! Study Martin Luther King. He is one of the most well-known speakers in history. His tone goes up and down.

7.    Don't patronize. 

When people are treated like they're idiots or little children, they may become hostile and ignore what you're saying. You sound patronizing when you use sing-song tones in your speech or sigh loudly, or if you belittle the listeners in any way.

8.   Speak up. 

People have to hear what you are saying even if they are sitting in the back row or there is a lot of noise.

9.   Be a good listener

A good listener is a good speaker.

10.Read and read all you can

Reading a lot could help you stock more knowledge your brain and could help you to speak

11.  Do not be afraid to fail.

Like every other human being, great speakers walk forward on two legs: trial and error. There is no such thing as a perfect presentation. Every effort is a new experiment. Great speakers must be willing to fail their way to success. A speaker who is not willing to fail is not going to be great.

12. Consider your pitch

Your pitch should not be too loud and not to coarse. For too high pitch would be irritating no matter how interesting the topic is, the listener would never listen to it.

13. You should speak enough for the listener to understand what you were saying. Do not speak too fast, just moderate.

Here are some ten best speakers with their best quote, for you to look up to and be motivated:

·        “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” – Eric Thomas

·        “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” – Tony Robbins

·        “When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.” – Les Brown

·        “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn

·        “For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

·        “You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.” – Zig Ziglar

·        “Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way. It doesn’t matter what anyone else says. This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored. I’m going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy.” – Wayne Dyer

·        “It’s a lie to think you’re not good enough. It’s a lie to think you’re not worth anything.” – Nick Vujicic

·        “Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.” – Robin S. Sharma

·        “No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.” – Brian Tracy

           To be a good speaker there are many things to consider and unluckily until now there is no elevator to success, but if you follow these tips and make it your habit, it is sure that you will be a good speaker, who will be heard soon around the world.

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