HOW TO WRITE A PRESENTATION SPEECH
For a speech to be a success, it should be a prerequisite. There should be no ifs and buts.
In this article, I will explore how you can craft a speech that will work perfectly for your presentations.
Why do people make a speech?
- When writing a speech, we look at the ultimate goal of the speech. Sometimes we are given a directive by our bosses to introduce the company to new employees. In such scenarios, you need to do a little more digging, especially in business propositions.
- Speech depends on the environment upon which it is made.
How Do You Do This?
- What stylistic should I go for?
- How do I structure my speech?
- How do I make it perfect?
Let’s tackle all these fundamental questions (and more) one by one.
The Stylistic of a Speech for Presentation
- Before writing down any sentence, you should consider the tone to use.
- Do not either be too smart nor too grandiloquent in your speech. Most often, it would be best if you use a casual and conversational tone.
Linguistic decisions
- It would be best if you consider your audience in which the speech is geared to. You should consider the age, industry, or national group of your audience.
- Consider the slangs, specific terms for a particular audience, cultural and professional references.
Rhetorical devices
Rhetorical devices help to maintain and keep the audience active and attentive throughout your speech. Also, the rhetorical questions depend on the audience.
- If you are a stakeholder reporting on the net income growth, you may want to focus on structuring your data logically.
- If you are an environmental activist, you should steer your speech towards emotional topics such as the future of our children.
- If you are a company looking to garner those investments, you want to appear credible and trustworthy.
A good speech should be a combination of logic, emotion, and proof companied with little slants towards the dominating approach.
The Structure of a Speech for Presentation
The structure is a foundation in which the speech is laid.
Brainstorming and Researching
- Brainstorming is the first thing to do once you have known your topic and purpose of the speech.
- Write down everything that comes into your mind. And then organize the ideas.
- Scrap off ideas that are illogical and do more research and consideration to ambiguous ideas
- Consult you, colleagues, run a survey, and poofs of the ideas.
Batching ideas and matching examples.
- Batch your ideas into groups > Combine similar ideas into one > Put them in the order of priority.
- Create an outline to guide you through the speech
- Match the ideas with their corresponding examples.
- When relevant, it’s recommended to dress your ideas in cohesive infographics. These should make the content of your speech much more compelling.
Write a killer script.
Once you have crafted your speech, you can write your presentations in an orderly manner.
- Short introduction
- You should mention your name and the purpose of your speech
- Hook your introduction with a story and slowly twist to your speech
- Main body
- This is the ideas part
- Enunciate your ideas, provide relevant examples, summarize the idea and the transit to the next idea
- You can repeat the ideas for emphasis
- Summarize the ideas and end it with a call on action
- Question and answer
- Allot 10-20 minutes to take and answer questions from your audience
- Conclusion
- State your unique ideas and proposals, and you can provide your contact information.