| Interestingly enough, this article has nothing to do | | | | leave our audience with a sense of being able to |
| with global warming. I really don't care which side | | | | change things no matter if we are talking to them |
| of the "warming/not warming" argument you find | | | | about finances or global warming. |
| yourself on right now. The one thing that I think | | | | Extras That Make A Speech Work |
| that we can all agree on is that there is quite a | | | | Just doing a great job of speaking often isn't |
| debate going on right now - somebody has done | | | | enough. Al Gore teaches that if you want to |
| a good job of talking this topic up! | | | | maximize the impact of your message, you've |
| Grass Roots Speaking | | | | got to add three additional "extras" to your |
| Carl Duivenvoorden cares deeply about global | | | | speech in order to make the whole thing work: |
| warming issues and has spent time learning about | | | | * Use Powerful Visuals: no, this doesn't mean that |
| how he can give speeches talking about this topic. | | | | you need to creat 400 PowerPoint slides. Rather, |
| If you want to be effective, you go to the | | | | you need to carefully create just enough visuals |
| source - in this case you go to Al Gore. | | | | to enhance your words - the visuals should echo |
| Al Gore wrote the book "An Inconvenient Truth". | | | | what you are saying and make your message |
| He is a skilled and effective public speaker - after | | | | stick in your audience's mind. |
| all, he's a politician. Lately he has been going | | | | * Organize Your Visuals: this should be second |
| around teaching folks how to get the word out | | | | nature, but people still do it wrong so it's good to |
| about global warming - this means teaching them | | | | bring it up again: in your visuals, flow your |
| how to effectively speak in public. | | | | concepts from left to right and top to bottom, |
| A Speaker's Three Budgets | | | | use as little text as possible, and give your |
| Al Gore teaches speakers to remember that | | | | audience time to focus on the visual as you speak |
| when they take the stage, they start to spend | | | | - don't just be whipping through a lot of slides. |
| from three different budgets at the same time. | | | | * Worry About The Transitions: The "flow" of |
| They need to accomplish the goal of their speech | | | | your speech is almost as important as the words |
| and get off the stage before they exceed any of | | | | that you use. You need to create smooth |
| their budgets. The three budgets are: | | | | transitions between the different "chapters" in |
| * Time: the clock starts ticking when you open | | | | your speech so that your audience can stay with |
| your mouth. You always need to respect your | | | | you from start to finish. |
| audience's time and make sure that you finish on | | | | Final Thoughts |
| time no matter when you started. | | | | No matter what subject you are talking about, |
| * Complexity: there has to be a purpose to your | | | | you are going to have to use emotion in order to |
| speech - you are not just talking to make people | | | | make your message stick. Ultimately your goal is |
| think that you are smart. You have an obligation | | | | to reach out and touch your audience's hearts. In |
| to make it so that both yourself and your | | | | order to do this you are going to have to use |
| information will be understood (and retained) by | | | | vocal tones to draw your audience to you and |
| your audience. | | | | use your conviction and passion to connect with |
| * Hope: this is one that we all too often overlook. | | | | your audience. Learn to do this right and you'll be |
| We need to carefully plan out the way that our | | | | able to intimately connect with your audience and |
| speech will end. We need to make sure that we | | | | make an lasting impact in their lives. |