Example Of Delivering A Speech

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Delivering your speech
Now comes the big day, and even though you’ve practiced the previous day, you are still very nervous. The ideal thing to do is to get to the event, an hour or 45 minutes before it actually starts. This way, you’ll have enough time to prepare you visual aids and other presentation tools, tidy yourself one last time, and perhaps practice one last time, before people start coming. Have a check list if necessary (prepared one day in advance or before you start putting everything in place at the venue), so that you are sure that everything is in place.
Overall, take 15 minutes before presentation to:
- Put all your presentation accessories in place (plug them up), position them so that you can see them and reach them easily,
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For you to make a good impression, try to concentrate and work on your movements one last time. Practice how you should look at your audience (remember drawing an arch with your eyes, from left to right, slowly and as you finish drawing your arch, move back to your documents).
- Practice your breathing, to calm your nerves down. Breathe in and out 10 times, slowly.
- Check your outfit one last time; and that’s it you are now ready to start your presentation. You’ll either be announced by someone or you’ll simply have to walk to the stage.
-As you are called, or walking yourself to the stage to start your
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You should be able to convince your audience, so confidence through body posture and composure is important. What you have to retain here, is that the body posture you have to adopt is having your body straight the whole time. You should breathe in and out slowly, and this breathing technique should serve as a rhythm to the way you talk. You movements are simple, every 20 minutes draw an arch with your eyes, to avoid being intimidated with the public and then walk left or right, then back to the center stage (always guided by the rhythm of your

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