What is an Impromptu Speech?

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Part of the video series: How to Do an Impromptu Speech

Summary: Learn all about situations when you may be called on to give an impromptu speech and how to do it well with expert tips in this free public speaking video.

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Tim & Darcy Tim Kimmel is the CEO of Family Matters Inc., and has written and published over 10 non-fiction books. Mr. Kimmel speaks all over the nation to audiences of t... read more

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What is an Impromptu Speech?

You are at a Christmas party and the boss comes up to and says, after we served dessert, I would like you to just stand up and address the troops here and give them a good message for next year. Just a few minutes, just something that would really encourage them and then you freeze. You can't believe he has thrown this at you all of a sudden and you don't know what to say. The last thing on your mind was to give a speech. This happens all the time. It might be you've just won a great victory and the press wants to talk to you or you've just loss something huge in your company, you have really been set back or whatever. All these things come to you. You have to say something that comes off well and profound. Well if you don't know what to do at that point, all you are going to do is come off as a nervous wreck and make everybody else uncomfortable and wish that you had never ever come near a place like that again. It doesn't need to be that way. I am going to work you through a couple of simple things that you can do that will take all the fear out of this process or at least most of it and put some calm in place and give you the ability to really communicate some excellent ideas to people when you only have a few minutes to get ready for.

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