The Importance of Story in an Impromptu Speech

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People say that one of the most frightening things in the world to do is to have to give a speech. Some people are just more introverted, they're shy, and yet they're called on in a very brief period of time to make some very profound statements. We've said that if you get your thoughts together and you know the theme that you're trying to do, the big idea you're trying to say and you think in terms of an airplane flight. A nice little take off intro, a few points you're going to make, and a nice smooth landing. That will keep your thing on target. You make some notes, but let me give you a couple other things. When it comes to notes, the best thing to do is to write down like a bullet point of two or three words that remind you of something. The best way to communicate anything is from the heart. You see the more you emote when you speak, the better, and what does that? Eye contact and stories. Now if you and I were sitting at a restaurant and you're as shy as can be but I ask you a question about something that you're very familiar with, you could very easily, over a table, just look me in the eye and tell me the story. Well, that's all you want to do with a speech, whether you're a great speech maker or it just comes easy to you or not, you just write down just something that says I want to tell this story and then do it that way because if you write down every word, you're going to be encumbered by that and you don't have the time to write down a dialogue and that. Just emote well with eye contact, stories from the heart and just put down two or three bullet points that remind you of what you want to say or the people you want to recognize.

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