The toastmasters international website has a section called 90 tips for toastmasters which is actually very good tips. I would like to periodically in my educational moments cover some of those tips.
I would like to share and talk about three tips from that list today.
1. Know your material. Speak about a topic you’re interested in and know a lot about. Reinforce your message with facts and statistics, if possible.
Perhaps an obvious tip. Speak about things you know, especially when starting out as a new speaker. Certainly one can learn about new things and speak about them but do your due diligence in your research and use references when possible to support your points.
This to me really empowers a speech. When you share something form your personal experience it just makes the speech very compelling. You are an interesting individual nd your audile loves hearing about your experiences.
3. Rehearse your speech aloud using any equipment and/or visual aids you’ll use during your presentation. Rehearse as often as you can.
This is wear the rubber meets the road. I think it is fair to say you can not practice enough. I saw the famous Zig Zigler speak years ago and he said in his presentation that he practiced that day before he came to speak at this event. I am guessing he probably gave what he presented that day thousands of times, but he still believed it was a good idea to practice.
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