Why do we practice Public Speaking?

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Why do you think it’s valuable to ‘make speeches’?
- People deserve to hear the sound of their leaders' voices
- We can efficiently reach multiple people with the same message
- People are surprised to see a person making a speech and the novelty helps them retain the information
- People need to see us visibly doing things
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How do you think a speech opens best?
- Make fun of the host, attack the institution and complain about the other speakers
- A good dirty joke always peps up an audience
- Thank the introducer for their time and begin immediately with a sip of water and straight into the meat of the speech
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You should come prepared. What do you need on hand?
- Some water in a re-usable container
- Your speaking notes especially if you're going to rely on any figures, email addresses or hashtags
- Copies of your business card with details of your new podcast.
- A watch or timer
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What’s the best way to sum up the Roadmap Method from the video?
- Say what you'll say, then say something utterly unconnected, then trail off into tragic incoherence
- Just Keep Talking Until Everybody Gives In
- Say what you'll say, then say it, then say what you said
- It was a dark and stormy night
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Your host says you have around five minutes to speak. How long do you prepare for?
- If the opportunity is for 5 minutes, give them an extra three, so let's say ten minutes, fifteen tops. People love the sound of your voice.
- If the opportunity is for 5 minutes, impress them all by doing exactly 4.59 and then a quick 'thanks'
- We're not here to waste their time. I stop when I've said what's needed and not none sentence more, and certainly under the five minutes.
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Speaking without notes is…
- Inspirational, especially because this freedom allows you to experiment with new thoughts on the fly throughout the peroration
- Risky, especially if it causes you to miss an important point
- What a true public speaker would do
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How should you stand if you’re doing a speech?
- With feet about shoulders' width apart
- Facing the centre of the audience
- Toes pointing slightly outward,
- Feet flat on the ground.
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How should we introduce ourselves?
- "Hi, I'm Winnie the Pooh, an officer of the Students Union at last after two years in other sabbatical positions and two as a class rep, now in a position of real authority and proud to call myself your leader."
- "Hi, I'm sorry to disturb you, I'm just going to say a few words for the Students' Union and then I'll leave you to more important things"
- "Hello, thanks for your brief attention – I'm Winnie the Pooh, I'm an officer with your students' union and I'd like to say a few important words on behalf of the union. I'll be about two minutes"
- SILENCE, MORTALS. LISTEN TO ME.
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You’ve got a short time to make a speech. What do we lead with first?
- How awesome you are as a speaker, so take the first 30 seconds to show how good you are
- Tell them why you're speaking and what they need to do. Get it done and get out of there.
- Mostly screaming
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