How to Prepare for a Speech | Public Speaking Video Lecture | Public Speaking: Learn and Boost your Confidence (English) - Communication

so how should you prepare for a speech
you have two main options the first
option is what most people do they run
around the office gathering more and
more information more details more files
asking colleagues associates hey give me
all your slides from your presentation
on this subject last week and then they
end up with this gigantic wheelbarrow
full of information they do a data dump
awful awful awful here's what you need
to do to really prepare for speech you
need to write down every big message
point you really want your audience to
know then you need to put them in
priority then come up with the top five
you see that that's not a hand with ten
or fifteen fingers I mean literally just
five ideas and that should be the focus
of your speech next you need a story for
each one of your message points then if
you're using PowerPoint come up with an
image not a bullet point but an image
for each slide and finally you need a
single sheet of paper that has an
outline and it lists your five points it
lists something to trigger your memory
for your story and it lists something
that will remind you of what your slide
is that is far and away the best way to
prepare your presentation of course you
have to videotape your rehearsal so that
you like your presentation now why did I
say limit it to five well I've been
asking audiences all over the world for
nearly 30 years I say to them think of
the best speaker you've seen in the last
year now tell me every message point you
remember from that speech not their
style or their warmth or their humor but
message points in all the years I've
asked that question
nobody has ever remembered more than
five ideas that's the best you can do so
start by narrowing the focus doing the
other steps you'll be in great shape