How to Give a Speech like Ronald Reagan - Public Speaking Video Lecture

so what can people learn about the
speaking style of Ronald Reagan now he
is called the Great Communicator but
people often misjudge what his true
speaking skill was they think oh he was
just a natural communicator great
Hollywood star that's not really what it
was
he brought an actor's discipline to the
speaking process so for example when he
had a major speech like the State of the
Union address he would meet with his
advisers for months editorial meetings
coming up with ideas stories changes
revisions on the speech then he had the
discipline of telling them the speech
has to be finished finished finished a
week before he gave it he would then
spend three hours a night reading the
speech out loud in the residency above
the Oval Office in the White House even
that wasn't enough he would then spent
an entire day of videotaped rehearsal
practicing for the speech not to
memorize it because he was using a
teleprompter he was practicing on video
to make sure everything was just right
that he put the right emphasis on the
right word that he was comfortable with
it and that way when he was actually
giving the speech he didn't seem like he
was reading a teleprompter he felt like
he was just speaking to you it seemed
like he was just speaking to you that
feeling came out and that's why he was
so effective the other thing he had a
rule with his speech writers he would
say I don't ever want to talk for more
than two minutes without talking about a
real person with a real problem Ronald
Reagan understood when you're president
you're using the bully pulpit it's not
about simply conveying the most facts
conveying the most numbers you've got to
give people a sense of importance
they've got to visualize it and
understand it at a human level and
that's why he was the great communicator
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