Simple Ideas to Make
A Significant Speech
In every presentation, they say “Content is
the King and Delivery is the Queen”.
Both are equally important. A well
delivered speech, that lacks content, will be looked down as shallowness of the
speaker’s knowledge and similarly, even if the content is excellent and the way
the speech was structured and delivered was poor, it doesn’t leave a good
impression amidst the participants.
In this article, let me share some easy tips
of how you can prepare a good content for your speech.
There are 3 preliminary steps, before starting
to construct a good speech. They are:
1.
Identifying the topic
2.
Awareness of your target audience
3.
Duration available for your speech.
We are all aware of the 6 type of questions,
which is interestingly called the 5 wives and one husband technique, as an easy
to remember analogy the 5W’s and 1H, which are What, When, Where, Who, Why and
How?
When you search for content based on a
question, it will be easier to find answers. Be it tapping into your own
resources or external resources like Google.
You can create an outline for your speech, by
using just the 3 questions – What, Why and How. The ‘What?’ is always a Knowledge question. The ‘Why? is an Attitude question. The ‘How?” is a
Skill based question.
So, for example, if you are going to give a
speech on the topic, “Creativity”, the three questions you can ask are:
·
What is Creativity?
·
Why is Creativity important?
·
How to be a Creative Person?
By just striving to answer these 3 questions, you will be able to structure and present a good speech.
Yet, you can add more value to your speech by
asking the additional three knowledge questions - ‘When’, ‘Where’ and ‘Who’ . When
you pose these questions, you will be able to generate and provide additional
information, which will serve as a decoration to your speech.
The “Where?” gives information of where the
event or incident happened.
The “Who?” mentions the persons who were
involved in the incident. Or it can also be things like who said what. For example, when you mention a quote, from a
famous author or thinker, in your presentation it endorses your content. Like,
if you are taking about creativity, you can use quotes from people who you feel
are considered an authority in the field, such as Walt Disney, Steve Jobs or
James Cameron.
Answering these 3 questions, will help the
listener to relate it to the period, place and people, with their sense of
imagination.
So, by integrating this simple 5W & 1H
Technique, you will not only create an interesting speech, but also a
significant speech, which people might remember much longer than it was spoken.
D. Senthil Kannan,
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