Professional speakers can give a variety of presentations to a variety of audiences. This manual offers guidance in preparing and presenting a keynote address, an entertaining speech, a sales training speech, a seminar and a motivational speech. Includes information about marketing yourself as a professional speaker.
Part of the Advanced Communication Series.
Project |
Time |
Objectives |
1. The Keynote Address
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15-20 minutes |
- Identify the basic differences between keynote speeches and other kinds of speeches.
- Learn how to evaluate audience feeling and establish emotional rapport.
- Learn and use the professional techniques necessary for a successful keynote presentation.
- Develop a speech style and delivery that effectively inspires and moves the audience to adopt your views as a collective reaffirmation of its own.
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2. Speaking to Entertain
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15-20 minutes |
- Entertain the audience through the use of humor drawn from personal experience and from other material that you have personalized.
- Deliver the speech in a way that makes the humor effective.
- Establish personal rapport with your audience for maximum impact.
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3. The Sales Training Speech
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15-20 minutes |
- Tell a sales audience how to sell a product by using a planned presentation.
- Inform a sales training audience about the human experience of the buyer-seller relationship.
- Use entertaining stories and dynamic examples of sales situations.
- Inspire salespeople to want to succeed in selling.
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4. The Professional Seminar |
20-40 minutes |
- Plan and present a seminar with specific learning objectives.
- Relate to the audience by using a seminar presentation style.
- Use seminar presentation techniques to promote group participation, learning and personal growth.
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5. The Motivational Speech
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15-20 minutes |
- Understand the concept and nature of motivational speaking.
- Apply a four-step motivational method with the purpose of persuading and inspiring.
- Deliver a motivational speech to persuade an audience to emotionally commit to an action.
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