7 Ways to be a Great Speaker

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5. Be engaging

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10 Tips to Preparing a Super Speech

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6. Create a conversation.

Don't think of what you're doing as "writing a speech." Instead, consider it creating a conversation between you andrepparttar audience.

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To create that sense of conversation, interact with your audience. Ask them questions ("How many of you would agree with that?"). Give them things to do ("I want you to write this next fact down...").

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9. Revise, revise, revise!

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