Speech Writing
You're going to write a speech. And you're scared to death. Sure, I know you're not afraid of the speechmaking. Spouting it out is comparatively easy; in fact, it may be fun. But writing-ah! That is another story.
But relax, and let's talk about it. Push aside the paper and pencil, or if you are planning to dictate your speech, tell who-ever's wanting to ask something to come back later. Somehow this invitation to make a speech puffs you up like a gas balloon. Why, I don't know.
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You're the same person you were before you took the phone call or read the email invitation. The ideas you will present to these people will be the same old stuff that you've been giving your buddies and the bartender. There is nothing startling or revolutionary about these ideas. Well, if you are the same person with the same ideas, what's the sense of getting puffed up?
So let's deflate and discuss why they asked you to make this speech. I don't mean what they told you in the invitation - let's go into the real why.
Is it because Whosis is the program chairman, and he knows you or has heard of you? Or maybe somebody has asked your manager in Fort Worth, and he tried to think of somebody and sold you to them. Or perhaps they've got twenty-seven turndowns and in desperation they are grabbing at you. Most invitations are like that. So let's not get puffed up over the request. Sometimes it's a case of everybody in the group has to give speech or toast or...
Then let's consider what they want. Well, they want you to talk for twenty or thirty minutes. They hope you will be good, but they have their ringers crossed. They want you to tell them something, or to sell them something, and they hope you'll do it
From "How to Write a Speech"
By: EDWARD J. HEGARTY
Writing the Perfect wedding speech or Wedding toast
Amy Spade
If you're not feeling creative, there are a lot of ways to come up with a great speech or toast, so don't feel like you're under too much pressure. Yet. When stealing is good Before we go into advice on speeches, the best thing that you can do is to get started on it early. Although these techniques and tips will work in the last few weeks leading up to the wedding, you really need to practice to make it look good. Back to the advice, you don't have to write your speech in order to give one. You can search the Internet for other people's speeches and selectively borrow from them. Although some English scholars and copyright authors would squabble over plagiarism—you're not using this to make money, so you should be fine. If you fear that someone is going to arrest you, then quote the whole speech, giving the true author's name. What's good about looking through other speeches is that you may just end up personalizing them anyways and coming up with your own ideas. That's how you write a good speech. Getting ideas A lot of writing speeches and toasts is from listening to other ones. Talk to the person-who-you-are-toasting's friends and family to see if there are any stories that would make a good toast. You'd be surprised at some of the things that you can find out. Of course, the really embarrassing ones should be saved for bachelor or bachelorette parties. You may also want to find a poem that relates to them and read that aloud. Poems are always good emotional material. Try to find ones that speak of married love, rather than the newness of love. This will demonstrate your faith in their new marriage, rather than concentrating on the courtship. And don't feel that you have to be stuck in finding something that's overly emotional. You can find something funny and have the whole reception hall laughing. Humor is tricky though because it can go south in a blink of an eye. Keep it clean, and you're usually fine. The key to a great wedding toast or speech is the honesty with which you deliver it. A lot of times, it isn't the words that are moving, but the emotion that drives the toast or the speech. Be yourself and be true to the couple, and you're sure to be appreciated.
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Here is how the purpose of that speech could be written.
PURPOSE - This speech is to be given to sales, sales promotion, and advertising managers. It will give them suggestions as to how to run better sales meetings.
It will explain what a meeting is and give suggestions on room arrangement, talks, use of visual aids, timing, how to avoid the common mistakes, and how to build a good ending.
Note that I have described the audience in that first paragraph.
That's helpful.
I do this same speech for general audiences and I have to change certain illustrations which are quite familiar to sales groups but might be confusing to a general audience.
As you read that paragraph describing the purpose of this speech you can see that such a statement of your objective will help keep you on the track. So first in this synopsis comes a statement of purpose.
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