| Speeches can sell a message or paint a picture. | | | | Empathy is very important. It means ensuring |
| They can be inspiring, motivating or persuasive. | | | | your audience is at one with you in what you are |
| Speeches frighten or enlighten an audience. | | | | saying. Even if the subject is an emotive one like |
| Speakers can be radical, conservative or liberal... It | | | | abortion anti-abortion speakers can sway their |
| is a pity that they are so often boring. | | | | audience with their understanding of the problems |
| Every occasion, every event calls for a different | | | | and heartaches of a problem pregnancy. They |
| speech and a different approach. Many speeches | | | | can speak of their horror of rape for instance and |
| are simply a repetition of what we have heard | | | | of the sympathy they have for women who are |
| many times before. Wedding speeches are a case | | | | abused. Then, and only then, should they speak of |
| in point. The father of the bride or the best man | | | | the alternatives to abortion. Militancy will never |
| will often look up a book of jokes or a book of | | | | change opinions, a considered and sympathetic |
| speeches and use them word for word. | | | | speech will. |
| Alternatively they say "Aah" or "M-mm-m"" simply | | | | Speeches summarize the reason for an occasion. |
| because they are lost for words. Yet loving | | | | A retirement speech summarizes a lifetime of |
| words, spoken sincerely, can add immeasurably to | | | | working. A military speech encompasses the duty |
| the day. If they are slightly humorous so much | | | | and camaraderie of the forces. Wedding |
| the better. | | | | anniversary speeches speak of commitment and |
| It is worth noting that humor in speeches has to | | | | family life. Business speeches, on the other hand, |
| be carefully considered. Everyone has a different | | | | tell of the importance of productivity and |
| sense of humor and it differs not only from | | | | customer service. Whatever the reason for a |
| country to country but from region to region. | | | | speech it is important that you consider your |
| Unless you are a brilliant public speaker with an | | | | audience and reach out specifically to them. |
| excellent sense of timing and really funny, and | | | | Speeches can cajole an audience, humor them or |
| clean, jokes you shouldn't attempt humor. Instead | | | | make them understand a new concept. If you've |
| you should tell a story or recall an incident which | | | | something to say make sure your speech says it |
| will make people empathize with what you are | | | | all for you. |
| saying. | | | | |