^Introduction - Speeches and Presentations\

Many speakers, when delivering a speech, rely on one of two methods - they
either try and memorise the speech word for word beforehand, or they read
from notes as they talk.

Both these methods are often disastrous.  Memorising the speech word for
word will make it sound exactly like that when you deliver it - memorised.
Also, there's a good chance that you will fumble over one or two words you
can't remember, and so lose the thread of your talk completely.

If you've been asked to give a speech or talk, the assumption is that you
know something about the subject you are going to talk about, so it really
shouldn't be necessary to memorise it word for word.

Reading a speech is not a good idea either, because you are likely to send
your audience to sleep rather than holding their attention.  Of course, you
can look up at your audience at regular intervals, but that won't disguise
the fact that you are reading to them, not delivering a real speech.  And,
when you look up and then look back down at your notes, there's a good
chance that you will lose your place, leading to lots of 'Er..umming'.#

Tutorial 15 teaches you some simple techniques to help you remember and
deliver any speech |confidently\ and |effectively\.

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