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“Inspired by 25 Skills Every Man Should Know, I pondered a list of the 25 Essential Skills every public speaker should have. How did I do?
Every public speaker should be able to:
- Research a topic – Good speakers stick to what they know. Great speakers research what they need to convey their message.
- Focus – Help your audience grasp your message by focusing on your message. Stories, humour, or other “sidebars” should connect to the core idea. Anything that doesn’t needs to be edited out.
- Organize ideas logically – A well-organized presentation can be absorbed with minimal mental strain. Bridging is key.
- Employ quotations facts, and statistics – Don’t include these for the sake of including them, but do use them appropriately to complement your ideas.
- Master metaphors – Metaphors enhance the understandability of the message in a way that direct language often can not.
To continue reading this article for the remaining 20 skills, you can link to the article here.“
Have a great speaking week-end!
“Simply” Sue