5 Ways To Be a Remarkable Speaker

We all understand that sometimes people get bored when listening to people giving speech or when a teacher is having a discussion. We all know that when our mind is not interested with the topic, we tend to sleep or perhaps divert our attention to something which our minds take much more interest.

And the purpose of this content is to give hope for those speakers out there, who are still struggling up to this point.

1. Setting up the mood

First impression lasts. People say that first impression is the last impression, but we can also say that initial impression is not literally everything. There are things that can make a good impression, and bad first impression be polished away from your discussion.

We have many do’s and don’ts when setting the mood up. We could start off by throwing some stupidly funny joke, before getting to the intense part of your content or whatever your topic is. Some people try to play a game or more like an ice breaker, in order for people listening begins to have a connection with the speaker.

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Setting up the mood is just one thing, but this one thing can leave our audience jaw dropped or to have them think that the speaker is worth listening to.

2. Creativity through communication

Communication is the key to a good relationship. We might think less of this saying and we might also get sceptical about it, but this is not only applicable to relationships because it also does in front of a large people. Believe it or not but a person talking for more than 30 minutes in front and we still don’t get bored by them, then it’s probably either the speaker’s topic is really good or the speaker just looks really good. Kidding aside, we need to learn that every once in a while we should have that tag line that keeps them attentive, and at the same time they should find it interesting, funny or perhaps out of the world.

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It’s like you’re snapping your finger to someone who’s asleep, like when they fall asleep in the middle of the class and you snap your finger; that is what we are looking for, that same route on how teachers get the attention of their students.

In this regard, we could try to throw some questions or funny remarks every end of a single topic.

3. Do not give hand-outs

When having a group discussion, class or maybe an orientation, most of the speakers out there give handouts to the audience; for them to get a better understanding or an overview of what’s the topic all about.

Well, here’s the thing about handouts: they distract audience from the speaker. Instead of listening they tend to focus what’s in the paper than listening to you. In short, handouts are distraction. So, as much as possible avoid providing handouts in the beginning of a discourse.

4. Worst case scenario

Every wise speaker should have a worst-case-scenario-back-up-plan. A good speaker should be able to make a comeback, if the audience are starting to get bored or perhaps not interested with what you are talking about. As an audience, we have the obligation to listen, but it’s the speaker’s job to get us educated in a way that our mind will accept it and at the same time we won’t get information overload.

We all agree that when discussing in front of people, it breaks our hearts when no one’s interested to listen or they are taking us, the speaker, for granted. It is so melancholic to see that the speaker is trying hard to make the audience listen but to no avail.  This is the why it is very important to have a back-up plan.

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One of the most common back up plan, on how to get back in the discourse when it’s falling apart is called a game changer. A game changer would be your best shot. Examples of those are asking frequently asked questions, some puns and poetic lines or perhaps reference from great movies.

These are some of those back up plans that maybe used as a game changer for the discourse, but of course always make sure for it to be relevant to the topic.

5. Leave an open ending

When having a discourse with a lot of people, a good way to end it is to leave an open ending. Leaving an open ending to the audience will spark their curiosity and this will make them ask a bunch of questions, which is a good thing mainly because this includes a communication and if ever successful, what this means is  the audience has recognized the speaker as a remarkable speaker.

As much as possible, when engaging in a discourse with a lot of people; leave an open ending.

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