Conversation Skills
Prepare Your Talk
Since times immemorial, speakers no matter how famous they became later on have had to go through the grind of learning conversation skills to make their speeches more impressive.
The subject of your talk can be:
· Mused over during odd moments.
· Pondered over and dreamt of while bathing, shaving, driving, cooking or waiting for elevators.
· Discussed with friends and thus made a topic of conversation.
How to open a talk
The introduction of your talk could be a sentence or two wading into the heart of your subject with the least possible words. Humor can prove to be the icing on the cake, as long as it is relevant to your story. You could sound interesting by:
1. Arousing curiosity
2. Beginning with an example
3. Relating a human interest story
4. Asking questions
5. Opening with a quotation
6. Convincing the audience on the vitality of the topic for them
7. Starting with a shocking fact
8. Not sounding formal
How to close a talk
The way you close a speech is remembered the longest. Certain things should be kept in mind while closing:
1. Stop talking but do not talk about stopping. Like “That's about all I've to say on the matter. So I guess I'll stop”. This has a dull effect on the listeners.
2. The talk should be rounded off smoothly.
3. It can be concluded by saying something humorous or paying the audience a sincere compliment
4. Summarize your speech by briefly mentioning the main points in the end
5. Close by making an appeal calling for action
6. A biblical quotation or a verse of poetry is a thoughtful ending.
7. Building up a climax leads to an effective ending.
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