Pack in human interest
Ask yourself all possible questions. You are sure to remember your own observations, desires and experiences while speaking. You could relate your own struggles, defeats, hopes and triumphs.
It is important to give a real life image to our talk. The truthful, inside story of anyone's life, if told modestly and without offending egotism -- is the most entertaining.
There is something else besides mere words, which matters in a talk. It is the flavor with which you express yourself. It is not so much what you say, as how you say it.
Do not talk as if delivering a soliloquy, with no sense of communication, no give and take between yourself and the audience. This attitude will kill the conversation.
Do not imitate others. Try to speak spontaneously and create your own style.
Attract attention by:
· Stress on the important words in a sentence and subordinate the unimportant ones.
· The pitch of your voice should flow up and down the scale from high to low and back again.
· Pause before and after your important ideas.
· Ask questions between – “You ask how do I know this? I'll tell you.” Or “How do you feel about this?”
· Put your heart into your talk, bringing out your true emotions and sincerity.
Tax your memory
You can always tax your memory for a good impact during a conversation. “The average man,” says psychologist, Prof. Carl Seashore, “does not use above ten percent of his actual inherited capacity for memory. He wastes the ninety percent by violating the natural laws of remembering.” There are three of these natural laws.
1. Impression
2. Repetition
3. Association
To achieve this you must:
1. Concentrate
2. Observe closely
3. Read aloud
4. Get an eye impression
5. Act on the power of repetition
6. Associate it with facts
7. To remember names, connect the name with the face.
8. To remember dates, associate them with prominent dates already in mind.
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