Speech making and delivering speeches

'Quamplurimi et quam aptisimi" (As many as possible of the very best


JFK's best speeches. Listen how they resonate with you. Note the passion in the speech and call to action
I am repeating here that as a leader, your biggest resource is your ability to communicate - one on one  and to a group of people. Thus the ability to prepare a speech, or deliver a speech, even extemporaneously would be an advantage.   Many leaders are known to be loquacious and possess the gift of gab, even at times pompous.

Great Leaders were known to be great public speakers:  Hitler, Churchill, Douglas MacArthur, Ferdinand Marcos, John F. Kennedy, especially Barack Obama.  If you do not know how to use your tongue, the power of words, you cant hope to be a leader.  "It is only words, and words is all I got, to take your heart away - Bee Gees

Such was my weakness when I was starting my career as a business manager.  My first task when I became AM at a rural bank was to deliver a speech before school children and teachers for Tipid Movement. (The rural bank was the Tipid Movement - a project of then CBP to encourage thrift early among students).  All that I was able to mutter before a crowd of about 1,000 was "Halina't magtipid sa tipid movement!"  What a shame and embarrassment.






So I enrolled at Dale Carnegie c/o ETIOP at Crispa in Buendia (near MMC) and the course set me back by P700 for the entire 14 week course.  The speech instructor was surnamed Iturralde (not Y) and was the father of my college mate Francis.  The course consisted of practice set of speeches:   2 minute speeches delivered extemporaneously drawn from raffle

1.  How to deliver the 2 minute speech

    1.  Tell initially what you want to tell them.  Go direct to the point.
    2.  Explain by examples what you want to tell them.  Be anecdotal.  Relate to the audience if you have prior knowledge of their demographics
\   3. Repeat # 1 and if possible ask for commitment, understanding or action

       Example:

      Let us take the joke of Ariel Oreta that earned him one week in jail:   " Sa ikakaunlad ng bayan bisikleta ang kailangan"

      Para umunlad ang bayan, di natin kailangan ang tren, SUV, taxi o bus.  Bisikleta ang kailangan!  (tell what you want to tell them)

       Bakit (explain)

       1.  Hindi mo kailangan ang gas na binibili ng dolyar. Magagamit ang dolyar sa pambili ng gold at iba pang mga infrastuctura.

       2.  Mababawasan ang air pollution na dahilan ng pagkakasakit.  Less expenses on health care

       3.  Di matatrapik

       4.  Mura bisikleta

       5. Libre exercise.  Tipid sa gym expenses, diet, at pagkakasakit

       A healthy nation is a wealthy nation

      6.  Less traffic;  di kailangan ang malaking parking

      Conclusion

      Sa ikauunlad ng bayan bisikleta ang kailangan  Bumili na murang mura lang (P2t lang di 2 million)

       Tayo nang mamisekleta.

      This is a crude example.  And even written in carabao  English. But I hope you got the point
     

    You should practice doing this in writing memos, meetings, and telephone conversation.  End your discussion with 3 either to verify if the communication was understood (this is the verify portion of the COs speech or meeting - ie to repeat to him if the order was understood).  Thus the exercise is called  "Call to Arms/Action"

2.  How to feel confident

     When you are confident, you are more credible.  How will people believe you if you do not look convinced of what you are saying.  Remember scammers and con artists can run away with zillions of of other people's money, because they are convinced and sincerely believe that the lie they are saying is true.!

     One of the greatest challenge to leaders is having butterflies when delivering speech before a large crowd with cameras flashing and flood lights blinding you.  You can become speechless, or forget your speech.  How to handle this:

      1.  Bring a prepared speech

      2.  Have an outline which you have covered with a written speech before hand.

      3.  Practice practice practice.  View and listen to great speeches, and try reciting them orally:   Brutus speech before Cesar's Funeral,  Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address  John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech. Practice correct pronunciation especially if you are challenged at this area

      4.  Have a library of quotes and jokes.   It pays to break ice with jokes (even green ones) and keep your audience awake.  (When we were detailmen, we were required to memorize jokes for every occaions)

      Thus it is a good idea to join a Toastmaster Club or join a civic organization to practice public speaking.  Enrolling in graduate school is a good idea.  Be attentive; and contribute to the discussion or recitation, if you

      5/  Read read read.

     Load your mind with ideas, concepts, and current events, facts and even be ready to cite the source or the websites.  This can spice up your speech.  To many you will look like you are erudite, and adds to your image of competence..  You are an authority and thus can be believed.

    6. Always have pre prepared speech ready for all occasions

          As when you are called to sing, even if you are not ready, you have a minus one.  So with a speech.   This was a tip given to me by me by trainor in the extemporaneous speech contest of CMLI.  I had 5 ready stories.  All I had to do was to improvise in accordance with the topic that I will draw from the lot.

JFK's speech that made Man going to the Moon happen, a call to action