Here’s How You Should REALLY Begin Your Speech!

Delivering a speech can be an exhilarating experience. You push through the butterflies, the hand trembling and throat lumps, all the way to the moment where you realize, “OMG, I’m actually almost done!”

This is the moment where the REAL challenge begins. The closing is what you will leave them with. These are the last words they’ll hear you say before you walk off the stage. When you aren’t there any longer, there is a solid chance these are going to be the words they’ll remember…or not.

Why do so many speakers BLOW this final moment of stage time? Speakers can spend, on average, 40 to 60 hours crafting a one-hour speech. Maybe you can’t relate to speakers who give keynotes. But, you can relate to a presenter who gives a presentation or a training to a corporate audience. In this case, a 30-minute presentation can take two weeks or more to prepare from scratch. Most speakers, presenters or trainers are putting in a LOT of prep time.

And yet, a great number of presentations and talks land FLAT! Why?

It’s because many presenters and speakers make one common error. They don’t begin with their end. The date for the presentation is approaching and they begin writing and researching. They find all the great information and data. Their speeches are laced with anecdotes, alliterations and…