We need to find our purpose before we start to write our speech, deciding if we want to entertain, inform, inspire or persuade the audience.
Our talk has to be relevant, engaging and purposeful, and we may find that some of the interesting, funny or even meaningful stuff can be discarded without losing out on the main message.
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