Public Speaking Needs A Lot Of Practice

People listen for their own wellbeing, not for others. They are focussed on their own happiness, most of the time. In his celebrated book Art Of Rhetoric, Aristotle lists out a few things that the audience cares about, regardless of what your topic is: their own health, ...

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 ...

Before speaking, take into account the following:

1. Age, gender and race of the audience.
2. The number of people listening to you.
3. Their reason for coming and their expectations.
4. The kind of occasion for which the speech is happening.

Shifting you...

Most of us feel anxious while speaking publicly due to the fear of seeming like an idiot to so many people. In this case, our focus is on ourselves, not on the audience.

As Aristotle’s masterpiece Art Of Rhetoric proves, the Greeks had their entire focus on the audienc...

For most of us, education has been a 15 to a 20-year experience reading, writing and solving problems on paper, due to our society increasingly becoming information and knowledge oriented.

We are unprepared to speak publicly, something which is a central activity in our lives. We need to...