Preparing a good business speech
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Preparing a good business speech may be seen as a metaphor of life. There are many attributes, qualities and activities which go into making a good business speech that I believe are useful in my business and private lives. In all speeches, there is essentially one goal: to communicate effectively. From classrooms to boardrooms, I am aware that speaking effectively can often be the reason for the differences between students and executives and their grade point averages and salaries. If there is a need to speak effectively, a premise in which I fully believe, there is also a need to analyze what constitutes a good business speech, in general, and what personal efforts I need to expend to acquire those skills. Consequently, the first attribute of a becoming a good business speaker and how it may contribute to my working with, training, teaching and counseling others has been identified- the willingness to try, to persevere, and to improve.I understand there is a greater philosophical principle involved here than merely acquiring a skill: if my objective is to utilize the qualities of a business speech in my life, I must accept the means to achieve that objective. In my case, the means includes hard work, a willingness to explore my own depths, to believe what I've discovered, and to accept and use what I have learned. When I began training customer service representatives and developing total quality teams, I my sensitivity may have been misplaced. When the ancient Greek phi
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tagefright increases. Stagefright is often misunderstood: "In other words, stress (alias stagefright) is not what happens to us, it is our reaction to what happens, or what we think might happen to us. We create our own stress. Although we don't always create the circumstances which give rise to pressure, we do create the stress itself." (28).
When told I am going to be introduced to someone for the first time, I have a reflexive, though possibly unconscious, intention to make a good impression. After all, it is a well-known psychological fact, that we are inclined to like those who like us. The same may be said about good business speech-making- it needs a good opening. In my speeches, a good opening means three things: I created a receptive climate for myself and the speech; I briefed the audience about who I am and why they are here; and I apprised the audience of the speech's subject and why they should listen, and, most importantly, what they should do. The analogy between a business speech and life limps slightly here because in a business speech "to make a good impression" I am allotted more time for that purpose. Furthermore, I generally have more time to research my subject and to select a final draft of what I want and
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