Now in this episode we will learn the public speaking essentials and the steps you have to take while preparing to speak. Now, there are five steps for preparing to speak first of all is select a topic and narrow it down to the audience interest, develop content through research and sound support, craft the introduction body and conclusion develop the language of the speech and practice. now know the speaking assignment, what is your time what time has been allotted for your speech slot? Is it three to four minutes four to six minutes or even five to seven minutes timeframe for preparation what like when is the event how much time you have to prepare for it and the type of source material which is acceptable. You have different media the internet interviews, personal experience, note cards, can you use note cards? If if yes then how many note cards Can you use media will computer available you can use PowerPoint presentation etc.

Or a smart board. Understand the audience. First of all you need to understand the audience. public speaking is audience is an audience centered activity. your reason for preparing the speech is to communicate your message to the others in the clearest and most convincing way. When preparing your speech, you must define your audience and effective speaker analyzes and adapts to the audience.

This involves finding out as much as possible about your audience in advance. Before you start reaching about researching about your topic, gather research on your audience setting an occasion. First of all, understand your audience understand what the audience know about you. What are the audience views on my topic? How does the setting and occasion influence my audience? The setting and occasion.

Setting an occasion are important considerations for any speaker. The speech may take place in an indoor gymnasium or at outdoor stadium. Outdoor speeches may require to change your delivery style little bit louder as environmental noise may affect the clarity. Remember, it's hard to reach a captive audience those who are required to attend the event than those who wish to attend the event. Define the purpose and thesis statement is your purpose to inform to persuade or to entertain the specific purpose like what is your specific purpose. For example, your speech is to persuade the citizens in practicing community service.

Now the thesis statement This statement is the central message you want your listeners to take with them. The main idea of this speech in one sentence summarizing your entire speech, the your core idea focus That is your thesis statement. Research The most important thing and the most time consuming thing of all is research. Each point delivered to the audience must be backed by proper research facts statistics. Before researching on internet see if you have any information available, which is local. Local information plays a more important factor in convincing the audience.

Support your ideas. As I said earlier, each point delivered to the idea must be backed by research. Use facts facts are verifiable. They hold more weight than opinions, provide statistics, infographics, graph etc illustrate using examples include testimonials, construct analogies, now draft the introduction, body and conclusion in that banner only. There is no use of your research if you fail to draft your speech. Your ideas in a good flow.

Introduction should capture the attention and interest of your audience establishing your credibility as a speaker, body the main part of your speech, it contains your key ideas. Relevant supporting material is the most time consuming aspect of your speech. Work on the body before the introduction because gaps in logic or information may be discovered as the body is being developed. Conclusion remarks have three purposes. To reinforce the message to summarize the main points providing a closure in a way that relates to the audience's life closure may take the form of a quote a statement or a question or even broadens the perfect purpose of your speech. use simple language now we are heading into how to write a speech use simple language simple direct language conveys your message in a more nicer way.

You could say, like for example, there are some words that you could say like, you could say canticle or harmony, which is a very fancy word, but word like song is more clear and understandable. You avoid using slang and jargon. Practice your speech. The most important factor is to practice your speech you should know your speech. You can play roleplay with your friends be comfortable in what you are going to say. The biggest benefit of practicing is that it builds confidence and it reduces your nervousness because you know your content very well.

In the next we will learn about ethics in public speaking, that includes not to use plagiarism etc. So stay tuned. So