5 Tips to Effective Speaking

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Speaking. We do that all the time. So, what are the traits that are required to speak effectively and make a mark over your listeners?

Let's see the 5 basic requirements of speaking effectively.

1. Speak what you Understand

Very true. It is often seen that the speaker simply reads out from a script. Fine, you can prepare a script so that you do not commit any mistake. However one should have a complete knowledge of what he or she is saying.

2. Check your tone

The tone of your voice conveys half of the meaning of what you are saying. So manage your tone accordingly.

3. Stick to the Topic

Ha ha. It's really important. Don't beat about the bush. Stick to what your topic is. It's ok to explain what you are talking about but it is not at all ok to bring in out of context things and lengthen your speech.

4 Understand your listeners

Again, one should know in front of whom one is speaking, what he is speaking. It would mean the age group of the listeners, the vocabulary, the level and the preoccupied knowledge should be kept in mind while delivering a speech.

5. Be ready to Cover Up

We all are human and we can forget or make a mistake while speaking. What is significant is to cover up before the listeners are able to figure out that something has been missed or mispronounced or forgotten. So good speaker is one who is smart enough to be fluent inspite of anything otherwise.












I am a teacher, a writer, a thinker who loves to work with words.

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