Our Top 5 Oral Presentation Tips 🗣

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1. Identify your audience and purpose

Ask yourself: to whom am I speaking? A history assignment that will be presented to the class and your teacher is different to a speech for a public speaking competition, appealing to a diverse panel of judges. Your audience should influence your purpose (as in the why). It will determine your tone as you write and present your speech, including your choice of words, sense of humour, what you decide to emphasise and your overall message.  

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2. Incorporate your personality

Choose to talk about something that interests you - if you don’t have a choice in the topic, find a way to link it back to you and your interests (although not too much, it’s about balancing the you with the them). Sprinkle in your sense of humour - I’m not saying you should force jokes every second sentence but public speaking doesn’t have to be all serious. Your personality will help you to establish credibility: your audience will believe what you are saying if they know it's from a person they can relate to in some way.

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‍3. Engage the audience from the start (be creative)

You could start with a personal anecdote, a shocking statement or an example. Your speech ‘introduction’ should be different from a classic essay introduction… public speaking is all about engaging the audience and to do that you must draw them in from the start. Your anecdote or example should be relevant to the topic. Use it as a symbol to structure your speech - either reference it throughout or come back to it at the end to reveal its relevance and significance.

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‍4. Practice practice practice

First, you are going to have to accept that practice will not make it 100% perfect - no one expects you to present perfectly. A good speech will never be exactly ‘perfect.’ It can be authentic rather than ‘scripted’ to a T and that’s often what appeals to the audience. But practice can definitely help ease the nerves which will then help deliver a better speech on the day (it’s all about confidence).

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5. Nail your pace

Know the power of the pause. A pause doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten what to say next… It's a powerful tool to create emphasis.  You can never speak too slowly - a slow, considered pace gives the audience time to process what you are saying. Feel free to speed up and slow down where appropriate (but don’t overdo it, subtleties in pace are key). A dynamic pace or rhythm adds another layer that will engage the audience. No one wants to hear a speech in monotone.  

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