Re: [SLE] OT: Speaches

Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2006 12:16 schrieb Carny:
im sorry..she needs to give a speach. Topic basicly shes there new boss,
and they must replort all the problems to her and stuff like that..im not
really good at this
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From: "David Wright" <david.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [SLE] OT: Speaches

Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2006 11:57 schrieb Carny:
Please dont flame me on this...My one friend has just become a boss and
now
she has to give a speach to all her employees, and doesn't know what to
say
so she came to me, and i really dont know. Please if anyone can help
out. I
would really appreciate it.

She wants to do a speech on kdm boot problems?

You've jumped in halfway through a thread, and you haven't given any
indication on what topic this speech needs to be, talking about kdm boot
problems doesn't seem to be the right topic for a speech to employees by
a new boss... ;-)

I can't really help with what to say, you haven't said what sort of industry,
what sort of role she has, formal or informal etc. But I'll give a couple of
hints on manner and content...

Assuming it hasn't got to be too formal and conservative: Make it humorous,
relax, make direct eye contact (but not when you are talking about "bad"
things that happen :-P), appear laid back - if it is in the office
environment, come round the front of the desk so there is less of a barrier
between her and her audience. Lean back against a desk or something, even sit
on the edge of the desk to make it feel more friendly and less formal.

Make some slides with the key points if you have a projector or big screen
available. Don't write the whole speech down, she isn't a politician, so
reading the speech 100% verbatim from a script gives the wrong impression,
use the slides, or a bit of paper if you can't have slides, as a prompt with
just the key points.

I'm currently lecturing on software re-engineering at the local Uni, I have to
talk for between 1-2 hours at a time on technical subjects, partly in English
and partly in German, which can get dry and boring, so I ad-lib a hell of a
lot to try and keep it lively, getting a good laugh off at the beginning can
get the audiences attention. I think my best lecture was probably the final
one before Christmas, which was 100% improvised, discussing my career working
in IT, funny things that had happened and reacting to questions thrown at me
by the students.

I had a long speech prepared for my brothers wedding for example, I had it
printed out in big text, but I started out by saying "I feel a naked standing
here without my powerpoint slides today." That got just enough laughs to
break the ice, and after that, I rattled off the speech and I think I glanced
at my notes once, I got out everything I wanted to say, but it was fluid and
90% word-for-word what I had written.

That's the key, know what you want to say, and know it well enough that you
don't need to recite it from cue cards. If you make mistakes, laugh at them
and carry on, don't stop and think about the mistake, just carry on and try
and get back on track.

Dave
--
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made by men, and by God that's something we can change."
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