How to Keep Your Speech Interesting | Public Speaking

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So, how do you keep your speech from being boring? Because let's face it, nobody likes to be bored. How many speeches, lectures, presentations have we heard from someone else, boring us to tears. Well, here's the first step. Prepare your presentation, just as you normally would, then practice on video and watch yourself. Now I don't want to hear any excuses. "Oh, I hate watching myself. I don't like my own voice." Tough. Watch the video of yourself, and tell me what you think. Chances are, your reaction is going to be, "Good god, T.J., that's really boring." Guess what? You're an accurate judge. You've watched speeches your whole life. If you think your speech is boring, guess what? You're probably right. You are boring.

So, just feeling good about it, or putting a smile on your face isn't going to help. You've actually got to go in, retool your presentation, and make sure it's not boring. The number one thing most people do to make their speeches boring is they try to cram in too many facts, too many bullet points, too many numbers. So, so much of being a great presenter has nothing to do with eye contact, or voice, or hands. So much of being a great presenter has to do with sitting down, at a chair, at a desk, in front of your computer, and simply being a better editor. Taking these two hundred facts, narrowing it down to fifty, and then twenty, and then really just a handful of key points. Then you've got to come up with examples, case studies, stories, to make these messages, these ideas, come alive. To make them interesting and relevant. If you do that, you won't be boring.

But the final test, again, you got to practice your new speech, your new edited speech, on video, watch it. Keep doing it until you can watch a video of yourself and say "Wow. That speaker' is fascinating. I would love to watch that speaker." When you do that, your boredom worries are over.

[Navarrete]

I have found out that recording yourself is the most effective way to see if you're boring or interesting.

[meisme]

Ok thanks alot because I've actually got a speech in like 2 or 3 days

[jonblake]

This is a tough thing to do and that is to self critique, .some of us doesn't even like to hear ourselves talk much less see ourselves. But if we can over come these shortcomings and accept them that;s half the battle.

[jadema]

thx a lot, that's really helpful !

[MyNontraditionalLife]

What if your speeches always sound boring to yourself because you already know what is about to be said?

[MyNontraditionalLife]

if you love what you do, then I agree that it never seems completely boring

still, how do you make something seem more interesting while presenting it when the topic in general interests you, but some parts of the speech are boring, yet needed to explain something

...plus, when I say that the speech always sounds boring, I meant that every time you recite a certain speech, it is hard to listen to the whole thing, especially after watching it a few times

[geoffreyguist]

very good advice, how would you apply this to someone who wanted to upload youtube content? should I continue to re-shoot the same video and practice it dozens of times until I come across as exciting instead of boring? also if I'm trying to do more educational/informative videos how much should I scale back the amount of facts I'm presenting in a video, is there some kind of formula that would allow documentary shorts to be fun AND educational?

[AdrianReef]

Impossible.
I love what I do and I usually end up watching myself or the things I do for quite some time.
Thus, there's a lack of confidence if you feel like that (i.m.o)

[badzytgaming]

Trust me my youtube is going to make it when im done

[msajfar]

yep, it is this guy. He has a 90 second span of time before he bores me into zoning out. I can hold an audience for at least 5 minutes. Maybe I will do my own YouTube Tutorials.

[Animque]

i have found his speech boring 😂😂





just kiding
sensational

[ismayonnaiseaninstrument]

I dont feel like watching a potato speak

[lutfanashrin]

Don't take in a bad way .l just think you speech is kinda boring 😅😅😅