A PUBLIC SPEAKER.
HOW TO MAKE GOOD.
Find out in advance what type of audience you will have. Then consider what aspect of your subjeel will most readily appeal, and speak accordingly. Find out for how long you are expected to speak, and speak for a few minutes less. Work this out beforehand —do not trust to luck. Bo punctual in arriving, and not desperately anxious to leave. In discussing anything controversial do not raise laughs at your opponent's expense. Cheap wit is not argument; but by an honest answer you will certainly avoid making an enemy, and may gain a convert. ? Pitch your voico low. Speak slowly, but in conversational, not lecture-room tones, and avoid monotony both of tone and gesture. Aim at simplicity in manner and dress. Cheer yourself with the thought that natural sincerity will always bo more impressive than artificial rhetoric, especially with women, and that most audiences want to applaud.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20508, 8 March 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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155A PUBLIC SPEAKER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20508, 8 March 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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