. . PUBLIC SPEAKING : ORGANIZATIONS: Advanced Public Speaking Institute. FREE Articles on Public Speaking . . Advanced Public Speaking Institute. FREE Articles on Public Speaking http://www.public-speaking.org/public-speaking-articles.htm#body . . Website Table of Contents . Audience . Get 'em On Stage Male / Female Audience Differences Learn to Pick the Right Audience for You . Audio Visual and Props . Fill Up the Screen Using Props Improvise Your Flipchart Pay Attention to Color Dueling Flip Charts Screen Size Approximation Chart Frequency Check . Banquet Speaking . Speaking at Banquets The Centerpiece Area . Body of Speech . Attention Gaining Devices Transitions . Closings . How to Close a Speech . Genius Techniques and Gimmicks . Columbo Technique Use Flowers Now I Lay Me Down . . . To Talk . Handouts . How to Make Your Handout Last Longer . Humor Techniques Why Use Humor? Get Them In Fun How to Make a Point with Humor How to Deliver a Punch Line Humor Delivery Tips Rule of Three Humor Placement To Laugh or Not to Laugh . . . That is the Question Finding Humor for Specific Industries How to Write a Top 10 List Old Humor is Good Humor Odd Body Angles Deadpan Expression Mock Ups Acronyms and Abbreviations Ads Alliteration Anachronism Laws of Humor Audience Gags Bloopers Callbacks Caricature, Cartoons and Comic Strips Comic Verse Definitions Exaggeration Fake Facts and Statistics Foods Juxtaposition / Oxymoron Malaprops Numbers One-Liners Parody Places Proverbs & Fortune Cookies Q & A Sessions - Funny Quotations - Funny Roast Humor and Insults Self Effacing Humor Signs Simile Toasts Word Choice . International Issues . International Perspective on Humor Bilingual Help Show 'em When You Cross Cultures Equipment Photos The Front Row . Miscellaneous . Effective Presentation Skills and Public Speaking Tips . Openings . Lay Down the Law Wake 'em Up! . Organization . Vulnerability Make 'em Wonder Bounce Around . Performance Techniques . Start Low Stand Still Timing Vary Your Intensity On Stage Tips Stage Movement: Gimme Three Steps Be Careful Add Magic to Your Presentations Ten "You's" for Every "I" Dynamic Range The WOW! Factor Put On the Brakes and Slow Down Time of Day Matters Give 'em What They Want They Don't Know Where You're Going Public Speaking Energy Q & A Sessions - Serious Pauses Genius Technique -- Photographic Memory . Personal Appearance . Ladies on TV Tie One On On TV, Video and Videoconferencing . Practice . Learn Public Speaking Material Easily Using Bits Look at Your Results to Improve . Pre-Program Work . 20 Questions to Ask BEFORE Hiring a Speaker Deep Penetration Rapport Listen to Everyone Bribes . Professional Speaking . Top Ten Ways to Make Money Public Speaking How to Become a Motivational Speaker How to Become a Professional Speaker Why Would You Want a Motivational Speaking Business Card? Motivational Keynote Speakers and Professional Speakers Letter to Invite a Keynote Speaker Professional Speaking Public Speaking Jobs . Room Set Up . Room Setup Makes a Big Difference You Must Have a Good Sound System Line of Sight Room Setup Checklist Room Setup Trick . Stage Fright . How to Relax for Your Talk Stage Fright Strategies . Storytelling Techniques . Asides Genius Technique -- Split Stories Storytelling DO's Storytelling DON'TS 3 Storytelling Tricks . Topic Development . Talk About Your Family Specific Objectives . Have Passion for Your Topic . Word Choice . No Brainstoppers! Evoking Emotions Use Fewer Words Words that Sell (also see Humorous Word choice above) Public Speaking Glossary A - E Public Speaking Glossary F - J Public Speaking Glossary K - O Public Speaking Glossary P - T Public Speaking Glossary U - Z . . Content Sample: . Public Speaking: How to Close a Speech http://www.public-speaking.org/public-speaking-closings-article.htm . .One of the worst mistakes you can make as a public speaker is talking too long. Not only will you send some folks to never, never land, you will make some of them downright mad. It doesn't matter if your entire speech was brilliant and the audience came away with information that will change their lives. If you talk too long, they will leave saying, "That speaker just wouldn't quit." Don't let this happen to you! Say what you have to say and sit down. Before you do, give them a well thought out closing.
.The last thing you say may be the most remembered. You must put as much time into selecting and practicing your closing as you put into any other part of your presentation. Just like your opening, your closing does not have to be humorous. It could be motivational, challenging, thoughtful, respectful of the length of the presentation, or it could restate your point in a different way. This ending segment will have a strong influence on what the audience takes home with them when you are done. Please, at sometime during your talk ask the audience to do something. Many a great NO ZZZZZs talk went no further than the walls of the meeting room because the audience wasn't moved to action. If you haven't ask them to do something by now, the closing is your last chance.
.If the subject is appropriate, I happen to be fond of humorous closings for several reasons. If you leave them laughing and applauding, you will exit, but an extremely positive impression about you will remain. Another good reason to leave them laughing is that the room will not be deadly silent as you are walking back to your seat. I hate when that happens. I do love laughter and feeling good; finishing a speech humorously gives me and the audience an opportunity to feel great.Speeches that are for entertainment purposes only should generally leave the audience laughing.
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