The most important elements of public speaking are your content and delivery. Your content is the subject or topic you will be discussing while speaking. The order in which you state your ideas effects how strong of a speak you have. If the context is everywhere and theres no consistency, that will lead to a weak speech. If the speech is thought out with points that transition smoothly with each other, that will lead to a strong argument and a better speech. Also, your content must capture the audiences attention even if you are speaking about dirt. You must make your content appealing or un-appealing depending on the kind of audience and the circumstance.
Delivery is also very important because when speaking you want to enunciate your words, speak loud, and slowly. This allows listeners to be able to clearly understand what you are trying to say. Also, when delivering a speech you want to convey the right emotion through your voice. You do not want to be talking about something sad but sound happy and cheerful. You want the audience to feel the emotion you want them to through body language and your voice.
One crucial aspect about public speaking is to know your speech. Before stepping in front of a crowd, the speaker must practice any time that they can. If a speaker is not prepared, their argument will be weaker and they may look foolish. Whereas if someone came in barley looking about their paper people will think more highly of them and take them more seriously.
Another crucial aspect of public speaking is to believe in what you are writing. What you are speaking about should make you passionate. If you hate sushi you should not go make a speech in front of the student body saying why sushi is the best thing ever. Your audience will take note in if your body language and voice are not enthusiastic or powerful.
Finally, having confidence when speaking is key. You want to be comfortable talking in front of a bunch of people and should not go up scared. If you lack confidence then you should decide whether or not the speech you are about to do to tell the student body why you should be president will be effective. Especially with leaders, if you want people to follow you you have to sound confident like you are not scared of anything.
Three things I would like to work on in this class is, making the audience feel an emotion, making the audience think, and be able to give a strong speech about anything.
