Are You an After Dinner Speaker?

You're likely to be feeling nervous if you've agreed to act as an after dinner speaker for any event, charitable, corporate, educational or otherwise. You might even be starting to wonder why you said yes in the very first instance! But in reality the job shouldn't have to be difficult. Think about it this way, if you have been asked to be the after dinner speaker but aren't a professional then you probably know the organisation to whom you'll be speaking quite wqell already. Perhaps you hold a quite senior position in the association or you are an active member or advocate.

Whatever the reason for your association with the organistion for whom you will be speaking, you will find yourself at an advantage over speakers from agencies.The benefit to this is that you are already very familiar with the people you'll be talking to, you'll be privy to such information as their interestes, hobbies and importantly, any taboo subjects to steer clear of. Put any other way that means your research has already been done. Information like that has to be researched a lot by other after dinner speakers.

So, with the hard part done all you have to concentrate on is the other hard part (no, I'm afraid there isn't really an easy part here): making the speech interesting. Finding the perfect combination of humour, anecdotes, examples and hard facts is the job ot the very best type of after dinner speaker.

it is definitely also worth working on the presentation until is is absolutely perfect.There is no use in having a fantastic and interesting speech if you are going to read it in long droning tones and sound bored as you do. Presentation is as important as content, so never read from a script, and think about your voice. If remembering the speech is proving too much for you then use a short list of bullet points.If you do this, you will be pleasantly surprised by how much you remember from just a few small points and you will be rewarded with a natural and conversation like tone.

Body language is important too. Looking as though you're having fun will make the audience more inclined to have fun.Therefore try your best not to look too scared even if inside you're petrified.Making eye contact and using natural, not excessive hand gestures will allow you to radiate confidence.

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