The First Rule of Giving a Great Speech

Your pulse is racing... All of the moisture in your mouth seems to be sweating out of your hands... You've been asked to give a speech.

 Just like you, my first speech was nerve racking to say the least. I was on stage no longer than 30 seconds before I ripped my speech in half.

 With Rich Hopkins as a mentor, in just 3 short weeks I was delivering speeches with tremendous impact.

(If the audio is low, put headphones in and turn it up. You're going to want to hear this.)

The First Rule of Giving a Great Speech

Internalize, not Memorize

Our first instinct is to step on stage or in front of a class with our 800 word speech. It feels safe to have in case we "forget". Don't ever do that. As you saw in the first video, that paper will only distract you. A better way is simply to have a notecard. An example of an ideal notecard looks like this.

1. Greet the audience. Tell them about the power of a bestfriend.

2. Playground story.

3. Drug house story.

4. Speaking story.

5. Drop the bomb.

Quit trying to read your speech word for word, and rather... talk about it. I'll get into more detail on that, when I discuss, Rule #2. 

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