One-minute impromptu speech skills and methods
The characteristics of impromptu speech are: unprepared, the speaker must start thinking quickly and find the right language to reflect his thinking as quickly as possible. This requires the speaker to have agile thinking ability and keen language sensitivity. Impromptu speech is the most effective form of speech to exercise thinking and oral expression.
The characteristics of impromptu speech are as follows:
1 is short and pithy. Impromptu speech is impromptu, unprepared, and it is not easy to make a long speech, but it requires that a truth can be clarified in the smallest space. In addition, the occasion of impromptu speech is mostly a scene in life, or a defense, or a party. The speaker only expresses his thoughts, opinions or feelings, so he doesn't need a long space.
2. Strong sense of time and environment. Impromptu speech is very realistic, what songs to sing in what mountains and what to say in what occasions, so impromptu speech must conform to the atmosphere of the scene, whether it is serious, humorous, festive or sad, etc., and must have a strong sense of the times.
3. I have feelings for things. Impromptu speech must find the trigger point from the immediate events, times, events and people, lead to a dialogue, and then say what you think. Therefore, impromptu speech is the expression of real thoughts and words.
4. The form is naturally flexible. The form of impromptu speech is flexible and can take many forms, such as talking about things, or triggering a story to share, or giving a speech, or debating a certain issue, or making impromptu comments. And the form is not limited, as long as you can express your feelings or opinions. There are many techniques and methods of impromptu speech, and the following techniques are very practical:
Learn to combine quickly. Because there is not enough time to prepare an impromptu speech, we must choose a theme as soon as possible, and then quickly combine the relevant materials accumulated at ordinary times around the theme, and even think while talking.
2. Learn to keep in touch. The so-called connection is something or things that can be produced from it. Improvised speeches need to be inspired. If you find the connection, you can find the source of the excitement and have something to say. It's easy to open your mind by thinking and talking slowly from the beginning.
3. Be concise. The key is to firmly grasp the theme, select materials and organize the structure around the theme, and strive to achieve endless aftertaste.
Here is a training method of impromptu speech: scattered link training.
Scatter connection refers to the clever connection of several seemingly unrelated scenes and words through certain language expressions to form a paragraph to express a complete meaning.
Such as: alumni, coffee, chance meeting.
These three seemingly unrelated words can be improvised into the following passage through scattered point connection:
At an alumni association, several of our old classmates got together to chat, and the host asked me what to drink. I said, let's have a cup of coffee. Coffee has some sugar, sweet and bitter, bitter and sweet. When they are mixed together, they have an unforgettable taste. I think this is similar to the experience of our generation. After a few years, we all changed jobs. Looking back now, it is really bitter and sweet!
In fact, no matter how scattered things are, as long as we carefully study the relationship between them and give them an appropriate idea, we can always combine them to express a point of view. This training method is very effective, and students can often use it in their daily life.
Give you several groups of words and phrases, and let the students quickly combine them into a paragraph to express a central idea. It would be better if they can lead to an unforgettable story.
You can try your own improvisation ability!
1, Shenzhen, Li Bai, Koukou, diaper.
2. Yellow River, whiteboard, water bottle and black bear
3. Beach, pen, clothes and drinks
4, aliens, foxes, the sky, electric lights
5, study, envelope, waterfall, Obama
6, horse, sword, rain, bed
Wait, you can also make your own topic, give whatever you want, don't make it deliberately, and then improvise.
1. Prepare for the speech
Including understanding the audience, familiar with the theme and content, collecting materials and materials, preparing speeches, and making appropriate
Practice, etc.
2. Choose excellent speakers
An excellent speaker includes the following conditions: (1) sufficient authority; (2) The speaker has strong phonetic ability and skills; (3) the enthusiasm of the speaker; (4) the reason and wisdom of the speaker; (5) The appearance of the speaker
3. Use the art of speech
Including the art of prologue, the art of ending, the art of argument, the art of example, the art of refutation, the art of humor, the art of agitation, the art of pronunciation, the art of expression and action, etc. Through the use of various speech arts, speech has two powers: the power of logic and the power of art.
4. What is a speech that makes good use of space?
The so-called space refers to the scope of the venue, the position of the speaker and the distance from the audience. It is best for the speaker to be in a place where the audience's attention is easy to gather. For example, in a meeting, the chairman is mostly at the top of the conference table, because this is the place where participants' attention is most likely to gather.
On the other hand, if the chairman is in the center of the conference table, what will happen to the meeting? I'm afraid it will distract the participants and make the meeting feel endless? Therefore, putting yourself in a place where the audience's attention is easy to gather can not only enhance the audience's attention to the speech, but also enhance the speaker's trust and authority.
5. What is your posture?
The posture in the speech will also give the audience an impression, such as the impression of standing upright or
Shrinking impression. Although personal personality and daily habits have a great influence on this, on the whole, there is still a posture that is convenient for talking, which is called? A relaxed posture? . On the other hand, relax and don't be too nervous. Excessive tension will not only show awkward and stiff posture, but also have a bad influence on the movement of the tongue.
One of the techniques is to keep your feet shoulder-width apart to stabilize your whole body. Another trick is to find ways to disperse and reduce the tension exerted on the body. For example, put a hand gently into your pocket, or touch the table, or hold a microphone.
6. The line of sight during the speech
Speaking in public means that you have to put up with public attention. Of course, not every listener will give you a kind look. Again, you can't ignore the eyes of the audience and avoid them. Especially when you walk to the microphone and stand in front of the public, the sight from the audience sometimes even stings you.
The secret to overcome this line of sight pressure is to speak at the same time; At the same time, look for people from the audience who cast a kind and gentle look at themselves. Ignore those cold eyes. Besides, focus on the strong? Nod? People who agree also have a role in consolidating confidence and making speeches.
7. Facial expressions when speaking
The facial expressions in the speech, whether good or bad, will leave a deep impression on the audience. Tension, fatigue, joy, anxiety and other emotions are clearly displayed on my face, which is beyond my control. No matter how wonderful the speech is, if the expression is always insecure and hesitant, the speech will easily become unconvincing.
The way to control the face, first of all? Don't bow your head, okay? . One person at a time? Hang your head? Will it be given to people? Frustrated? Sense, and if the line of sight can't contact with the audience, it is difficult to attract the attention of the audience. Another way is? slow
Talk? . Once you speak slowly, your mood will be stable, your facial expression will relax, and your whole body will stand still for it.
8. About clothes and hairstyles
Clothing will also bring various impressions to the audience. In particular, oriental men always like to wear gray or blue clothes, which inevitably gives people an impression of being too rigid and dull. You might as well wear a little fancy clothes to a relaxing occasion. But if it is a formal occasion, generally speaking, dark suits, evening dresses and tuxedos are more appropriate. Secondly, hairstyles can also shape various images. Both long hair and bald head have their own strong images, and the length of sideburns is also considered as a sign of personal preference. When you stand up and give a speech, what impression does your clothes give to the other party? I want you to think it over.
9. Voice and accent
Voice and accent are innate and cannot be achieved overnight. However, it is true that the sound quality and wording have a great influence on the whole speech. A research report shows that men with deep voices are more reliable than men with high voices. Because a deep voice can make people feel dignified and calm. Still, you can't change your voice right away. In a word, it's important to make your voice clear to the audience. Even people with poor sound quality can still attract the enthusiastic attention of the audience if they can stick to their own opinions and beliefs.
Speech speed is also an important factor in speech. In order to create a calm atmosphere, it is important to speak slowly. The standard is about five minutes and three A4 manuscripts. But it should be noted here that if you keep the same speed from beginning to end, the audience will sleep.
10. Interaction with the audience
Pay attention to the interaction with the audience when speaking, render the atmosphere on the field and enhance the appeal!
Second, the characteristics and requirements of the speech
1. Speech features
-Lock on to the target
-Authenticity
-Arguable
-Agitation
-artistry
◆ learning? Knowledge, knowledge structure.
◆ Do you know? Cognitive ability, that is, keen observation, rich imagination and association, and strong memory.
◆ temperament? Appearance, posture, manners, manners.
L information: the material means of speech activities and the relationship between subject and object. ? Talk? Information of (owner)? Play? (secondary) information
Audience: the object of speech activity is an indispensable organic part of speech. The role of the audience: take the initiative to receive speech information? Generate information feedback for the speech
Three experiences in my life
It is an honor to attend the graduation ceremony of the best university in the world with you. I didn't graduate from college. To tell the truth, this is the first time I have been so close to the university graduation ceremony. Today, I want to tell you three stories about myself. I don't want to say anything else, but I want to tell you three stories.
The first story is about the relationship between points. I dropped out of Reed College after studying for only six months, and then I went to audit the school. After about a year and a half, I left completely. So why did I drop out of school?
This has to start before I was born. My biological mother is a young unmarried graduate student, and she decided to give me up for adoption. She really wanted someone with a college degree to adopt me, so she arranged everything and gave me to a lawyer and his wife for adoption as soon as I was born. Unexpectedly, the couple decided to adopt a girl as soon as I landed. In this way, my adoptive parents-who were still waiting in line to register at that time-received a phone call at midnight: We have an unwanted baby boy here. Do you want it? They answered. But my biological mother later found out that my adoptive mother didn't graduate from college and my adoptive father didn't even graduate from middle school, so she refused to sign the final adoption documents. However, within a few months, she relented because my adoptive parents promised to send me to college in the future.
17 years later, I really entered the university. At that time, I was naive and chose a school whose tuition was almost as expensive as Stanford University. My adoptive parents are workers and spend everything they have to pay for my college tuition. After studying for six months, I don't see the point of going to school. I don't know what I want to do in my life, and I don't know if the university can help me figure out what I want to do. At this time, I will spend all the money my parents have saved all their lives. So, I decided to drop out of school, and I firmly believe that I will be proved right in the future. When I made this decision, my heart was beating drums, but in retrospect, it was really one of the best decisions I made in my life. From the moment I dropped out of school, I could stop taking compulsory courses that I was not interested in and start listening to some interesting classes. Those days were not romantic at all. I don't have a dormitory, so I can only sleep on the floor of my friend's room. I will return the coke bottle and buy food with a deposit of five cents. Every Sunday night
I have to walk seven miles to the church of Hale Krishna on the other side of town, where I can only have a good meal once a week. I like this. Many of these things I did by curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless. Let me give you an example:
At that time, the calligraphy class at Reed College was probably the best in the country. All the bulletin boards on campus and the words on the labels of every drawer are beautifully written. At that time, I had dropped out of school and didn't have to take normal classes, so I decided to take a calligraphy class and learn how to write well. I learned to write printed fonts with and without dashes, adjust their spacing according to different letter combinations, and how to adjust the layout well. This course is great, with both historical value and artistic attainments, which science can't do. I think it's wonderful.
At that time, I didn't expect calligraphy to have any practical value in my later life. However, ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it suddenly caught my eye. So, we designed all these things into the computer. This is the first computer with such a beautiful text layout. If I hadn't taken such a course by chance in college, Macintosh would never have so many printed fonts or the font size and spacing were reasonable. If Windows hadn't copied Macintosh, personal computers might not have these fonts and font sizes. If I hadn't dropped out of school, I would never have happened to take this calligraphy course, and my personal computer might not have these beautiful formats. Of course, I can't see its relationship with the future from this point in college. Looking back ten years later, the relationship between them is very, very clear. You can't see the future from this point in the present; Only when we look back can we find the relationship between them. Therefore, I believe that these points will be connected sooner or later. You must believe in something-intuition, destination, life, karma, and so on. This has never failed my hopes and completely changed my life.
My second story is about likes and dislikes and gains and losses. Fortunately, I discovered what I like to do when I was very young. When I was 20, Watson and I started Apple in my parents' garage. We work very hard. Ten years later, Apple has grown from the two of us in the garage to a large enterprise with 2 billion assets and 4,000 employees. At that time, we had just launched our best product-Macintosh computer-and in the ninth year, I just turned 30. But then, I was fired. How did you get fired from your company? As Apple grew bigger and bigger, we hired a person who I thought was very talented to manage the company with me.
In the first year or so, everything went well. However, later, our views on the future of the company began to differ, and finally turned against each other. At this time, the board of directors stood on his side, so I left the company at the age of 30, which caused a lot of trouble in the city. I lost my focus all my adult life, which made me exhausted.
I really don't know what to do for months. I feel humiliated by the older generation of entrepreneurs-because I threw away the baton that was given to me. I went to see David? Pacard
(David Packard, one of the founders of Hewlett-Packard Company) and Bob? BobNoyce wants to apologize for making such a mess. The failure was so noisy that I even thought about fleeing from Silicon Valley. But gradually, I began to have an idea-I still love everything I have done. These events at Apple have not changed this at all. Although rejected, I still love my career. So I decided to start from scratch.
Although I didn't realize it at the time, it turned out that being fired from Apple was the best thing in my life. Although the future is uncertain, the ease of starting from scratch has replaced the heaviness of maintaining success. This allowed me to enter one of the most creative periods in my life. In the NeXT five years, I started a company called Next and a company called Pixar. I also fell in love with an amazing woman and later married her. Pixar released the world's first computer-generated cartoon toy story.
(ToyStory) is now the most successful animation studio in the world. After Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed in NeXT became the core of Apple's re-emergence. Lauren and I have also established a happy family.
I'm sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. This is bitter medicine, but I think bitter medicine is good for the disease. Sometimes life will hit you, but don't lose heart. I firmly believe that the only motivation that keeps me going is that I love what I do. Therefore, whether you choose a lover or a job, you should know what you like. Work will be a big part of life, and the only way to make yourself truly satisfied is to do what you think is meaningful; The only way to do meaningful work is to love your work. If you haven't found what you like, keep looking and don't make a decision in a hurry. Just as everything you do is related to your feelings, once you find something you like, your feelings will tell you. Like any beautiful thing, it will never change. So, keep looking until you find something you like. Don't give up halfway. My third story is about death.
/kloc-when I was 0/7 years old, I read a passage to the effect that? If you live every day as if it were your last, you will get it one day. ? I remember this sentence. Since then, 33 years have passed, and I ask myself in the mirror every morning. If today is the last day of my life, will I still do what I want to do today? What if my answer is yes for many days? No? I know I should change.
For me, the most important way to make important decisions in my life is to remember that life may end at any time. Because almost everything-all the desire for self, all the dignity, all the fear of embarrassment and failure-will cease to exist when death comes, leaving only what is really important. Remember that you will die at any time, which is the best way I know to prevent being swayed by considerations of gain and loss. You have nothing left, why don't you follow your heart?
I was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago. At 7: 30 that morning, I had a scan, and the results clearly showed that there was a tumor on my pancreas, but I didn't even know what a pancreas was at that time! The doctor told me that it can almost be diagnosed as an incurable malignant tumor and can live for three to six months at most. The doctor advised me to go back and arrange everything, but it was actually a hint? Preparing for the funeral? . In other words, in these few months, finish what you want to say to your children in the next ten years; In other words, arrange everything and try not to leave trouble for your family; In other words, say goodbye to everyone.
All that day, my mind never left this diagnosis. In the evening, I had a biopsy. They put an endoscope down my throat and into my intestines, and took some cell tissue from the pancreatic tumor with a needle. At that time, I used anesthetic, and later my wife who was with me told me that the doctor cried after looking at the cells under the microscope. It turns out that this is a rare malignant tumor that can be cured by surgery. I had an operation and I'm fine now.
This is the closest I have come to death, and I hope it will be the closest in the next few decades. With this experience, now I can talk to you about death more realistically, rather than purely on paper, that is: no one wants to die. Even those who want to go to heaven don't want to go after death. However, death is our common destination and no one can get rid of it. We are doomed to die, because death may be the best invention of life. It promotes the change of life. The old will not go and the new will not come. Now, you are new, but in the near future, you will get old and be eliminated. I'm sorry, I went too far, but it's true.
Your time is limited, so don't live according to others' wishes, it's a waste of time. Don't be embarrassed.
In prejudice, we live according to the results imagined by others. Don't let others' opinions drown out your own voice. The most important thing is to have the courage to follow your feelings and intuition. In any case, feelings and intuition have long known what kind of person you want to be, and the rest are secondary.
When I was young, I had a very good publication called Earth Catalogue, which was one of the wealth of my generation. Its founder is Stuart? StewartBrand lives in Menlo Park not far from here. He enlivened the publication with poetic language. It was in the late 1960s. There were no personal computers and desktop printing systems, only typewriters, scissors and Polaroid cameras. It's like a paper Google, but it came out 35 years earlier than Google. This publication is perfect, with complete means of access and extraordinary ideas.
Stuart and his colleagues published several issues of Global Survey, and when it finally failed, they published the last issue. It was in the mid-1970s, and I am as old as you now. The back cover of the last issue is a picture of a country road in the early morning, which is the kind of road where adventurous people are waiting for a ride. The photo says: studious, humble and ignorant. That was their farewell speech before the publication closed. If you are eager for knowledge, you will become stupid. This is what I've always wanted to do. At the moment when you graduate from college and start a new life, I also wish you: be hungry and be modest.