1. Speak in shorted sentences. Jerry Seinfeld said, “I will spend an hour taking an eight word sentence and making it five.” With comedy, the fewer words between the set-up and punch line, the bigger the impact.
2. Emphasize your punch word. Your punch word should be the final word or idea in a sentence. In the sentence, “You have to make an important decision today,” the punch word would be decision. To put more emphasis on the punch word switch the sentence around to say, “Today, you have to make an important DECISION!”
3. If you have a sentence with two important phrases-put the more important phrase at the end. "Today, YOU have to make an important DECISION." Or, "The important DECISION today is going to be made by YOU."
4. Use pauses effectively. After you deliver your punch word pause until the audience can recognize what you said. This may be uncomfortable but it’s very effective.
5. Repeat your ideas more than once.
6. Say something memorable.
Do you have any public speaking suggestions to improve this list? Have you used these techniques before?
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