Friday, October 17, 2008
Providing Closure
Ending your speech correctly is one of the most valuable skills you can enhance when conveying the correct message towards the audience. The book discusses several methods that you can try when closing. The first one is end with a quotation. This means taking valuable information from a different that will spur thought within the audiences' minds. The second was to close is to make a dramatic statement which will touch upon the emotional circuitry of the listeners. The next type is referring to the introduction which will remind the people of the initial points of the speech and intensify awareness of the main message. Another one is referring to subsequent events which may help strengthen the overall topic's effectiveness. Next, there is the reinforcement of the speaker-audience connection where the speaker relates to the audience at a personal level hopefully increasing credibility within the presenter if the speech went well. Lastly, the book mentions a note on thanking the audience and to show a bit of appreciation. This is always a polite gesture.
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Providing closure is a great skill to learn. I think all the methods are great and maybe I will end up trying to make a dramatic statement for my closing. I had thought about thanking the audience on my last speech but wasn't sure if that was appropriate. I kind of wish that we would have done this chapter before our first speech because I feel that it was a lot more helpful than some of the other stuff we have learned.
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