Have you ever wondered how to write a speech introduction that will immediately capture your audience’s interest?

The speech introduction sets up the central idea of the entire speech. It sets the mood and the focus of the crowd to a particular agenda. The introduction should be catchy, amusing, or thought-provoking. No matter what style you use it must grab the interest of the audience.

Failed introductions will often result in setting the tone for a...

People are always on the lookout for good conversationalists. You might not think yourself as a very eloquent person; but by asking excellent conversation questions, no one will be the wise.

Excellent conversation questions keep the energy going. Without it, there will only be awkward silence - something you do not really want to experience. To help give you some ideas on what to ask, here are some examples.

1) Where are you from?

Asking about a...

Good Communication skills and with Confidence! Communication is less than 30% by what and how you talk!!! The rest is positive body language and good listening skills. These you can learn on your own by reading leading self improvement books or by going ahead with some short-term personality development exercises – positive thinking, positive imaging.  Joining a personality development institute in mumbai that fits your particular needs, might also help.

Keep yourself...

Let me share with you somespeech writing techniquesto help you to prepare  powerful speeches or impressive presentation. These are the few main points you need to know well before you can sit down to prepare your speech or presentation outline.

You need to know the audience.

An effective speech has to be engaging, clear, concise and it has to be tailored to the audience's needs. Of all thespeech writing techniques, the first vital strategy in making the oral...

Impromptu speakingis tough. If you've ever watched the contestants in beauty contest try to answer a tough question, you know what I mean. Even in a job interview, when you're trying to impress 4 or 5 interviewers, it's easy to get rattled by the questions. In high-pressure impromptu situations like these, take a few seconds before you respond to gather your thoughts. Don’t be afraid to pause during your response if you need to. If you can pause without a look of panic on...

Kundli is an Indian (vedic) astrological chart. It plots the positions of 9 planets across a number of houses (representing the solar system) in a graphical representation. The position of the planets is based on the exact time of one's birth.

It is widely believed, and accepted, in Indian culture that from these astrological charts the characteristics and traits of a person can be identified and their fate predicted. For more details   For this reason kundli charts are...

There are several types of speeches, and each have their own organizational patterns and elements. In this article, I discuss the parts of aninformative speech. An informative speech is similar in structure to the five-paragraph essay structure you learned about in high school: an introduction paragraph, three main points (the body), and the concluding paragraph. You can think of an informative speech the same way.

The introduction section of your speech should last...

Are you plagued by a voice that cracks, quivers or just isn’t there when you need it?  Often occurring at the most inopportune times, all three problems are usually caused by stress on the vocal folds (cords).

Because your vocal folds are an organ, it is important to treat them well; and, learning how to power your voice without undue pressure on those folds is the only way to solve your problem.

While cracking is very common in the boy who is going through...

One of the best ways to organize apersuasive speechis with a method calledMonroe’s Motivated Sequence. It is utilized in many television commercials is and probably the most effective way to get people to take action. Well, it’s probably not as effective as forcing someone to do something at gunpoint, but the motivated sequence is much more ethical, and shouldn’t get you arrested.

If you need to give a persuasive speech for school using...

This is a sample birthday speech that can be used for an 18th or 21st birthday.  It can easily be changed if it is someone other than the parent who is toasting the celebrant.

This sample speech is about 5 minutes in length which is the perfect length for a birthday speech.  Anything over five minutes will most likely bore your listeners.

One should also take notice that the speech is lighthearted yet the speaker is not trying to be a stand up...