When I was a freshman taking beginning speech we all had to memorize “The Ten Rules of Effective Speaking.” When we talked about it last year I’m sure I said that I didn’t really appreciate those rules in speech class and certainly didn’t really understand them.
I do now.
I want to be effective in my speech. I want people to listen to me and I want my words to matter.
Is it possible?
I think it starts with the core essence of who you are.
If you want your words to matter—you need to be the kind of person that I respect enough to listen to.
You can watch one of our very first videos where we talk about that philosophy here: https://fromthewings.org/2020/12/02/how-you-can-be-an-effective-speaker-the-first-step/
We have so much that competes for our attention. We have social media, and a constant stream of Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV, that gives us a 24-7 watching window. Each and everything you watch or listen to has a message it is sending. How do you choose what or who is worthy of your time and respect?
Would it make a difference in the world if we all started to ignore the message if the messanger wasn’t worthy? I hope it would.
Let me know what you think about the second rule of the effective speaker!
Until next time this is just me taking to you from the wings–
Reba
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