How to Speak Clearly in Public Speeches

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Be Bold and dauntless. If it is your first public speech, please try to hide the nervousness within and go on. It is natural to make mistakes during a public speech, never try to cover up the mistake(It portrays a bad impression). Accept it, pause for a second and continue.

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   Speak clearly and use simple vocabulary that could be easily understood by the listeners. Keep your speech simple and honest. Make sure the listeners understood it in the way you meant.
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   Be expressive: bring about a change in volume/tone with respect to the subject being spoken. Use hand gestures to be more expressive and understandable.
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   Subject: If you are speaking regarding a specific subject, try not to deviate too much. It generally bores the listeners. Give few suitable examples to make it more interesting.
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   Try to make your speech as interesting as possible.
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   Be loud enough such that the last row of the audience too is able to hear you clearly.
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   Know and understand your listeners. Based on that, adjust yourself and the speech for them.
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   Never be patriotic/sarcastic. Be humorous(at times), it keeps them entertained.
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   Avoid monotony oration. If possible do not read down the script(If any) as it is. Bring about tonal variations to keep the subject interesting.
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   Do not avoid eye contact.
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    Be gentle and sociable.