This document provides guidance on developing strong public speaking skills. It discusses that speaking is an important art that plays a vital role in our lives. It identifies some weak points in speaking such as hesitation, lack of knowledge, motivation, confidence, and vocabulary. The document then offers tools for effective public speeches such as determining your skill level, knowing your subject and audience, being creative, and organizing your information. It concludes with things to remember like focusing, simplifying, organizing, dramatizing and humanizing your speech as well as things to avoid such as an unclear objective or poor preparation.

2. Speech: Speech is the ability to speak or the act of speaking. Speaking is an vital art and plays a vital role in our life.

3. SPEAKING SKILLS Speaking is an Art. It is being neglected. Give clear expression of an idea. It is effective and easy. Reason of hesitation is usually because of Lack of Knowledge. It is use to express idea in efficient way

4. Weak Point Of Speaking Skills Hesitation is half death of man. Lack of Knowledge. Lack of Motivation. Lack of Confidence. Lack of Vocabulary. Shame or Shyness. Fear. Lack of interest. Lack of personality.

5. Tools for Public Speeches Determine your present skill level. Know your subject. Know your Audience. Be creative. Organize your Information. Deliver your talk. Take charge of your appearance. Use Props, equipments and Visuals . Put everything together.

6. 5 Things to remember when Public Speaking . FOCUS. SIMPLIFY. ORGANIZE. DRAMATIZE. HUMANIZE.

7. Things to dodge In public speaking No clear Objective. Forgetting the audience. Anticlimax ending. Mysterious opening. Loss of focus. No script. Poor Delivery.

8. Bad Visuals. Weak Evidence. Negative Attitude. Slipshod Preparation. No follow Up Things to dodge In public speaking .. contd

9. Divide time for everything. For example : If you are talking for 15 minutes. Plan for 13 minutes. Give introduction for 2 minutes. Give your points in 9 minutes. Give summary for 2 minutes. Plan your speech

10. Compiled by : K. DABU