When a person is called upon to prepare or give a speech, either at their work or some outside organization they belong to, they often become frustrated and anxiety ridden in structuring and giving their talk.
There is a method that, when employed, takes the stress and frustration out of the preparation and ultimately the delivery of your talk.
This method consists of these three parts: (1) tell them what you are going to tell them, (2) tell them and (3) tell them what you have told them.
When you tell your audience what you are going to tell them you are going to provide an overview of the body of your talk.
This is the place where you establish rapport with your audience.
It also serves to settle your nerves.
The idea is to give a brief overview of your talk with emphasis on the word brief.
You want to highlight particular areas of importance and emphasize key points of your talk.
The goal here is to create a level of audience anticipation of what is coming next.
Remember this is simply an introduction to the main body of your talk, you only touch on the areas of importance and key points you do not elaborate.
After this brief introduction you transition into the "tell them" or main body part of your talk.
This part of the talk is where you elaborate on the areas of importance and key points you emphasized in your opening remarks.
During this part of your talk it is very important to maintain eye contact with your audience.
This will keep your audience engaged in what you are saying.
Now you have the chance to go into detail and educate your audience.
You are now presenting all of the facts, figures and arguments that support the main premise of your talk.
This is what your audience has been waiting to hear and you deliver it with enthusiasm and confidence.
Finally it is time to "tell them what you told them" or to summarize.
The purpose here is to reemphasize the key points and areas of importance of your speech.
Make sure to point out those key points you want the audience to take from your talk.
This is done to aid the audience in remembering your message to them and or to seek their agreement.
By using this three step method both in the preparation and delivery of a speech you will find your stress and frustration levels to be much lower.
This method allows the speaker to prepare and deliver a well thought out, concise and informative speech.
It helps to maintain the speakers focus and keep the audience in an attentive mood.