Chapter 70 To summarize the main points of the speech

Even a brief speech of a few minutes often touches on many, many aspects.When the speech is over, the audience is often left in a cloud of fog, unable to understand the gist of the speech.Unfortunately, very few speakers realize this, and most others fall into the trap of thinking that if they know what they are talking about, the audience should too.But, in fact, this is not the case at all. For the speaker, the key points of the speech have already been well thought out; but for the audience, they seem novel and unfamiliar. They are like a bullet thrown at the crowd. Leaves a mark, but most are doomed to pass away in the confusion of the audience.In the end, the recipients of the oration had to be "dizzy and incomprehensible."

According to reports, an unknown Scottish politician gave his own method for speeches: first, tell the audience what you plan to say; then, you can start your speech; finally, at the end of the speech, you should reiterate The main content of your speech.This method is quite desirable, and, from a practical point of view, it is very wise to "reiterate the main content of your speech".Therefore, when giving a speech, we must develop the good habit of "summarizing the main points of the speech". Here's an example of an excellent presentation by a manager of a Chicago railroad operating company:

In short, gentlemen, this brake device has been adopted on our eastern, western and northern railway branch lines. From the perspective of practical results, due to the use of perfect operating principles and methods in operation, we have avoided over the past year. Many accidents and a lot of economic losses were saved, all of which shocked me deeply, and prompted me to eagerly decide to install this kind of braking device on the branch line of the southern railway. By sharing the last speech, you can see the whole speech at a glance, because everything is covered in these few sentences.In a speech, such a summary is indeed very useful, and you may wish to master this technique or method.