Chapter 108 Chapter 14 The Secret of Great Public Speaking

Not long after the First World War I met two brothers in London, one Mr Ross and the other Mr Kane.They have just completed the first-ever piloted flight from London to Australia and won a $50,000 award from the Australian government.This incident caused a sensation throughout the British Empire, and the two brothers were awarded knighthoods by the king. A well-known photographer, Captain Harley, accompanied them for a while during the flight and took many photos during the flight.So, I set out to help them prepare an illustrated speech and train them on the presentation.It all took place at the Philharmonic Hall in London, and for four months we rehearsed twice a day: once in the afternoon and once in the evening, with the brothers taking turns lecturing.

Needless to say, the brothers shared the same experience—they sat side by side throughout their flight halfway around the world; and their speeches were identical, almost word for word.But even so, their speeches sound very different. In a speech, it is not only the words that affect its effect, there are other factors, but the most important thing should be the style and mood of your speech.In other words, "The most important thing is not what you say, but how you say it." Brulov, a great Russian painter, once corrected a student's work.Looking at the revised painting, the student exclaimed in amazement, "Wow! Why is it that you only modified one small place and the painting is so different?" Brulov replied, "Art It depends on how we express every detail." This is the essence of painting, and it is also the essence of speech.

Lauder Morley concluded from the perspective of cynic philosophy: "In speeches, three factors are the most important: who will speak, how to speak, and what to say, and among these three, the third factor is relatively the most important. Secondary." This may be a bit exaggerated, but in essence, it still makes sense. The speeches written by Edmund Burke are logical and reasonable, and are also excellent in word formation and sentence construction. Therefore, they have been studied as speech models by more than half of the universities in the country today.As a speaker, however, he failed.Because of his lack of oratory ability and his inability to make his speeches vivid and powerful, many people called him the "dinner bell" in the House of Representatives.When he got up to speak, other congressmen would yawn again and again, look left and right, until they left in groups.

So, although you can throw a small steel ball at someone with all your strength, but you can't leave a mark on his clothes, but if you use a gun, even if you replace the bullet with a greased candle, Can also penetrate a pine plank.And I'm sorry to say that a "grease candle" speech with force is more impressive than a "steel ball" speech with no force.Therefore, take your presentation style seriously.