How to Become a Public Speaker.

How to Become a Public Speaker.

A Seven Days Mini Course 

By George Rusky

    Jan 2011.

Day One.

So you want to become a public speaker, but do not know how?

Excellent!

Let’s get to it together and first, we’ll start with the definition of ‘public speaking’ and see if we understand it correctly.

Two clicks and we are reading a definition of public speaking at the Wikipedia:

“Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners.”

There are more definitions on the subject but I guess they are pretty much similar.

Now, to understand better the definition, let’s go thru it again, word by word, OK?

Process. 

As any process it has a beginning, continuation and an end, right? 

We are now at the start of the process.

Speaking to a group of people. 

That simply means that a group of people listens to an individual who speaks to them.

In a structured, deliberate manner 

That may mean that the text of the speech is planned carefully, nicely written and prepared especially for this group of listeners with the intention of leading them to the destination designed by the speaker.

Intended to inform, influence or entertain the listeners. 

As you now can see, there are several kinds of speeches, the ones that influence, inform and entertain and I guess, in a very short time you will have a hard time to identify you own domain in the public speaking business: to speak to people so that to influence, inform or entertain them, in which direction you would like to develop your public speaking career.

Action Exercise

Read again carefully the definition of Public Speaking and think in which of the three areas of the business you would like to start your public speaking career.

Write down five-seven reasons to explain your choice.

End of Day One.