Professional Inspirational Speaker Success

Building a platform is a key component to successful authority branding, business growth or awareness building for a specific message. For this reason, many people aspire to be a professional inspirational speaker. How do you create a gripping speech that offers a great and memorable message?

Weaving a Memorable Speech

Writing a speech is like weaving; it takes time and effort to find ways to incorporate different colors into a cohesive piece of fabric. Being a successful professional inspirational speaker is similar in that it requires you to pay attention to detail and practice your craft to become marketable.

How do you begin to create a memorable inspirational speech? Here are some tips:

• Select one overarching message for your speech. While your speech may address several points, be sure to tie them in to your speech’s overarching theme. For instance, you might be interested in becoming a professional inspirational speaker who focuses on creativity. Subtopics in your speech could include making time for creativity, encouraging people to be creative as they age, and being brave enough to try to use their creativity in new areas.

 

• Focus on creating an easy to follow structure for your speech. A cohesive speech has a strong introduction, a solid middle section and a clear and concise ending that reinforces your message. Your message should be relevant for your specific audience and easy for your audience to follow.

 

• Intersperse meaningful stories from your life or other people’s lives throughout the speech. Use these stories to reinforce the points you want to make.

 

• Connect the stories through beautifully written words. If you need inspiration, listen to the flow of speeches given by eloquent speakers whose delivery reflects with your desired style.

 

• Include visual aids if possible to illustrate key points. Using an appropriate video clip or photo can add zing to an inspirational speech and resonate with your visually oriented audience members. For instance, you might use a photo or a particular piece of art to illustrate a key point or story about creativity.

 

• Practice and refine your speech before you deliver it to an audience. Regularly practicing your speech aloud helps you identify timing issues. Practice also allows you to pinpoint areas in the speech that need to be refined. Be sure to practice your speech using your visual aids to ensure that you’re using them in the right places in your speech.

 

Becoming a professional inspirational speaker takes time, energy and focus. By continually refining your message, incorporating memorable stories and stunning visuals, and perfecting your delivery, you can give a speech that will be talked about long after the conference or meeting is over.