Spy School by Denis Bukin

Author:Denis Bukin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK

Presentations and speeches

Nothing is more depressing than a speech that is read from the page. You can hardly justify such disregard for the audience by asserting that public speaking is stressful for the speaker. Fear of public speaking is high on the list of phobias that affect people. Orators were among the first people to use mnemonic techniques. If there is no need to check the next sentence on a piece of paper, the orator can be more confident and deal with his stress better.

There is no need to memorize a speech word for word for a good performance. It’s enough just to remember the main points and the links between them. This way you will not forget your lines and you will still leave space for improvisation and live communication with the audience.

1. Divide your speech into semantic units. There is no need to make it too small; it’s enough to have 5–10 units for a small speech.

2. Formulate the thesis (main idea of each block) – make it a sentence of three or four words.

3. Encode every thesis with a single key word that can clearly define the statement.

4. Remember the list of key words using the story or loci method. You can use your body as a mnemonic space.

5. Rehearse your presentation. Retell or write down the thesis of your speech, reproducing key words from memory. Repeat them in order and in reverse.

Stage actors memorize long texts word for word, and their experience can be very useful. Preparing for a play does not begin with memorizing phrases, but with understanding the characters’ feelings as they change with the development of the plot. Once an actor gets into the essence of his or her hero, the text becomes clear, logical and can be remembered faster and better.

Think about the feelings you want to provoke in your listeners at every point of your speech. Live these emotions and put them into words.

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