A message worth communicating;
要有值得交流的觀點；
Gain the listeners\' atention: capture their interest and build their trust;
引起聽眾的注意：抓住他們的興趣并贏得信任；
Emphasize understanding;
重視理解；
Obtain their feedback;
獲得反饋；
Watch your emotional tone;
注意聲調(diào)要有感情；
Persuade the audience;
說服聽眾；

How to gain confidence
怎樣變得自信
Smile and glance at the audience;
微笑并看著觀眾；
Start very slowly, with your shoulders back and your chin up;
開始發(fā)言時要慢一點，身體保持昂首挺胸的姿態(tài)；
Open your speech by saying something very frankly;
開場白說一些真誠話；
Wear your very best clothes;
穿上自己最好的衣服；
Say something positive to yourself;
對自己說一些積極的話；

Four objectives of the speech
演講的四個目標
To offer information;
提供信息；
To entertain the audience;
使聽眾感到樂趣；
To touch emotions;
動之以情；
To move to action;
使聽眾行動起來；

How to organize the speech
怎樣組織演講
To have a structure: such as first, second, third; geographically, north, south, east, west; compare and contrasts; our side versus their side; negative and positive;
要有一個結(jié)構(gòu)：可以分一二三點；可以從地理上分東南西北；比較與對比；我方與他方；正面與反面；
To label the materials such as jokes, funny anecdotes, favorite sayings, interesting statistics;
將材料歸類整理，如笑話、趣事、名人名言、有趣的數(shù)據(jù)；
To use notecards;
使用卡片；

How to use cards
怎樣使用卡片
Number your cards on the top right;
在卡片的右上角標上數(shù)字；
Write a complete sentence on both your first and last card;
在第一張和最后一張上寫上完整的句子；
Write up to five key words on other cards;
其他卡片上最多只能寫五個關(guān)鍵詞；
Use color to mark the words you want to emphasize;
用顏色來標記你想強調(diào)的詞；
Remind yourself at a particular sport to check the time.
在某一處提醒自己查看時間．

How to cope with brownout
如何對付忘詞
Just smile and go to the next card. Not the one in front of you, but to the next following. Look at the first word on it. This will be the point from which you will now continue. Of course you missed part of your speech. But nobody will notice it. They will blame themselves for not following your thoughts.
只需要微微一笑，繼續(xù)下一張卡片上的內(nèi)容，不是擺在你目前的那張卡片，而是下一張．看一下卡片上的第一個單詞，這就是你要繼續(xù)的要點．當然你會遺漏一部分內(nèi)容，但是沒有人會注意到這一點．聽眾只會責(zé)怪自己沒有跟上你的思路．

How to begin
如何開頭
To tell a story (about yourself);
講個（自己的）故事；
To acknowledge the occasion of the gathering；
對大家能夠聚在一起表示感謝；
To pay the listeners a compliment；
稱贊一下聽眾；
To quote ；
引用名人名言；
To use unusual statistics；
使用一些不平常的數(shù)據(jù)；
To ask the audience a challenging question；
問觀眾一個挑戰(zhàn)性的問題；
To show a video or a slide.
播放錄像帶或看幻燈片．

How to close
如何結(jié)尾
To repeat your opening;
重復(fù)你的開頭；
To summarize your presentation;
概括你的演講；
To close with an anecdote;
以趣事結(jié)尾；
To end with a call to action;
以號召行動結(jié)尾；
To ask a rhetorical question;
以反問結(jié)尾；
To make a statement;
以一個陳述句結(jié)尾；
To show an outline of your presentation.
展示演講大綱．