Steps to Crafting Unforgettable Messages
You should start with three simple goals:
1. Communicate with Purpose:
You never want to step in front of any group without a clearly carved purpose. Each effective talk has one. It is the narrowed subject. It is the one sentence you want every person to walk away with. It is the phrase that relates to every point, illustration or story.
Every speech needs to be able to be distilled into a single sentence that you can tell anyone at any time. It is the backbone of your talk and it will allow you to make every phrase count in your talk. Knowing this one focal point will make it easy to eliminate any elements of your talk that will not support it.
2. Communicate with Passion:
If nothing else, the people you present to must know that you believe in what you say.
Passion is energy of the spirit. It is what fuels us when we think we cannot continue. This energy source forces us to share our message because we know we will be incomplete if we don’t. Passion says that others will be incomplete if they do not hear the message within us.
Passion is contagious. Not only does passion fuel us, it fuels others. Haven’t you been around someone who was so excited that before you knew it you were excited, too? When you learn to communicate with passion, others will not only believe what you say, they will feel what you feel, and will be compelled to do what you do.
3. Communicate with Precision:
A talk can be like throwing grain to the hens, or it can be like a laser during eye surgery. If you throw grain, the hens will get stuffed, but there is a great deal of waste as well. If your message is like a laser it will waste no effort and everyone will leave with clear vision.
So let’s get to it. You are about to learn how to forge an unforgettable message even if the crowd doesn’t take notes.