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End your speech with an attitude, not a platitude.
Instead of firing off a perfunctory “thank you,” consider launching fireworks of final passionate thoughts from the podium.
With the flair of a fireworks finale, you’ll trigger spontaneous applause to a well-rehearsed, well-timed, and well-executed performance — a performance that reflects all the anticipation of a logger’s cry: Timbeerrrrrrrrrrr!
This article shows you how to close your speech with a bang.
Ban the banalities that bog down most speech openings.
Defer the customary “nice-to-be-here” platitudes.
Direct your audience more into fawning than yawning over your speech opening. How?
Start your speech better by diving in! Instead of gingerly dipping your toes into the proverbial speaking pool, open with a splash! Pattern your platform performance after the TEASE opening which Saturday Night Live has made famous for more than 25 years.
Metaphors help a skeptical or apathetic audience better embrace and value a new concept or idea.
Metaphors make the connection of that new idea to an object the audience already knows.
Read on to discover a treasure chest of metaphor speech examples.
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