Qualities of a good speaker - by - Anil Kumar Gupta, Librarian KV Fazilka

Qualities of a good speaker

By

Anil Kumar Gupta

M.Com., M.A(Economics and English Literature)., 

DCA, M.Lib. & I.Sc.

Librarian

Kendriya Vidyalaya Fazilka

Introduction: - Qualities of a good speaker is a quality which can change your world of exposure. This enables how you are accepted by the listeners in a large gathering. How different you are from others. This quality can take you to your destination by virtue of your thoughts and opinions on various contents you are taking to the world of listeners. There are some quotes of eminent personalities of the world : -

Ralph Waldo Emersion: - “All the great speakers were bad speakers at first”.

Thomas Chandler Halliburton: - “I have learnt a good deal from my own talk”.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: - “I pass like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech”.

C. F. Forbes: - “The sense of being well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility”.

                   Speaking in public is not a simple task. It requires practice and confidence. Now a day it is treated as art also. This requires skill and command on language with expression and feelings.

                   As you all know that we come across so many parties, debate, public speech, family occasion, club gatherings and many more events in our life. Every individual event requires different skill of speaking.

                   Nervousness plays a major role in this regard. This may spoil or can take over in the situation and the job may be lost simply because it is so difficult to convey thoughts to the person standing or sitting before you. To overcome this nervousness, one must practice mainly on verbal communication. To charge your attitude to this very public arena is really very hard and difficult. No one will pretend that speaking in public is easy. The more you speak, the better you will become. After some time you will be able to feel it and express it. To build confidence in public speaking, first of all one must know himself/herself. You know your strong and weak areas. Try to overcome your weaker part and improve it by practice. Try to keep a handsome voice which may attract others.

                                      There are numerous qualities of a good speaker. Some of them are as under: -

·       Always have smile on your face.

·       Be self controlled at every stage.

·       Keep in mind a sense of audience reaction, so that you come out much better.

·       One should be capable of fine use of vocabulary and language.

·       Always maintain a carrying voice, so that your voice could reach to every person hearing you.

·       Always keep a confident appearance.

·       Keep yourself in a way that you can be a part of attention gaining manner.

·       You should keep vitality in your presentation of ideas.

·       Always have the power of persuasion.

·       Have knowledge of how to adapt to a particular occasion.

·       Always keep a genuine desire to communicate.

·       Have precise timings.

·       Know your subject matter thoroughly. This will make you prompt in your contents.

·       You should be able to keep a touch with your listeners in some ways.  This will create a positive relationship between you and your listeners.

·       Timing plays a very vital role to succeed in your speech. Always finish your ideas and thoughts in the time allotted to you.

·       You have to adapt yourself according to the needs of the listeners. Your command on language and contents may play a major role in this regard. Always keep your own way to express your ideas. Please do not imitate others.

·       Always give your ideas progression means you should be capable to continue with your thoughts, one content relate to the other one in a way of progression.

·       Clarity in your voice and thoughts may play a vital role.

·       Keep in mind that you are a speaker not a comedian. Do not be an egoist.

·       Dignify yourself in the beginning.

·       Address about the chair person, guests and audience with description.

Don’t

A good speaker need to be cautious and do not do the followings: -

·       Exceed the time limit.

·       Be superficial (feels self superficial an all ways).

·       Over talkative attitude.

·       Speaking but not prepared.

·        Patronize your listeners

·       Quotes without references

·       Using Jargon or acronyms (go beyond listeners mind and you are putting the meaning of those words in between your speech)

·       Use of statistics which may create bareness among your listeners

·       Repeating information time and again this may lose your listeners attention to your speech.

·       Using off colour jokes.

·       Display mannerisms like taking out glasses time and again.

·       Keeping eyes on notes, not on listeners.

·       Speak in monotone.

·       Speak in a hurry to finish contents.

·       Learning speech by heart and reciting before the listeners is a bad habit.

·       Ignoring the structure of speech.

·       Showing apologetic attitude due to lack of preparation.

·       Emphasis only on notes, no your own views and thoughts.

·       No preparation, side by side information on the speech contents.

·       Over use slang expressions.

·       Thankless ending of the speech to listeners. (Views will not thank you)  

·       Laughing in between the speech on your own content not observing listeners reaction.

·       Dress code is not proper.

·       Hair style.

·       Shoe not as per dress code.

·       Involvement of audience is avoided.

·       Don’t keep in the mind that you are the only speaker.

·       Appearance.

·       No proper use of hands during speech.

·       Standing, if not proper.

·       Need not to over asses your audience.

·       Selection of language, if not done as per the choice of the listeners.

·       If, the speech is illogical.

·       Lack of slogan and quotations.

·       Use of new words, not heard earlier.

·       Lack of amusement.

·       Expecting over praising.

·       Over references.

·       Typical language.

·       Speech should be speech, not debate at all.

·       Do not over pleasure the speech.

·       Over patriotism in speech.

Two important “Never” for a good speaker

1.    Never apologize for lack of preparation.

2.    Never indicate that you are going to conclude your speech.

A good speaker must keep in mind the following things before speech:

 A good speaker must keep in mind few things which may change his way of speech. She/he may put best before the public or in large gathering by doing something different. They may go with followings: -     

·       What is my role as speaker?

·       What contents I have to go with?

·        What type of programme is it?

·       What will be the time limit for me to express my views and opinions?

·       Is it a live programme or a recorded programme?

·       Who will be the chairperson for the programme?

·       Do I need to have audio visual contents with me?

·       Am I the only person to speak before audience?

·       Is there need for a set of readymade contents or I have to prepare at the time of presentation?

·       Is this programme is a recorded programme, will it allow editing in the end?

·       Can I have the opportunity to go with important contents earlier?

·       If it is an interview, could I guess the questions, will be asked?

·       Will the contents be in mother language, regional or in foreign language like in English?

·       Could I be treated as important guest?

·       Will I be having liberty to present my views bilingually?

·       Will there be a question round or open question round to interact?

Good speaker always create

A good speaker always find himself/herself to create the followings by virtue of his/her way of speaking in public with confidence: -

1.    Always observe silence and smiling faces all around.

2.    Always leave an impression that audience ask for more.

3.    Not bother or in fear of controversy.

4.    To justify thoughts, always keep in mind some facts for justification.

5.    Interacting with audience showing inter – personal relation.

6.    A good speaker never let lame ending of speech.

7.    A good speech always waits for appraisal in the form of applause.

Major contents for a good speaker 

 Some of the major contents which may play a very vital role in presenting a good speech are as under: -

·       Matter

·       Preparation

·       Pauses

·       Manner

·       Practice

·       Pitch

·       Method

·       Pace

·       Punch

By following the aforesaid mentioned contents a speaker may change his world of speaking in public with confidence. By watching the videos and contents of the learned and intellectual speakers, one may learn the way of speaking in public with confidence. 

I wish for your better future

Please read this article and submit your comments and opinions

             

Manage your time to succeed in Life (50 Golden rules) By Anil Kumar Gupta Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Fazilka

Manage your time to succeed in Life

(50 Golden rules)

By

Anil Kumar Gupta

Librarian

Kendriya Vidyalaya Fazilka

Managing time is not a simple task to plan. It requires a lot skill and planning, proper schedule and many more.  Time can be managed in a better way by those who are sincere, dedicated and disciplined by their words and deeds. Success depends upon time management. Time can be managed on priority basis. There should be some objectives, goals or aims before planning or managing time. As we all know that “time waits for none”. Time plays a major role in achieving goals. One has to keep in mind the following things while planning to manage time:-

1.      Set your goals for a limited time span.

2.      Prepare a list of priority basis tasks.

3.      Keep a list of resources, human and others.

4.      Plan according to individual basis or group basis.

5.      First of all, set the goals for self management. Later on, this becomes self development. This stage will minimize your time consumption for achieving a goal.

6.      While planning, you should not include in the list, those tasks which may affect your high achievements. This will simply not waste your valuable time, but also your efforts.

7.      Try to maintain an emotional touch with your aim. This will surely boost your moral.

8.      Keep in mind the list of tasks which require less efforts with little time span. This will increase your number of achievements and this will add something to your higher achievements in the near future.

9.      Always believe that small achievements become big achievements one day.

10.  Always believe on yourself that you can do whatever you wish to do, in any situation in any circumstances at any cost.

11.  Prepare a list of resources and time available to you to complete a task.

12.  Prepare a list of major or real goals which you look to finish as early as possible within a limited time span.

13.  Every mili second of your life is very precious to reach to goal. If you maintain this, you will be the greatest achiever one day.

14.  To maintain physical and mental fitness, you have to be cautious and sincere. “Health is wealth” is the right quote to justify this fact.

15.  After every little achievement, you should rest and relax, so that you come out, next day with great energy and freshness.

16.  Always stress on those tasks where you feel yourself comfortable. This will keep you in safe zone.

17.  While managing time, you should not be in a hurry. Take your own time and be patience for a better time plan.

18.  Always come out with positive approach, do not show lethargic attitude, which may take you away from your goals.

19.  To execute the tasks effectively, you must explain and carefully understand every task.

20.  Keep on emphasizing on those tasks which are important for you, whether they are small or big. This will leads to your achievements.

21.  If you need to take help of others, do not hesitate. Boldly ask them to help, because reaching the goal is limited time span is more important.

22.  Increase your own resources and less allow yourself to depend upon others.

23.  For a better time management you have to be multifaceted and multi-directional personality to consume less energy with less efforts in short time span to achieve a goal.

24.  Depend on yourself, respecting self and self pride are the key factors for a better time management.

25.   Do not over pressure yourself.

26.  Always believe in saying “No” to others to save time and to concentrate on task.

27.  Managing time manages your control on the continuity of your tasks.

28.  Managing time is a skill and this cannot be taught, it can be learned by practice and sincereness with devotion.

29.  Managing time manages every bit of your life. This manages you and your personal identity.

30.  Time is precious you know and it is as important as anything else, so manage your time be cautiously.

31.  After every little achievement, asses or evaluate your efforts and time span for better execution of future tasks.

32.  According to availability of time, one has to be very particular about the tasks and time allotted to them. Try finishing the tasks in due hours for better results.

33.  Only keep emphasizing on those tasks, where you feel comfortable and joyous.

34.  You can create happiness in your life by sincere planning of time management.

35.  Always keep in mind one thing, that whether your efforts are for self dignity or for earning

36.  Manage your time according to your choice.

37.  Always believe that “no proper planning, no proper result”.

38.  Believe that there must be an end of your satisfaction.

39.  Do whatever you wish to do for your satisfaction but not because of jealous.

40.  Be optimistic for every effort.

41.  Be sincere while managing time.

42.  Keep faith on yourself and your efforts.

43.  Keep three self in mind – self reliance, self respect and self control.

44.  While managing time, keep in mind few things about management like time, labour, money, efforts and outcome.

45.  Always believe that you are going to create milestone for others, so manage your time accordingly.

46.  Learn after every little achievement and also learn where you lose something.

47.  Be logical while managing time.

48.  Always follow the right path to fulfill aim.

49.  Be loyal at your efforts.

50.  Always enjoy your achievements, whether little achievements, need not to be overwhelmed yourself.

Conclusion: - On the basis of aforesaid points, we may conclude that “Time” plays a very vital role in achieving the goals. Time is as important for a person believe to succeed in life as water is for a thirsty person. This requires a lot sincereness and devotion. Your success depends upon your planning and execution.

                                                            One has to do things differently and through differently way of planning and execution of projects or tasks. Self assessment is more important while completing a task or project. Manage your time and succeed in life is the basic objective of this article.

Please read and submit your views, I would be highly pleased.