With Career Companion you can plan, prepare, and practice for your speeches. Treat every speech like a project and track all the important details related to that speech in an organized way in one space that you can always go back to.  

 

Go to Career Companion > Q&A > Speech Preparation. 

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Use this kanban like the board to track the status of your speeches:

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Take ~5-10 mins to capture key details about your speech

You can categorize the purpose of your speech in one of these four categories:

1. Informative: useful information

2. Persuasive: convincing people to change 

3. Demonstrative: showcasing a process or a product and focus on the 'how'

4. Entertainment: enjoyment with anecdotal stories

5. Inspirational: motivational 

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Write out the content of your speech​

Three key things to remember about the content: 

1. Write an outline/bullets (not narrative) 

2. Know more content than you will share (Q&A Prep)

3. Use the Speech Structure Building

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Practice makes perfect and you can practice in two-fold:

1. Audio: Record just audio to nail down the tone, structure, timing, etc.

2. Video: Movie to video to focus on body language, delivery, presence, etc. 

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Capture all the feedback, so you can use it to help you improve

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