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Dirik Hameed
In the various dinner parties I have attended, I have been able to be the one of the audience of different speakers. For one, in a dinner party, you do not expect the speaker to speak before the guest have cleared their dancing and feasting. This is because guests will usually be too fidgety to listen to a speech by after dinner speakers unless they've been properly fed and entertained. I've also noticed that there are different speaking styles used in order to get and keep an audience's attention. The role of a speaker requires this ability. A speaker ought to be able to entertain or keep the audience interested in order to be considered an effective one. A speaker, whether he is hired for an after dinner talk or not, should have certain traits. For starters, speakers need to be well prepared. The topic to be discussed must be well researched in order to ensure that the information is up to date. It's very unlikely for an audience to sit through a speech that is very uninformative or false. Likewise, it will also help the speaker if he knows firsthand the type of audience he will be delivering the talk to. It will be an absurd to use some olden day's ways of expressing some points when the audience is the current young generation. Conversely, you shouldn't use terms that are too modern (i.e. technical terms or slang) when addressing an audience which is predominantly made up of old people. A good speaker when speaking to a mixed audience should be able to make the speech relatable to everyone who's listening to the speech. It's also important to make sure that you can drive your points home with the audience. Since the speech is usually delivered after dinner, there's a large chance that the audience will easily get sleepy if the speaker isn't very interactive. It's important to keep the audience's attention at all times. By doing this the members of the audience are sure to be captivated and that the message is instilled in their memories. No one would want a speaker who seems to be talking to a small part of the audience. The after dinner speaker should again make sure to be humorous in the talk. Aside from being an interesting addition to any speech, humour can also make speakers more interactive. There are a number of styles which can be employed to attain the necessary humour. By adding in a witty observation about current events or by opening with some jokes or short stories, you are sure to get the audience's attention. Eloquency is the most crucial trait that a speaker must have. The speaker needs to be able to convey the appropriate tone in speaking in order to keep the audience interested. A good speaker has to go along identifying the mistakes in previous talks and work hard to correct them in the future.
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