Examples Of Confidence Speech

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Speech Topic: Speaking with Confidence Opening: “Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the most prominent and well recognized pubic speakers in the history of man kind. He has shown us how words and the way we use them, can change and influence our lives forever. Showing confidence is key when trying express any idea, emotion or fact, while speaking. Without confidence, …show more content…

Some definitions of the Holocaust include the additional five million non-Jewish victims of Nazi mass murders, bringing the total to about 11 million • Its amazing how this one short man, could control and influence millions of people to believe the absurd, discriminate and even murder a specific race • He truly shows the stunning amount of power that one can gain through how they speak in front of an audience • Confidence is what led to …show more content…

I bet some of you, if not most of you are currently zoning out on my speech as I speak because I could not possibly talk any less confidently than I am right now. I am not speaking with volume, enthusiasm or any physical movement to keep your eyes and attention span on me at this current moment. I am also getting bored of hearing myself talk this way so I will stop right now. (All spoken in monotone head down facing the paper the whole time) • Now, do you see the difference? I didn’t even care to pay attention to what I was saying, let alone an entire class of busy, tired and stressed out students. It is so important to move when you talk, speak loudly, project your voice, use enthusiasm, otherwise you mine as well just sit down and stop talking. If your going to do something, do it right! • Be proud of what your saying, capture the attention of everyone around you, really and I mean really get into what your saying and how to make others agree with you. Third Point: -Logical

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