Keeping Your Old Speeches

Have you ever struggled for an idea for your next speech?

Or better still, have you ever had to do a speech on a topic which you have already talked about to a different audience?

The only problem is that you cannot remember a word of it! All that you remember was the topic and that your audience liked it!

You look in every room, every cupboard, every trash can, every little place where you think you think you might have left it! You even check ridiculous places like your glove box, when you know damn well that it is definitely not going to be there!

Unfortunately, I have had this problem occur a few times now. Whenever I complete a speech, my notes and/or cue cards finish either in the rubbish bin or in some ridiculous spot, only to be found years later when I don't really need them!

Because of this, I have made an effort to collect all of my completed speeches and put them all in the one place - in a particular cupboard inside my desk.

So why should you keep your old speeches?

Well, as I mentioned beforehand, if you have to talk about a topic that you have already spoken about to a different audience, then you can pull the old speech out, edit it slightly for your new audience and away you go.

Trust me, there is nothing more frustrating that writing a speech that you know you have written before! You just cannot get out of your head the fact that, if you were a little bit more organised, you would not be wasting your time at the moment!

Also, if you are keeping your speeches, especially your good ones, you can feel confident delivering them again because you know that they are good. If one particular audience felt that it was an excellent speech, don't you think that an audience of a similar age and demographic will feel the same? Nine times out of ten the answer is yes.

If you have won an award with your speech, then another suggestion would be to use that as a bit of publicity i.e. come and see Chris deliver his award winning speech on Public Liability Lawsuits. It might sound a little bit corny and desperate, but if you use your imagination you can make it work!

You don't even have to redeliver your entire speech. You can use one-liners, jokes or sentences that had a positive impact on your audience and incorporate them into your new speech. I remember in my Valedictorian speech I used a conclusion which I have never delivered before, and I wasn't quite sure whether it was going to work not.. Thankfully, not only did it work, it turned my speech from a good one, to a speech which people couldn't stop talking about for days! Surely, I would be insane to not use a similar ending like that again if a suitable occasion ever arose, wouldn't I?

I don't recommend this, but you can also use your bad speeches as well for your next speech. If your speech was bad on the first time because of a poor delivery, then it would be fair to say that particular speech needs to be delivered again before you dismiss it as a poor speech. However if it was a poor speech because of the content, then find out what was wrong with the content and improve on it! It is possible to turn an ugly ducking into a beautiful swan, if you follow what I am saying! However, I do not recommend this as I am of the impression that if it was bad the first time, it will be bad for the next hundred times too!

Regardless of whether it is a good speech or a poor one, you can learn so much from your previous speeches. Discover what works and what doesn't, and apply all of your experience into your next speech.

So remember, keep all your speeches as you never know when you might need them again - keep them for a rainy day!

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