books

How to Write A Speech: How Well Do You Know Your Audience?

I once had a Vice-President of Human Resources take a look at a speech of mine. This was after the company president had actually delivered it. She’d not been present at the speech but on reading it through, felt that it didn’t work. She commented that had a group of senior management heard the speech, they would not have approved it. I stressed that the audience consisted of the company’s sales team, and was designed to motivate them for the new sales year that had just begun. The president told me that he received a standing ovation. I pointed out to the VP Human Resources that had I been writing for an audience of senior management, the content, language and tone would all have been different.

I’ve rarely had a better example of writing for a particular audience. If you can, be there when a speech you’ve written is presented to an audience. It’s a first-hand opportunity for you to see whether the speech works or not. I sometimes cringe when I hear something I’ve written and it doesn’t work the way I intended. Or the audience doesn’t get it, or the idea goes right over their heads.

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Tips For Writing Your First Book – Important Things to Remember About Books

Here are some facts about writing a book that you should remember.

Books require someone to read the book. If you don’t have a group of readers you don’t have anything except a bunch of paper with type on it. You have to find the group you will sell most of the books to and concentrate on them. You can’t be all over. If you look at T.V. channels they always are aimed at a specific group of watchers. Cartoon channels are aimed at kids and teenagers, the news channels at those who want to be kept up to date, science-fiction channels, etc. They concentrate on one group of people, because otherwise nobody will watch them; it is the same with books.

All books need to meet a need. A weight loss book helps to meet the needs of someone who is trying to lose weight, while a fiction book meets the needs of someone who needs to be entertained. Your book must do the same: it needs to give the reader answers or solutions, or at least help them find these answers and solutions to their needs.

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See the Trees in the Forest – Where to Start Writing Your Book

When you want to write a book, figuring out where to start is one of the most problematic obstacles. When I talk to aspiring authors, this is one of the most common challenges that comes up. And it can hold back even the most motivated people.

You know writing your book will be good for you–it will attract more ideal clients to you, it will make your business more visible, it will allow you to make more money, and it will get your message out to much bigger audiences. You want to write the book and you have lots of ideas, but when you sit down to do it, you just can’t seem to get anything done.

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