Want Memorable Speeches? Get Raves When You Upgrade One Unique Ingredient

Think about a presentation you’ve heard in which the speaker shared a brilliant insight, an a-ha moment. Every person in the room or on-camera knew this was terrific wisdom.

Did you employ that great insight into your life?

Was this new perspective so powerful you ran out and used it?

Most of the time in answer to this question is “no.”

Why?

Because in the majority of cases, speakers fail to add one unique ingredient to make their insight beneficial to you…

One action step.

More often than not speakers don’t give you specific suggestions on what to do with their wisdom.

On the other end of the spectrum, some give you many options.

Neither of these is helpful.

With no direction, you’re unlikely to take action because you don’t know where to start.

With too many choices, you have the same problem — which one is your best option?

How to Help Your Audience Get the Most Benefit Out of Your Message

Give them one — and only one — next step.

In my story about hot irons as a metaphor for past lessons learned but no longer needed, I challenge the audience to look at one current challenge in their lives.

I encourage them to trace that challenge back to a childhood experience that at one time helped but is now hurting them.

For me, and humiliating experience in first grade in front of my entire class. The lesson I took away from it was, "never stand people because you’ll be embarrassed or humiliated.

This belief served me well in my formative years, became a liability in my adulthood because it was holding back my career advancement.

One Suggestion is All it Takes

Research has proven when human beings are given too many choices, they don’t take action, no matter how much it can help them.

If your purpose for speaking is to help others, make it easy for them to improve their lives. Give them one specific choice and you increase the odds you’ll have a lasting impact on them.

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