Why You Should Not Memorize the Body of Your Speech or Presentation Posted By : The Voice Lady- Topic: public speaking

At a workshop I was holding in Toronto, one of the participants proceeded to deliver part of a rote, memorized persuasive presentation. Luckily for us, he was only allowed to speak for 8-9 minutes; however, it took just 5 minutes of his memorized script for the attention of the group to begin to fade, as their eyes glazed over. If you memorize your presentation or your speech, you are bound by the memorized word. With memorization, there is a different thought process involved than in speaking around notes, a PowerPoint presentation or slides. The Voice Lady Nancy Daniels offers private, corporate and group workshops in voice and presentation skills as well as Voicing It!

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