Motivational speeches ought to be inspiring, memorable, and moving. When facing a young audience, there are certain things that you should remember to make sure that you can create the most impact on them. Here approaches you can adopt to make your motivational speeches more effective and create more impact on your young audience:
• Play on your audience's curiosity – With people's attention spans getting shorter by the minute, it is important to find ways to keep their attention as much as you can. Ask them stimulating questions, tell jokes, arouse their interest, play videos, and tell stories. These are just some of the most effective things that might just catch their attention and keep it for as long as your speech.
• Establish your authority – Tell them why you are qualified to talk to them about the specific topic you are discussing. Credibility is an effective tool to catch and keep your audience's attention and you can establish your authority by telling stories relevant to what you are talking about.
• Be alive – Keep yourself upbeat and alive, especially when speaking to very young audiences. There's a reason why huge purple dinosaurs and mascots appeal to them. However, remember to tone down the goofy and the over-excitement when speaking to "more mature" kids.
• Practice your speech – Practice makes perfect is a tired cliché but it is just as effective as it was first uttered. By practicing your speech, you get to master what you want to say and even make tweaks to improve it. This will also help as you try to establish a flexible message that will accommodate some unexpected questions or issues that might be raised as you deliver your motivational speech.
• Leave them inspired and wanting more – The main goal of your motivational speech should be to motivate and inspire them to make changes. Conclude your speech in a way that would make them want to know more, do more, and be more.
• Play on your audience's curiosity – With people's attention spans getting shorter by the minute, it is important to find ways to keep their attention as much as you can. Ask them stimulating questions, tell jokes, arouse their interest, play videos, and tell stories. These are just some of the most effective things that might just catch their attention and keep it for as long as your speech.
• Establish your authority – Tell them why you are qualified to talk to them about the specific topic you are discussing. Credibility is an effective tool to catch and keep your audience's attention and you can establish your authority by telling stories relevant to what you are talking about.
• Be alive – Keep yourself upbeat and alive, especially when speaking to very young audiences. There's a reason why huge purple dinosaurs and mascots appeal to them. However, remember to tone down the goofy and the over-excitement when speaking to "more mature" kids.
• Practice your speech – Practice makes perfect is a tired cliché but it is just as effective as it was first uttered. By practicing your speech, you get to master what you want to say and even make tweaks to improve it. This will also help as you try to establish a flexible message that will accommodate some unexpected questions or issues that might be raised as you deliver your motivational speech.
• Leave them inspired and wanting more – The main goal of your motivational speech should be to motivate and inspire them to make changes. Conclude your speech in a way that would make them want to know more, do more, and be more.
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