Despite the best laid plans, unexpected events happen at the last minute, and you will have to adjust. The food may be late, the crowd smaller than expected, the lights dimmer than you wanted. While most annoying situations can be eliminated by preparation, sometimes you just have to be flexible and adjust at the last moment. However, there are a couple of speech situations into which you may be thrust, as a public speaker. Let’s review these: the impromptu remarks and the introduction.
Impromptu Remarks
There are those occasions when the emcee says “Maybe our speaker would like to give us a few words on …” You have just been asked to give an impromptu speech—the most difficult of all speeches because you have not had ...
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