Significance Of Addressing Gatherings - Part 1
Delivering a speech is not an easy task, you have to plan your presentation well in advance so that your talk is understood, appreciated and remains in the minds of your audience for long time. Irrespective of what profession you might follow, there may come a moment when you have to deliver a talk in front of a gathering.
It could be anything: an office presentation, board meeting, club function, raising toast at a friend’s wedding etc. But you must not fumble on these occasions. You must be well trained and ready for such an eventuality.
Oration is not something discovered to make life hell for students or insult people in front of their contemporaries. Addressing gatherings have been common since time immemorial.
But it didn’t get the status of a formal profession or even education qualification. But history is witness to the number of manuals and books that have been written on this subject. The first one was perhaps written 4,500 years ago in Egypt. The advise that book gives is relevant even today. Most of the guidelines of public speaking can be traced back to Greek philosopher Aristotle (circa 3rd century BC). Some rules in this field have not changed in several hundred years. Leaders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi etc used the same techniques listed by Aristotle and succeeded.
