Characteristics of bad public speakers

Congratulations! You have set your sights on a lofty goal, to be one of the worst public speakers imaginable. It will take a while and it will take a lot of practice, but if you do your best to be the worst, soon no one will want to hear you speak in public. Follow these simple rules and you’ll soon develop a reputation for being one of the worst public speakers out there.

1) Mumbling and speaking in a low voice: Good public speakers want their messages to be clear and precise, easy for listeners to follow, so to be the worst you have to be as incomprehensible as possible. Murmur when you speak and speak quietly, so that none of your listeners can hear what you are saying or understand your words. If even the front row of your listeners has to bow to hear you, you’re doing a great job.

2) Avoid contact with eyes: The last thing you want to do is look at the audience; They may misunderstand something you’ve said, or at least think that you really want to connect with them. Instead, look almost everywhere else; the ceiling, your shoes, the walls, or behind you, away from the audience (perfect if you have a blackboard or whiteboard to look at all the time). Whenever you look elsewhere than at the audience, they will get the hint that you are not really interested in them.

3) Move constantly while talking: Whether it’s a simple twitch or a dizzying pace up and down the stage or other public speaking area, you need to make sure you never stop moving. Not just walking calmly or doing some hand gestures; he wants to move frantically and unpredictably, one minute circling the stage, the next minute waving his arms at random. At no point do you want your movements to have anything to do with what you are talking about; the less sense your actions make, the better.

4) Don’t practice beforehand: The first time you deliver your speech should be when you are on stage, looking at an enthusiastic audience who expect you to speak like a professional. Even if you are an expert on speech material (and why would you give a speech about something you know when you are trying to give a bad speech?), If you don’t practice what you want to say, be sure to struggle with speech, making long pauses while trying to find the words you’re looking for, and fill the speech with ums and ahs.

5) Don’t write your speech: Since we’re on the subject, you definitely don’t want to write your speech or any notes on what you want to say. If you have notes, you can stay on track with your speech, cover the material you want to cover, and generally stay on track. If you have papers on you during your speech (perfect if you need something to look at instead of your audience), make them random and disorganized, flipping through at regular intervals, and reading the most boring and irrelevant parts throughout your speech. .

There you go; If you want to be a horrible, heinous, and downright bad public speaker, all you have to do is follow these simple rules, and anyone in your audience will recognize you as the worst speaker. Keep it up for a few speeches and no one will ask you to speak again! (Or, you could do the exact opposite of what this article says and end up giving a pretty solid and well-loved speech. Why would you want to do that, I don’t know, but the possibility is there if you want.)