Roland Millward

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When you reach the end of your public talk or presentation you will need a good conclusion.

The conclusion of your talk is very important. I often refer to the fact that the two most important parts of a talk is the introduction and conclusion. The conclusion of your talk is probably the part of your talk that your audience are most likely to remember because it is the last of what you say. Here you need to drive home to your audience the things that you want them to remember and motivate them to take any required action.

Your conclusion to be effective needs to be relatively brief. You need to make sure that it is in direct relation to the theme of your talk. It can be beneficial to summarise in a few sentences that theme and what you have discussed. It is good to relate back to your opening introduction. If your opening statement raised a question, you will want to show how you have answered that question.

The conclusion needs to be very well well prepared so that it will be delivered with confidence and will stand out as a high point of the talk. I can say that the conclusion and introduction are the most difficult to get right so you will spend a greater proportion of time on these than the main body of your talk. Your listeners should be moved by what you say and so you need to use the words that will do that. Therefore practice, practice, practice until you have it right.

During the Intensive Speaking Course we give a lot of consideration to Conclusions.

Roland Millward

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