Made this presentation with fellow MBA students Bruce, Jessica, Chloe, Gerris at the University of San Francisco.

1. Powerful Speakers
& their communication strategies
Bruce, Chloe, Gerris, Jessica & Malvika

2. Powerful & inspiring speakers...
Relate to audience
Have passion & energy
Call to action

3. Adolf
Hitler
–
Energy
that
steered
a
na4on…
to
collec4ve
madness.

4. Hitler for our use
Conviction & Energy
Believe in what you are
saying
Unity, rich & poor
united in post-war
depression
USF Students Unite!
Crowd Psychology
We are not satisfied!
Practiced
Poses
Deliberate
Tension Use your
pauses

5. Barack
Obama
I have 4 tips to
share with you.

6. Body Language
Textbook perfect posture
• Stands tall and straight
• Perceives self-confidence but not arrogant
• Arms move, body orientation does not
• First point - right with a rise
• Closing - left with a fall
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7. Voice
Powerful speaking voice
• Each word clearly
• Loud, strong, assertive, clear
• Distance from microphone
• Limited pitch range: convey passion
2

8. Content, content, content
• Anticipate what the audience is thinking
o Understand both sides of the argument
o Anticipate opposing questions and
concerns
• Talk about audience concerns
o Define a situation audience face
o Get acknowledgement/attention
o Lead them to key points
Message3

9. Play with Words
• Master of repetition
o Repeats Key phrases
o i.e. Dr. King’s “I have a dream”
• Parallel construction
o Link and relate key points
o i.e. It’s not because of this, it’s not
because of that
Delivery4

10. Cory Booker
Background + Accomplishments:
-Stanford grad, Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law…
-Mayor of Newark, NJ
-First Black senator from New Jersey

11. Speaking Style
•Passionate
•Strong hand gestures
•Pitch, Power, Pace
•Crowd awareness

12. Oprah Winfrey
•American television host, actress, and
producer
•Best known for her self-titled, multi-award
winning talk show, first black female to
host her own show
•The highest rated program of its kind in
history, received more than 40 daytime
Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk
Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host

13. Speech Analysis
•Harvard University Commencement Speech in 2003
•Delivery techniques
Voice
Body language
Facial expression
•Rhetorical techniques
Repetition and Exemplification
Humor
The end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwS6ye5Pn0Y

14. Questions &
thoughts?