subject: What Are The Various Styles Of Speakers You Can Select For An After Dinner Speech? [print this page] What Are The Various Styles Of Speakers You Can Select For An After Dinner Speech?
There are many types of speaker available. What speaker you choose depends on a number of factors. For a start, where is your event being held? If it is in a pub, then perhaps the event is a little more low key. If on the other hand you need a speaker for a business conference, you will probably be looking for a more prestigious speaker. The second big factor deciding on a speaker would be the audience. For your sales team, choose a motivational or inspirational speaker. On the other hand, for a casual event for entertaining clients, you may wish to opt for a sports speaker to talk about their past achievements. Motivational speakers do as their title suggests. Motivational speakers motivate people and get them going. Very often the only thing holding people back from achieving things is their own negativity. There is no magic wand for motivational speakers- they tell it as it is. What they do is replace the negative thoughts with positive ones. Positive thinking people involve themselves in positive activity. Many techniques are employed. Psychology is a popular theory. NLP being a large example of one of the techniques being used. Other motivational speakers differ in that they are far more hands on. They get the audience on stage, and make them face their fears. The delivery of a sports speaker is normally a little more laid back. Many sports speakers are ex footballers. Jimmy Greaves, for example is a popular after dinner speaker. If you are a football fan, what can be more entertaining than an ex-professional recall past memories? From a sports speaker you can learn what it was really like in the dressing room. Depending on the sports speaker, the speech is normally delivered in a humorous fashion. Some speakers are purely for comedic purposes. If for example you are entertaining guests, then what better choice than a comedy speaker. Making your guests laugh is going to be a better idea than a business speakers. Comedy speakers normally come before the main speaker to warm the audience up. Comedy speakers are there to make an audience laugh, although sometimes they use this to deliver a serious message. You can expect a far more serious approach from business speakers. Though they specialise in a wide area of topics, business speakers normally come from one specific area of business, such as marketing. To be informative is the main role of a business speaker. A business speaker therefore normally educates the audience on an area of business. Inspirational speakers are not too dissimilar to motivational speakers. A big achievement is normally the tell tale sign of an inspirational speaker. Usually this is completely against the odds. This gives the power to be an inspiration to the audience. Their achievements often put one's own achievements into perspective and make us want to achieve more. Whatever your event or audience, it's very important to pick the right speaker. Think about your budget, and what you want to achieve from the event. If you are putting on a larger event, then you always have the option of having more than one speaker to balance out the day.
