| (Ten Steps to Oratory Excellence continued from the previous page) Delivery is the essence of eloquence. It requires practice, discipline, drill and timing. You can be your own trainer. As you develop self-confidence, you put the audience at ease, or make them sit up. Your eye is in contact with the people, not the page. Your professional passion is contagious. There is a secret eleventh step. Remember, this speech, like all speeches, is written for the ear, not the eye. You, dear speech reader, can metaphorically jump back in ways no speech listener easily can. You are lending your eyes, not your ears, which are more perceptive and analytic organs. When Moses came down from the mountain with his moral directions, he spoke to the people of Israel. Nowhere does it say he found the need to provide a written summary of The Ten Commandments. What every audience needs is a sense of completion. It begins with a quiet, declarative sentence; it should build in a series of semicolons; it should employ the puissance of parallelism; it should reach to the farthest rafter and reverberate with the action and passion of our time, and – forgetting those silly rules of short sentences and banishments against self-adulation – it should connect with, no, grab each convention delegate by his or her lapels and shout to their hearts and souls to say, -- “This – this is the end of the best speech you will ever have the good fortune to experience.” (Instant, sustained applause punctuated by the occasional “Bravo” and the ever-present pundit punk who wrinkles his brow and wonders aloud, “But what was really said?”) |
NEW! Professional Development Meeting − March 15 PMI Westchester is pleased to announce a new program for members and non-members alike. Our first Professional Development Meeting will be held on March 15 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Everyone is welcome! The topic of our first Professional Development Meeting is Member Appreciation and PMP Recognition. Anita Dhir, Director of Professional Development for the PMI Westchester Chapter, will facilitate the meeting. PMI Westchester PMPs are encouraged to attend. Lisa Sanders will then run a workshop on developing your 90 Second Intro, a technique to help you network and meet fellow professionals. Afterwards, there will be plenty of time to practice your new skills during an extended networking session. Light refreshments (cookies and coffee) will be provided, and Lisa Sanders will play guitar for some background music. The meeting will be held at the PACE University Campus in Pleasantville NY in the Kessel Center − Butcher Suite. For directions, please see our website at www.pmiwestchester.org. |
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March 2004 |
PMI Westchester Critical Path Newsletter |
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