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Concluding Your Speech

Discover the essential criteria for successful speech conclusions, including achieving closure, making an impact, and allocating the right amount of time. Learn effective closing techniques such as using quotations, telling anecdotes, and calling for action. Enhance your speeches with these tips and leave a lasting impression on your audience.

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Concluding Your Speech

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  1. Concluding Your Speech The Better Speaker Series 271

  2. Criteria for Successful Conclusions Achieve a sense of closure Make an impact Take five to 10 percent of the entire speech time

  3. Closing Techniques Use a quotation Adds authority Amuses listeners Dramatize your speech

  4. Closing Techniques Tell a short story or anecdote Develop quickly Make it short Reinforce your message

  5. Closing Techniques Call for action Clearly explain what action the audience should take.

  6. Closing Techniques Ask a rhetorical question “You may ask, ‘Can we afford to do this?’ I ask, ‘Can we afford not to?’”

  7. Closing Techniques Refer to the beginning of the speech “I began my remarks by reviewing the challenges our company must confront.”

  8. Closing Techniques Summarize your main points Repetition reinforces your message.

  9. Tips for Success Memorize your conclusion End on time Refrain from adding new points

  10. Conclusion "Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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