For me the most effective public speakers have been those who are able to put a lot of passion in their speeches. When you can tell that a person believes in what they are discussing and is knowledgeable on the topic it makes what they are saying so much more effective. Those who are able to make their topic relatable to their audience are very effective as well. Frequent eye contact helps the audiences stay more involved in their speech, it makes them think that you really know what t is your talking about. Unfortunatly I've had to listen to more ineffective speakers than effective ones.
The most ineffective public speaker I've listened to spoke in a very monotone voice and fumbled over her words very often. She used words such as like and um so often that I found myself not listening to what she was saying but counting how often she used those words. Whether or not I was interested in the topic she was discussing to begin with didn't seem to matter, no matter how hard I tried to pay attention I just couldn't stay focused on the subject, there were too many other distractions.
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