How We Speak in Public. Oratory Exercises

Expressing ourselves verbally in a convincing way is something we all want, it is something we all want to do and can do. To succeed, however, depends on ourselves, on the decision to do so. In this compendium, which you now have in hand, you will find the tools of persuasive oratory. Use them, because they can be yours too. Practice and you will be successful in convincing verbal communication.
The speaker is not born, it is made, even if it is certain that some are born in the best conditions or are endowed to do so, to transmit emotions and ideas, so as to convince and lead. However, it is not enough; the speaker is made, although we admit that we do not all start from the same level or degree in the ascent to effective oratory. Whoever has doubts, to follow the example of the historian Demosthenes (Athenian politician and orator, (384 ‑322 BC), considered the most persuasive orator in the history of mankind, who, to become an orator, had to overcome his severe physical deficiencies, among which, his weak voice and stammering speech, for which he had come to be teased, but thanks to his study and perseverance, he became a convincing orator and delivered the famous Philippian and Olintic speeches, among other memorable oratory works.
This compendium can help you reach your goal and communicate verbally in an effective way. It contains important elements to accompany you in the fight you are waging with stage fright, the evil that affects us all.
The book “How we speak in public. Oratory exercises” is structured on 15 chapters in which the best strategies are presented to guarantee the learning of speaking skills, studying at home, without a teacher, in a very short time. The paper contains enough information and exercises that will help you become a speaker. Even if just reading doesn't make you a speaker, you will succeed by practicing yourself. Here are the mechanisms and exercises. If you decide and act accordingly, the triumph will be in your hands.
After publishing "Speaker's Notes" and seeing the success of the first five editions of the "Speaker's Handbook, to Persuade and Eliminate Fear" - both published in Spanish - I now publish this compendium in Romanian. , thanks to the valuable contribution of the journalist Elena Chirita, whom I had the privilege of meeting at my persuasive oratory course in Venezuela.
Effective speaking is an advantage, use it to your advantage. The book you have now can help you. Get started!

Caracas, Venezuela
June 22, 2012
Paciano Padron

 

Dear reader,

Did you know that public speaking is personal marketing for your career and life success?
Congratulations on deciding to choose this book that will help you discover the secrets of public speaking. "How we speak in public. Oratory Exercises” is a work for the first time for Romania.
The exercises in this manual will allow you to gradually assimilate the knowledge and acquire the skills you need to remove stage fright. The method of learning without a teacher, tested by millions of people, is the shortest path to personal development. Try it too! Give yourself at least 30 minutes each day to familiarize yourself with the secrets of persuasive communication. Talking, especially talking a lot, does not mean communicating, it does not mean being a good speaker. Don't confuse conversation with speech.
Professor Paciano Padron, through the theoretical notions and practical exercises presented in this manual, specially prepared for the beginner speaker, will help you to have courage and confidence, to speak convincingly in front of a single interlocutor or in front of a large audience. If you follow the steps recommended by the author of this book, you will be convinced that oratory is not just the privilege of great actors. Regardless of your school training, your job or your age, in the absence of communication skills, your professional career will be modest, without brilliant results.
There are people who are proud of the hundreds of books read, miles of reading, but, unfortunately, they can not boast of the practice of public speaking. Shy people are below their level of professional training, below the real capacity.
Every day, on radio or TV, we hear people talking about political, social, economic and academic projects that have failed due to the lack of persuasive communication, a disease of Romanian leaders. At the same time, shyness makes many victims among pupils and students.
This practical oratory manual is your chance to assert yourself professionally.
Practice and we assure you that you will not regret it.

Elena Chirita

FOREWORD / 9

CHAPTER I
Persuasive oratory for success / 13

CHAPTER II
Persuasive oratory is the voice that communicates / 23

CHAPTER III
We talk with the eyes: eye contact / 31

CHAPTER IV
We speak with the body: bodily expression / 41

CHAPTER V
We talk to the lungs: abdominal breathing / 49

CHAPTER VI
The Decalogue of Persuasive Discourse / 57

CHAPTER VII
Read speech and improvised speech / 65

CHAPTER VIII
The speaker is not born, he is made / 73

CHAPTER IX
Effective speaker attitude / 81

CHAPTER X
The speaker learns to live with stage fright / 89

CHAPTER XI
The speaker overcomes the endogenous and exogenous factors that disturb him / 99

CHAPTER XII
Effective speech / 109

CHAPTER XIII
A type of oratory for each activity / 119

CHAPTER XIV
Speaker on the radio, on TV and in front of journalists / 129

CHAPTER XV
Persuasive oratory for administration and leadership / 139

Bibliography / 149