Presenting skills in  your personal life?

 

🗣️ Can presenting skills come in handy in your personal life? Most definitely! For instance, if you are giving a speech at an event such as a wedding 👰 —an honor I recently had .

How do you prepare and deliver it?

Just like any other speech.

☝ Keep your audience in mind—in this case, the person whose wedding it is. That is the only person who has to enjoy the speech, and if others enjoy it, that’s an added bonus.

🤘 Make it personal—use some personal stories and put some emotions into it. Humour is always a great choice.

🤟 Keep it short.

The last thing—be ready for unexpected applause. If you are a scientist like me, you’re used to finishing your talk before getting any claps. But at a wedding, you never know—you may get a standing ovation before you even finish your speech, so be ready for it (and don’t be like me, who got all confused over such a wonderful reaction 😂).