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I thought about naming this episode “537 Reasons Why Your Political Speech Should Have 3 Main Points” but I was afraid it would scare you away. But how often have you heard a speech that seemed like it had 537 points? This seems to especially be the case with political speeches. In today’s episode I want to encourage you that the next time you have to give a speech try to limit yourself only three main points.
Now in keeping with this advice I am going to structure the podcast today with three main points. We are going to talk about the following three main points.
- Why you should use only three main points.
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Reasons why people use more (many more) than three points
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How to structure your speech using three main points.
Reasons to use only three main points
- It’s easy for you to organize and remember your speech.
- Three points is an easy number for your audience to remember.
- Three points is enough to show your competence.
- You don’t want to bore/annoy/frustrate your audience.
- Emphasize strong points.
Reasons why speakers use more than three points
- The speaker is unprepared.
- The speaker is trying to impress.
- Because the speaker is insecure and is trying to “prove” themselves to the audience.
- If some proof is good, even more is better right?
- The endless resume
- “I’m a good speaker”
How the three point speech works
Obviously the structure of a three point speech is fairly straight forward.
- Introduction
- Main Point One – Supporting Points
- Main Point Two – Supporting Points
- Main Point three – Supporting Points
- Summary and Conclusion
- Shut Up
The three points allow you to develop contrast. Typically you would arrange three points like this.
- Strong Point
- Weaker Point
- Strongest Point
Another form of three point speech addresses a specific problem and solution.
- Problem Statement
- Compounding Problem
- Solution
Regardless of what form you use, pick three points that are relevant to your audience and deliver with confidence!
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