Should I read my speech to make sure I don't make any mistakes.
Well if you ask any presentation coach this is probably the question we get.
That drives us bonkers the most it's virtually impossible to read a speech without by definition making
a mistake.
You've destroyed all eye contact with the audience.
You've become boring bland most likely monotone.
Now it is true.
There are some people who are good at reading that speech.
Ronald Reagan was good at reading a speech.
I've seen Dan Rather read his speech well but guess what.
He was reading teleprompter copy and reading scripts every day for 60 years.
If you're reading scripts every day for 60 years you'll probably get good at it.
But for most people businesspeople people in public life political life.
It's really not a good idea to read a speech because it instantly hand-cuffs you destroys your eye contact
robs you of natural rhythm in your voice makes you sound phoney contrived and it just evens out the
towns the volumes the speed the pitch.
It makes things too consistent and that's boring.
So you may think it's safe to read because that way you will forget something.
But if you destroy people's ability to pay attention because they've fallen asleep it's actually not
safe at all.
Reading his speech in Miami was actually the riskiest thing you could ever do.
If your goal is to actually communicate.