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Mind Mapping is simply a technique for translating these mental ideas to paper. We have snatches of ideas … a quotation here … a statistic there … an interesting article we read recently … a funny anecdote … a bar of music running through your head … the start of an idea for a powerful conclusion … When preparing a speech, we don’t think in terms of points and sub-points. You may have even learned how to prepare speeches that way – either writing them out word for word or writing outlines with the main points, then sub-points, then sub-sub points and so on.īut that is not how the mind works.

How to use “Mind mapping” to prepare powerful speeches:įrom the time we enter primary school, we’re taught to organize our thoughts in a ‘linear’ fashion – line by line, left to right, top to bottom on the page. Make sure the conclusion ties in with the introduction / title!

Third sub-point (just another 20-30 seconds).

That's the essence of your message, so start there. Some people say: Start with the Conclusion. Once you've got a theme / topic for your speech, divide it as follows: If you think you can do that and you can think of 10-15 thirty-second topics, well then, you've got a 5-7 minute speech. But do you think you can speak for 20-30 seconds on a topic? We all get intimidated by having to speak for 5-7 minutes.

3 Use mind maps instead of linear notesįive minutes too much? How about 30s?.

1 Five minutes too much? How about 30s?.