Develop Your Communication Skills
Most fundraisers and many volunteers are invited to be guest speakers for their charities. This involves delivering speeches to a wide variety of groups, whether small or large. These could include colleges or universities, schools, businesses, community and church or faith groups. These groups are usually truly interested in the work of the charity concerned, and speaking in public to to them is a great opportunity to showcase your charity and highlight to them what your charity is about and what your charity’s needs are. Good communication skills certainly help!
Make a Good impression!
Within a charity, there may be specific people who are used to giving speeches, and most likely this will be the Fundraisers and Marketing staff, as well as Volunteers and Senior staff. Not everyone is a born Public Speaker, and not everyone is confident with their own communication skills, yet making a good impression on your audience is so important for your charity.
Click in the box at the end of this page to download our 10 Top Tips for Charity Speakers, which we hope will inspire you to make great presentations!
Good Books for Public Speakers
Public speaking is all about confidence! For those who continue
to feel nervous, we have suggested some good books below, which may
help to boost your confidence and help you give that speech with
the "Wow" factor! Help is at hand through a wide range of books on
public speaking. See our list below:
(Please note these links click through to Amazon, where the
books can be reviewed and purchased. The books are also available
at other reputable book sellers)
Public Speaking and Presentations For
Dummies
by Malcolm Kuhner and Rob Yeung
The Oxford Union Guide to Successful Public
Speaking
by Dominic Hughes and Benedict Phillips.
Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: Dynamic Techniques for
Turning Fear, Indecision, and Anger into Power, Action, and
Love
by Susan Jeffers.
The Little Book Of Confidence
by Susan
Jeffers
High Impact Speeches:How to Write and Deliver Words that Move
Minds
by Richard Heller
