7 tips to tell an inspiring poem or story to end your speech

Identify the key lines, intimate parts and memorable parts, and recite it.

And here are seven tips to tell an inspiring poem or story to end your speech:

1. 1. You have to slow down and add emotion and drama to your words.

   2. Raise your voice on a key line of the poem, and then drop it when you’re saying something that is intimate and emotional.

   3. Pick up the tempo occasionally as you go through the story or poem, but then slow down on the most memorable parts.

   4. Especially, double the number of pauses you normally use in a conversation.

   5. Use dramatic pauses at the end of a line to allow the audience to digest the words and catch up with you.

   6. Smile if the line is funny and be serious if the line is more thought provoking or emotional.

   7. When you come to the end of your talk, be sure to bring your voice up on the last line, rather than letting it drop. Remember the “exclamation point” at the end.

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