It may seem weird, but some of Britain’s well known politicians all received tuition and lessons to enhance public speaking skills. Politicians are known for the way they speak and their mannerisms and we often see commonalities between Prime ministers (many argue that Cameron imitated Blair). But its important to know that these were not skills that politicians were born with, they like the rest of us spent time accruing this skill and developing their confidence. And even now some aren’t the clearest of speakers !
Posture, hand gesture and tone of voice are all paramount to a good political speech. However, it is equally important that politicians come across as genuine talking about real life situations with a real sense of compassion. There is no doubt that writing a political speech and performing it is challenging, it requires a balance of so many different attributes.
This article below offers some top tips, and the ideas can be applied to a range of different scenarios including work in journalism and even in any interview for a job.
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