Five Steps to a Successful Motivational Speech

The Steps below are based on Monroe's model.

• Get your audience to listen.

Like an introduction to a speech or an essay, you may open your speech with a question or q quote from a notable person to get the attention of your listeners. Mention the importance of your message and enumerate the main benefits to stir curiosity.

• Get your Audience to feel a need or want.

Affirm and justify a need for change and explain its relation or connection to them. Associate the issue or problem to the values, attitudes, interests and needs of the listeners.

• Tell your audience how they can fill their need or want

Meet with their needs by providing interesting facts of your plan to substantiate how you solution works.

• Get your audience to see the benefit of the solution.

Dwell on the benefits as these are the central points of your motivational speech topic. Point out examples, anecdotes, comparison, statistics, and visual aids expound details on what's in it for them.

• Illustrate to your audience how they can put your ideas into Practice.

By following the steps, once can be sure that the speech that he or she is delivering would be motivating, upbuilding, and inspirational.

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