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For great advice on how to introduce a speaker, look no further than Richard C. Borden\u2019s 1935 classic Public Speaking as Listeners Like It<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Answer the following four simple questions briefly and skillfully, and you will effortlessly create a pleasant harmony between subject, audience, occasion, and speaker.<\/p>\n

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  1. Why this subject?<\/li>\n
  2. Why this subject before this audience?<\/li>\n
  3. Why this subject before this audience at this time?<\/li>\n
  4. Why this subject before this audience at this time by this speaker?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is an example using the model. Needless to say, (although I\u2019m saying it), if you are writing a speech<\/a> to introduce a speaker, you need not verbalize the four questions that are bolded.<\/p>\n

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    1. Why this subject?<\/strong> Everywhere I go these days, people are using the word story<\/em> when they talk about presentations.<\/li>\n
    2. Why this subject before this audience?<\/strong> Since you are a reader of this blog, you no doubt find yourself giving presentations and introducing speakers on a regular basis.<\/li>\n
    3. Why this subject before this audience at this time?<\/strong> The popularity of storytelling is at an all-time high. Stories are omnipresent in every human culture, including every business culture. And while stories are entertaining and persuasive, they are in some situations over-simplifications of complex realities. In fact, stories are often convenient fictions–the most dangerous things there are, especially when a great mass of people believe them.<\/li>\n
    4. Why this subject before this audience at this time by this speaker?<\/strong> James Dunkel is a Professor of Rhetoric at Parthenon University. He has tracked the vagaries of rhetorical style through the ages, and believes that the pendulum is about to swing back, against story-telling, in favor of reasoned argument. Please welcome Professor James Dunkel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      And now, in addition to the four pointers on how to write a good speech of introduction, here are five pointers on missteps to avoid in your delivery of your introduction.<\/p>\n

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      1. Avoid all moldy, clich\u00e9d phrases such as: \u201cIt is indeed an honor\u2026a man who needs no introduction.\u201d<\/li>\n
      2. Don\u2019t embarrass the speaker with extravagant promises of her oratorical brilliance.<\/li>\n
      3. Don\u2019t exaggerate your speaker\u2019s qualifications.<\/li>\n
      4. Don\u2019t give the speaker false starts like, \u201cand so I take great pleasure in introducing Ms. Paula Prolix [Ms. Prolix stands up]\u2026a woman who is eminently qualified\u2026\u201d [Ms. Prolix sits back down.]<\/li>\n
      5. Don\u2019t try to steal the show by showing off your own speaking chops.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Follow these \u201cDo\u2019s\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019ts\u201d and your introductions will be short, elegant and instructive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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