How To Memorize Speeches

Imagine your giving a speech in front of an audience and all your saying in “and um, uh….um” because you don’t remember the speech and this thing could affect your credibility and your rapport. On the other hand giving a speech, which you have memorized which you can deliver with confidence it will boost your performance.

Nevertheless, as we all know memorizing speeches is not easy it takes a great deal of time and effort. However, we can improve this by learning few principles that can help us in memorizing speeches in one month, one day or one minute.

1. Memorization works with existing cognitive structures: In other words, remember things by relating them to the things you already know.

2. Memory is aided by interest: If the topic of your speech is from of one your interest then it will be easy to memorize it.

3. Spaced repetition leads to memorization: Try to learn the speech in portions and repeat each portion with few breaks and then repeat the whole speech and doing this with few breaks in between.

Speech Memorization in One Month

This is the best possible period to memorize a speech but it is very unlikely to have this much time but this principle can be use for any speech when you have one week or more to memorize your speech.

Principle 1: Existing Cognitive Structures: As you have, a lot of time to work with you can start by creating a very general and broad outline for your speech. Then memorize it by learning it through repetition. In addition, each day add few details to this outline and learn it. If you fallow this step, you will see that in few days you will remember the speech like the back of your hand.

Principle 2: Interest: If you face some problem in memorizing your speech while using first principle then try to make your learning environment interesting and try to stay active while learning like you can walk while learning. In addition, this you can use your free time try to relate to the speech with the things of your interest.

Principle 3: Spaced Repetition: It is important to take breaks while learning and review the old data before moving to next data.

Speech Memorization in One Day

Despite the short time, the principles to memorizing the speech in a day is same as learn in a month.

Principle 1: Existing Cognitive Structures: As you have, one day to work with you can start by creating a very general and broad outline for your speech. Then memorize it by learning it through repetition. In addition, each hour add few details to this outline and learn it. If you fallow this step, you will see that in few hours you will remember the speech like the back of your hand.

Principle 2: Interest: If you face some problem in memorizing your speech while using first principle then try to make your learning environment interesting and try to stay active while learning like you can walk while learning. In addition, this you can use your free time try to relate to the speech with the things of your interest.

Principle 3: Spaced Repetition: It is important to take breaks while learning like in morning learn something then take a nap and then wake up and start by reviewing the old data before moving to next data.

Speech Memorization in One Minute

If you only have a minute or two to remember your speech, only one thing could be done

Principle 1: Existing Cognitive Structures: Use something that you already know and create a general structure for the speech and relate it to all the things around you and your interest.