Redundancy - again

Recently a woman addressed a crowd at the end of a long meeting to announce a future event she was running for the organization. Even though she knew she had 1 minute to say the name of the event, time, date, location and a short description of it, she so frequently repeated herself that the announcement took far longer. If she had written her announcement out ahead of time and deleted all the repetitive phrases, she would have been far more effective as a speaker. Why are people so repetitive? One man explained that he was worried he had not explained himself clearly enough, so he wanted to try again to make sure people understood his ideas. Other people have no idea that they are so repetitive, while a few just enjoy being in front of a group and maybe subconsciously want it to last as long as possible. As the leader of a group, you can help group members by asking that announcements about future activities be written on the website, handed out on a one paper someone assembles before the meeting for people to take with them, or written down ahead of time and read from, in the interests of being complete and concise. If you are a public speaker, whether a clergy person or a subject expert in another capacity, write out the keywords and record yourself speaking. Listen to the recording for redundancies. As an unknown sage said, "Be brief, be brilliant, and be seated" Business Speech Improvement provides intensive coaching in speaking skills. Specialties include American English pronunciation improvement for non-native speakers, presentation skills, executive communication, and more. Training is provided through small group seminars, individual coaching and e-books.