A good public speaker always knows his material while giving a speech. The speaker must always have complete knowledge of the subject on which he is speaking. After all, a mechanic can’t talk about the proper way to cook a steak.

The speaker must be an expert on the subject on which he is going to give a speech. This is really important as the audience needs to feel that the speaker is well informed. If a speaker wants to be seen as a great public speaker, then he must know his trade well enough.

Here are three steps that will help you learn your speaking material for an oral presentation or public speech:

1. Make a scheme.

Any oral or public presentation is like a battle for the speaker and it is foolish to fight a battle without any preparation. In order for his presentation to be interesting and informative, he must arrange all the necessary equipment well in advance of the day of the presentation. Research and accumulate all the material you want to study to make your presentation. Read all the material and make important points that may be useful in your presentation.

So you can read those points but don’t memorize them as if you forgot something during the presentation then your whole speech will be ruined. When preparing a speech, being spontaneous is the best option. But you also need to sound knowledgeable as you speak because you may have to answer a few questions about your presentation and you need to sound confident when answering them. You may seem anxious, if you don’t know the subject well.

2. Review the actual speech output.

Once the speech is prepared, you should review your entire presentation one more time. Make sure you have covered all the important points in your speech or not. For example, suppose you have to give a speech on Hybrid Technology, even though you have discussed all the technical terms and other aspects of the technology, but you have forgotten to give examples of this technology. These types of omissions must be corrected.

It is very important to pay due attention to all aspects of the topic you are going to talk about, as it is possible that your audience will ask you about something that you forgot to mention.

3. Rehearse and master your final material.

While you are assigned responsibility for any submission, you will be informed of the duration of the submission. Therefore, you should rehearse the entire presentation beforehand to ensure that it runs for only the required amount of time. If your presentation is long, you can shorten it or add a few bullet points if it is too short.

Rehearsing also helps us gain confidence as by listening to ourselves giving the speech, we get an idea about the actual presentation and can also improve any flaws in our speech.