Chapter 2 Speech: The Words You Say

Abstract

Simply put, speech is what you say in a presentation. A speech targeted to the audience is essential for a presentation’s success. Consider J. Robert Oppenheimer’s early lectures given at California-Berkeley in 1929. Only 25 years old, but already well known for his work on the quantum theory, Oppenheimer began his teaching that first semester with a class full of eager graduate students. Halfway through the semester, though, the number of students registered for his course had dropped to one.