Making sure everything runs according to schedule is a huge part of event planning. An event that drags on too long will exhaust your attendees, while an event that ends too quickly will leave them unsatisfied. A speech presentation operates under the same lines. You’ll want to coordinate with your speaker to guarantee their speech fits within your time frame while having a positive impact on the audience.
But how long should an ideal speech be? It’s a hard duration to define. While experienced speakers will have a good sense of timing, you should also have an idea of how much time you want to dedicate to their presentation. This will allow you to keep the event organized and moving at a steady pace.
The short answer to the above question is that there really isn’t an ideal speech length at all. In fact, the duration of the speech isn’t as important as its quality and impact. What’s important are ideas that engage the audience and are memorable enough to influence them long after the speech is over. This means getting and keeping the audience’s attention by engaging them on an emotional level.
No matter the subject matter of the speech, the speaker must stay focused on the topic at hand. Nothing deters an audience’s attention more than aimless rambling and tiresome tangents. Additionally, asking the audience to multi-task by giving them too many things to remember will detract from the speech’s main theme.
So what this adds up to is, the quality of the speech is most important, but going too long will inevitably cause an audience to lose interest by becoming unfocused or asking them to hold on to too many ideas at once. The best speakers can go dozens of minutes by breaking up their speeches into discrete sections, but it’s unlikely you have time to invest in an hour-long speaking endeavor. A good rule of thumb is to keep a speech within 10 minutes—or less, if your speaker can achieve what they want in a shorter time.
Communicate with your speaker the length of time you want to dedicate to their presentation, keeping in mind your audience’s needs and the ability of the presenter.
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