ON CLOSING A SPEECH
Most professional speakers will end a speech with some call to action from their audience. Here are a few great and memorable closers from US leaders.
• “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” –John F. Kennedy
• “Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
• “Only if you have been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” –Richard Nixon, “Au Revoir” speech
The Coach believes . . . Nothing is learned until it is used. What do you ask people to do at the conclusion of your speech? (call to action)
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