tips on memorizing a speech

[Artist]

I need to do this speech tomorrow and i have 0 clue how to memorize it

imma need some tips if you have any ?

this is the section of the speech I need to memorize

Spoiler

In basic SEAL training, I learned 10 lessons. The first one was bed making?hopefully this will be of value to you as you move forward in life.

Every morning in basic SEAL training, my instructors, who at the time were all Vietnam veterans, would show up in my barracks room and the first thing they would inspect was your bed. If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers pulled tight, the pillow centered just under the headboard and the extra blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack ? that's Navy talk for bed.

It was a simple task, but every morning we were required to make our bed to perfection. It seemed a little ridiculous at the time, particularly in light of the fact that were aspiring to be real warriors, tough battle-hardened SEALs, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proven to me many times over.

If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter. If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.

And, if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made ? that you made ? and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.

thanks

 

[Damniel]

I'd memorize the major points of the speech, and just build on it. The words will start coming to you as long as you have a game plan.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

Practice each part at a time. Just repeatedly read a few lines and once you feel comfortable with one part you can move onto the next.

 

[Llust]

talking out loud in different tones for each sentence helps me memorize long speeches or presentations. the weird tones get stuck in my head and so do the words that came out with them. or you can add commentary to each sentence to help you remember. just as an example, i remember in 3rd grade when i was being taught mean, median and mode. whenever i was told to find the mean, you know how you just add everything then divide. back then, that was a lot of work for me bc we didnt have calculators and i hated doing it bc of all the work - so in my mind, id just be like ugh this question is being so 'mean' to me bc i have to do so much work. its a pretty stupid example, but i hope you get what i mean by this

 

[RainbowCherry]

Someone told me that a great way to memorise things was to make tunes of paragraphs and practice them until you memorised them. Your speech seems to be quite short, so you should be able to do it if you want...?

 

[Beardo]

Imagery helps me. Make a plot outline in your head, and practice each point as its own section. Images to go with each part, or a word that triggers your mind to go "Oh, this is what's next", is how I do it.

 

[Javocado]

Break it down into verses and sing it out.

 

[Isabella]

if it has to be word for word you just gotta read it over and over again, but if you're going to be improvising it and saying the speech like in a presentation i would say take note cards and write the major points so you can remember them, but yeah definitely practice more than once and maybe record it.

 

[Bowie]

Can't you print it out? Most of the time it's considered more professional to read from a speech from something you've wrote beforehand. I'm surprised they're disallowing you to do it that way.

 

[enchilada]

don't try to memorize it or it'll appear fake/ungenuine to your audience (this is bad)

what you have to do is break your speech down into parts, maybe make some notecards

in your first part you would start with your intro

-10 things you learned in SEAL training...

then hit them with your main topic like

-the first was bed making

then you yourself have to explain your experience to your audience, use visual words and stuff like you did, try to do this impromptu vs memorizing, like a story

"Every morning in basic SEAL training, my instructors..."

then tell them why making your bed is important, how it may help you

-It will give you a small sense of pride...

and finally just finish with a closing statement or something that'll leave a lasting impression

"If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed"

so yeah just try to memorize the main points, not so much the whole speech or else you risk looking artificial or even worse you risk forgetting everything from being nervous

 

[toadsworthy]

if it has to be word for word you just gotta read it over and over again, but if you're going to be improvising it and saying the speech like in a presentation i would say take note cards and write the major points so you can remember them, but yeah definitely practice more than once and maybe record it.

yeah literally this.... I was a tour guide for my university and I just stood on a table in the middle of a lounge and recited all the info I had to remember to friends! also make it important to you, it was always easier to remember if I came up with reasons why the info was important to get to my audience

 

[DJStarstryker]

I'd memorize the major points of the speech, and just build on it. The words will start coming to you as long as you have a game plan.

This. You don't need to memorize your speech word for word. If you're allowed to have notecards, write some words or phrases (not full sentences) if you need to.

 

[radioloves]

Memorize the really imoortant parts and remember them by each stanza like a poem, have a good main idea and follow through about your speech. And if anything that goes wrong at least then you will have some back up cx

 

[helloxcutiee]

Practice is the key to success.

 

[visibleghost]

focus on the key points, if you are able to you should take just a few notes with bulletpoints. other than that I think you should read it a lot