ENTERTAINMENT

SPEECH
MOTIVATION

Divide the group, each group

may have 3 members.
In the book entitled, “Lend Me Your Ears, by Max
Atkinson stated,
“The Customer is always right” may have become a
standard motto in the world of business.
In the presentation, the Audience is the Speaker’s only
Customer.
But, how can the “Speaker’s Customers” be served if
they are so rested, sleepy and relaxed that they seem
unprepared to be recepients of the message of
someone orating behind a podium?
ENTERTAINMENT SPEECH is….
■ Significant
■ A speech that makes viewpoint through the creative, organized use of
the speaker’s wit.
■ Distinguishes from other speeches is the amusement value.
■ It is usually given on an occasion where people are in light mode just
like after a luncheon or dinner at a meeting or a banquet.
■ This is also reffered to as After-dinner speech.
■ Its primary goal is not to inform or persuade, but to create an
amusement.
■ Speech to entertain is different from speaking to entertain.
■ A speech to entertain still informs or persuades but said speech is
cloaked with humor, otherwise, it will just be merely a comedy show
which is an example of speaking to entertain.
Guideline to Entertain Speech

1.Don’t forget the thesis

2.Paint an art through words.
3.Get organized.
4.Manage the Humor
Manage the Humor
■ What pleases some may not delight the others, hence,
the speaker must do hes/her best to think whether
his/her joke will please or offend.
■ Humor that is obscene or that maligns members in any
group of society like race, religion, politics or gender may
sound to be offensive. It is good to avoid these.
■ Original jokes are better than adopted ones.
■ Self-disgrading humor may be considered. Spekar may
tell funny stories about themselves because it’s an
effective way a bond of warmth trust and acceptance.