{"id":2799,"date":"2022-02-25T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/advice-for-a-good-speaker-kurt-tucholksy\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:54:13","slug":"advice-for-a-good-speaker-kurt-tucholksy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/advice-for-a-good-speaker-kurt-tucholksy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice for a good speaker (Kurt Tucholksy)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weeks we had the <a href=\"https:\/\/resonanzkraft.net\/2018\/04\/16\/ratschlaege-fuer-einen-schlechten-redner-tucholsky\/\">advice for a bad speaker from<\/a> Kurt Tucholsky. Today follows the &#8211; much shorter &#8211; advice for a good speaker.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Main sets. Main sets. Main sets.<\/p>\n<p>Clear disposition in the head &#8211; as little as possible on paper.<\/p>\n<p>Facts, or appeal to emotion. Slingshot or harp. A speaker is not an encyclopedia. That&#8217;s what people have at home.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of a single speaking voice tires; never speak for more than forty minutes. Do not seek to achieve effects that are not in your nature. A podium is a ruthless thing &#8211; there a person stands more naked than in a sunbath.<\/p>\n<p><i>Remember Otto Brahms&#8217; saying: Wat jestrichen is, kann nich durchfalln.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>1930<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you want the advice as a book: <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/search\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=amazonrock07f-21&amp;keywords=Die%20Schrecken%20der%20deutschen%20Sprache:%20plus%20Ratschl%C3%A4ge%20f%C3%BCr%20einen%20schlechten%20Redner&amp;index=aps&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=5f9df5485e580c8af6a73f0089651538\">go to Amazon here<\/a>. Tucholsky gives fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/resonanzkraft.net\/praesentationstraining\/#RHETORIKTRAINING\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">rhetoric training in<\/a> these texts. It really only takes three things to become a really good speaker: Practice, practice, practice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2073\" src=\"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51mW1bfpuPL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51mW1bfpuPL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg 333w, https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51mW1bfpuPL._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weeks we had the advice for a bad speaker from Kurt Tucholsky. Today follows the &#8211; much shorter &#8211; advice for a good speaker. Main sets. Main sets. Main sets. Clear disposition in the head &#8211; as little as possible on paper. Facts, or appeal to emotion. Slingshot or harp. A speaker is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentation-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2802,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}