When you are designing your next speech, you will have to make an important decision: how do you want your audience to feel after you finish speaking? Most of the time, you want them to be in a happy and positive mood. This means that you will have to end your speech in a way that makes this happen. Say hello to the Great and Bridge Speech Closing Techniques.

The closing speech “How good it will be”

When you use this speech closing technique, you use the end of your speech to paint a mental picture of the future for your audience. The image you are going to leave them with is full of limitless possibilities.

To set the stage for this mental picture, you’ll need to use the part of your speech that comes before the closing to paint an entirely different picture. During the body of your speech, you’ll want to show your audience just how bad life is right now. We are talking about serious doom and gloom.

To make this sequence work, when you’re creating your pitch, you’ll want to figure out what your closing image will look like, and then work your way back. By doing this, you will ensure that your story is consistent.

Closing speech of the “Bridge over Troubled Waters”

Sometimes you won’t have to convince your audience that things are wrong right now, they already know that! In this case, you’ll want to take a different approach with your closing speech.

The challenges your audience is currently facing probably seem insurmountable to them. It’s going to be your job to show them how they can overcome them.

When you’re bridging the choppy waters shutdown, you’ll want to paint a clear picture of where your audience wants to go. Next, you’ll want to recognize the obstacles that stand in your way of getting there. Finally, you’ll want to show how your idea or solution can offer them a bridge over the rough waters they face that will get them where they want to go.

What all this means to you

Take any course on public speaking or read any book on the subject and they will tell you that it is what you cover in your closing that your audience will walk away from your speech remembering.

This means that if you can make them happy, your audience will have a positive impression of what you have told them. The closures of “How big it will be” and “The bridge over troubled waters” are two ways to achieve this.

Having a selection of different ways to close your speech is like having the right tools to complete a woodworking project. Sure you could do it with the wrong tools, but having the right tools makes it a lot easier. The next time you’re writing a speech, take a look and see if either of these two happy ending techniques can make your audience walk away remembering what you said.