Tip Of The Day: Perfect Timing for Your Speech

Here’s a tip so that you will ALWAYS come in on time when you are speaking. Your audiences will love you for it:

The average person speaks at 100-120 words per minute.

This means if you have a 10 minute speech, figure on 1000-1200 words in your finished written script.

If your speech is 20 minutes, figure 2000-2400 words.

30 minutes=3000-3600 words

60 minutes=6000-7200 words

HOW TO CHECK WORD COUNT

You can check word count by going to Tools on your menu bar. Look for “Word Count” and click on that. Then you will see how many words you have written. That number will tell you whether you are under or over your time. It’s really nice to know going in that you will be right on time.

HOW I LEARNED ABOUT THIS TOOL

I learned this when I was writing debate answers and rebuttals for
politicians around the world. When the camera rolled and my candidate
had a 60 second position statement or a 30 second rebuttal, if they went over time, they were simply cut
off, even if they were in mid sentence! Once I designed this formula, none of my candidates ever got cut off mid sentence again. And yes it works for everyone, not just politicians.

So use this tip and you will ALWAYS come in on time in every speech you give!