Hrideep Barot

Hrideep Barot is the founder and chief writer at Frantically Speaking, a portal to help people learn everything about public speaking. The purpose of franticallyspeaking.com is to showcase the lessons that he has learned (and still learning) from his numerous stage experiences and mentors over all these years.

Is Talking With Your Hands a Good or Bad Thing?

Let me tell you a small tale before we begin. Once there was a debate competition held in my school. I remember this incident so vividly because of a particular student, who when given the stage almost hypnotized me. Literally, not in an impressive manner. The student was so awkward and phony with her hands […]

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A presenter ending his presentation

6 Big Don’ts While Ending a Presentation (& What to do Instead)

A presentation is a slideshow or speech that a presenter gives to an audience. While all components of a business presentation are crucial, the ending can determine whether or not your presentation makes a lasting impression on your audience.  A badly delivered closing remark can dramatically derail a presentation that has otherwise gone well. As

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10-Minute presentations: How to Write, Design & Deliver (Complete Guide)

Presentations are an interesting way to introduce a new topic, perspective, or study to your audience. 10-minute presentations serve the same purpose but they come with a specified restriction on time. When we see the word presentation, we instantly think of PPTs and while PPTs are used in many cases, some presentations are completely oral

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Formal Speech VS Informal Speech

Formal Vs Informal Speeches: An A-Z Guide

A speech is either formal or informal. Meaning, it can either be a formal address delivered to an audience or the daily use of grammar and words to communicate. The only purpose of either of those speeches is to put across a message well enough to invoke the desired response from your audience. Throughout history,

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Write and Deliver a Commencement Speech (With example)

A commencement speech is one of the highlights of commencement days. It is given either by a graduating student or a notable personality, or an alumnus of the university. Graduation day, also known as Commencement day is one of the most crucial and emotional moments in a student’s life. It is a day when everyone

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A-Z Guide on Writing a Breathtaking Graduation Speech

A graduation speech is delivered with the intent to honour past successes and failures, as well as future hopes. The style of this type of speech should be brief and entertaining.  A graduation speech or a graduation address is delivered by a graduating student from high school, college or university. A student speaker may talk

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How long does it take to master public speaking?

Mastering any skill requires time, practice and patience, and public speaking is no different. There is biographical evidence that to master any skill, you would require about 10,000 hours of practice. That’s how most geniuses are made – with that many hours of hard work put in. But to simply get better at what you

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