Stay Simple and Sincere

Skip the stereotyped beginning that starts off with: “I am happy to present my friend, your friend, everybody’s friend . . . Mr. Goodie Goodie Goldenglow!”

There’s much to be said in favor of calling a spade a spade, but worn out expressions won’t brighten the build-up for your speaker. Instead of tritely saying, “The speaker is diligent,” make the audience feel that diligence; weave an element of diligence into the introduction: you may do so by saying that he never makes an ass of himself because he always works like a horse.

The emotional quality of “dignity” can be communicated by saying that dignity holds back on the tongue what shouldn’t have been on the mind in the first place.

Another example is not to refer to the speaker merely as “educated,” rather say, “Our speaker has more degrees than a thermometer.” If you want to call him “contented,” say that he’s contented as a kitten in a creamery crock. You will note here how emotion can be planted in an abstract quality:

A lackadaisical lad with the south in his mouth got emotion out of “composure” when he said, “When I works I works easy; and when I rests, I rests loose.”

A student pilot, his plane out of control, put emotion into his “calm” approach when he prayed, “Oh Lord, if You will get me out of this mess, I promise not to bother You for some time to come.”

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