How Not to “Speechify”

Many people freeze up and perform poorly when they present online or in  person. I recently coached the President of a local learning organization in preparation for her speech at their annual meeting this year, which, for the first time was going to be on Zoom. Frankly, in initial rehearsals,  she was awful: stilted, boring – a real snooze. Why?  because she went into a robotic “I-am-now-making-a-speech-mode,” what I call “speechifying.” She had to change. Here is the advice I gave her which ultimately moved her from deadly to dazzling. (My asides to you are in parentheses)
(Look at the positives of the situation)
First, you are the perfect, perfect person to be giving the major annual talk! People know, love, and respect you.  Your unlimited commitment to
Organization X and passion for members are well known.  Second, we worked on your content and it hits all the right notes.
(What do you want