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Mastery of Speech: How to Speak
on Public Occasions
How to Second a Nomination
KEY
WORDS: IN SECONDING A NOMINATION FOLLOW AN INDUCTIVE PROCESS.
At a meeting of your
organization you wish to nominate for office a man whom you consider in
every way fitted for the position.
You know that if you can make a good nomination address you will bring
success to your candidate.
How will you speak in order to be successful? There are three
psychological steps to follow.
Make your speech according to those three steps, in the order indicated
below, and you will certainly make a good impression.
1. Define the type of man
needed for the office.
"The office of Treasurer of our
organization needs a man of business ability, a man accustomed to
handling large sums of money, a man familiar with banking, with
accounting, and with all the details of large business." (Add further
points until you have shown the full needs of the office.)
2. Without naming your candidate, show that you know a man whose
characteristics are those called for by the office.
"There is a man among us who,
for years, has handled, not thousands, but hundreds of thousands of
dollars; he is an experienced banker, so respected that he was made an
officer of the Bankers' Association of this State; he is the author of
a well known text book on the care of fraternal funds." (Add further
details until you have shown the unusual qualifications of your
candidate.)
3. At the close of your address, name, for the first time, the
candidate you have in mind.
"Gentlemen: the man who has all
these remarkable qualifications, qualifications that more than fill the
requirements of the office, is here with us. We are fortunate in having
such a man as a fellow member. I nominate for the office of Treasurer,
Mr. Frank B. Labdell, one of the charter members of this body."
By speaking in this deductive way you fix attention upon the office
rather than the man. You remove personal antagonism, and place all
emphasis upon qualifications.
Prove your points thoroughly and you are likely to make your candidate
successful. ¦
PROBLEM.
Think of a man who would make a successful President of your
organization. Think out the words of a nomination address in his favor.
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