It does not matter who the audience being addressed are. The most important factor in giving a speech is preparation. At any conference meetings, crowds expect to receive and hear different and new opinions. Make no apologies at all. It is a sign of lack of preparedness. Whilst giving a speech, try as much as possible to captivate the audience either through short stories or interesting narratives. During a speech presentation, do not disappoint try as much as possible to be clear, precise and keep it short and to the point.
Presentations through power-point makes better illustrations and gives new and better meaning to the listeners. Make the presentations in advance; re-check if they make sense and if they are legible enough for all the audience. At conferences, all eyes are on you and it makes sense to once in a while sweep your eyes across the room. This makes the audience have a sense of belonging. Be audible enough and do not use a monotonous voice that will send the audience to sleep. Vary the voice tones at all costs.
During preparation, make sure the notes are clearly typed and numbered. This helps incase a page goes missing or mixed up, it becomes very easy to know. At all costs acknowledge your audience and appreciate the staffs behind the whole project who have worked tirelessly to make this a possibility. After completion of the presentation, give room for questioning. This will give you a chance in understanding if the audience have understood and are in need of further clarification. Prepare hand-outs incase there are people in the audience who prefer to have a better understanding later.
Do not give a speech blindly. Know the objective and the targeted audience that the speech is intended to. This will help in organizing the right tools when it comes to the final presentation. During presentations, it sometimes make a big different when examples are used. Examples are an easier way of explaining some hard to understand facts about a product or an occasion. Using examples makes in easier to identify with your audience without causing unnecessary friction.