Use the principle of the here and now

This chapter is talking about a situation where the time came when someone assigns you to ask a few words without any warning. Some people can panic in this situation and there are 3 suggestions to handle this type of situation.

First is the audience itself. Talk about your listeners, who they are and what they are doing, especially what specific good they perform for the community or for humanity. Use a specific example.

The second is the occasion. You dwell on the circumstances that brought the meeting about.

Lastly, if you have been an attentive listener, you might indicate your pleasure in something specific another speaker said before you and amplify that.

The successful impromptu talks are those that are really impromptu, because the speaker feels in his heart about the audience and the occasion.

I can imagine this type of situation from the end game. The reporter usually comes to the best player or someone who made a huge impact to the game. In this type of situation, I don’t think the player well be prepared to answer the questions that the reporter might ask and I can see that some of these techniques can fit to handle the situation.