It is so important to give a speech in a way that your audience can follow what you are saying.
The acronym PPF stands for Past, Present and Future tense. This technique gives you time to regroup and answer in a structured manner.
You might be asked what you think will happen in the future. When you give a answer out of the blue without telling them about the past and present, they will be left in the dark. Your listners will not know how you came to such a conclusion.
This is a great technique to make a solid future projection. It is so easy to tell people what happened in the past, and what is currently happening, and what will happen in the future.
When constructing your speech you should start with the Past. You will be able to state facts, examples and statistics of the past. It is a great opportunity to build momentum in your speech by from 15 years ago; 10 years ago and 5 years ago.
The Present tense is anything that is currently happening i.e. seen in the media. Recent times is another meaning for Present. Depending on the time frame you covered on the past (above), the present can even be a year ago if for example the past was 20 years ago.
Future tense is where you can draw your own conclusions with predictions. End of by saying something like “by looking at the past and present, I think or I predict… ” It can also serve as a great tool to persuade your audience to act now to prevent future disasters.
This technique is great for managers and business leaders that have to give presentation on where the company is heading. Anybody can use this PPF technique in a speech - politicians, teachers, being interviewed to make an impromptu speech.
You can clearly see how this Past, Present and future tense technique can give your speech a structure.
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