If you do a good job in anything and everything you do, chances are that at some point, someone is going to present you with an award. Did you know there is an effective way to accept that award with grace and professionalism? In today’s post, I’m going to share with you some tips on accepting an award!
Tips for effectively accepting an award
Practice your acceptance speech
If you are in the running to receive and award or know that you will be presented with one, write an acceptance speech in advance and practice it until you know it cold. This will help relieve any nervous feelings you have going up to receive it, as well as active the Law of Attraction to make it happen!
Practice the Pause
Don’t be in a rush to give that acceptance speech. Take a moment of silence … take a breath, count to three. This pause gives you poise, and the breath can even out your voice.
Never apologize!
You’re receiving an award … you have nothing to be sorry for!
Focus on your focus
Your message is more important than the medium with which you deliver it. Focus on that.
Remember to be Grateful
Keep in mind that the words “thank you” need to factor in your acceptance speech somewhere … and you need to sound like you mean it! That the organization that is presenting the award. Thank the people who helped you get here. No one wins an award without support and encouragement from others.
Keep it short
Your acceptance speech should be pithy … don’t bore the audience. This is especially important if the event is presenting several awards. Don’t take up other people’s time with a long, drawn out acceptance speech.
No notes!
This is not the time to read your acceptance speech. It should be short enough that you can memorize the salient points. It should be you, your presenter and the award up there … no paper or index cards should mar that.
Resources for effectively accepting an award
- Toastmasters: Accepting an Award
- Accepting an Award with Class by Featured Speaker Patricia Fripp
- Speech Tips – Ten Things to Remember When Accepting an Award
Did you miss these?
Here are the previous posts in this “Type of Speeches” series:
- The Keynote Address
- The Training Session
- The Motivational Speech
- The Entertaining Speech
- The Demonstration
- The Information Dump
- The Inspirational Speech
- The Q & A
- The Persuasive Speech
- The Impromptu Speech
- The Acceptance Speech
- The Commencement Speech
- The Eulogy
- The Toast
- The Roast
- The Interpretive Reading
- Presenting an Award
The next post in this series is the After Dinner Talk.