Want a stand ovation after your speech? Do this.

Try to think of the last time you gave your teacher or professor a standing ovation. I'm sure you can't remember because we don't do that.

And the reason for that is, even though people are useful or they've taught us something and it's valuable, it's not emotionally affecting us to the level where we want to stand up and clap.

I remember when I used to do public speaking workshops, I would do three hour long workshops where I would give them all the best tips and tricks, and they would practice it, and you could see change in their public speaking, and by the end of it, everyone would clap,

but then they would come to me and say, oh yeah, that was really useful, very practical, very helpful, thank you so much.

And moments later, a keynote speaker would go up there, talk for about 45 minutes, and they would get a standing ovation. And I felt, hey, what am I missing here? What's the missing component?

Now, standing ovations aren't just for your ego. It's not, oh, I want people to stand up and clap for I mean, that's not the goal here, but standing ovations are also a signal that you have emotionally affected your audience.

So the difference between talks and speeches that get a standing ovation and don't, the difference is the emotion the audience feels.

So remember this just because you are valuable does not mean people will be emotionally affected.

So the way you can emotionally affect them is to tell them an inspirational story or a story that makes them feel happy or sad or somewhere in the middle.

Make them feel inspired or motivated. Or ramp up the energy in the end. something that gets them really charged up where they see the level of effort you're putting in or they appreciate the power of the words you're sharing emotionally and that compels them to stand up and clap.

So if you think of Taylor Swift and when she performs for four hours straight, all of the songs are emotionally charged and that's why people get up and clap because they want to appreciate the energy the performer is pouring in.

You can say the same thing about Broadway. You can say the same thing about poetry. People appreciate other people who put in their energy and emotion when they speak.

So next time you're ending a speech or planning one, make sure you end on an emotional note so people feel compelled to stand up and clap.

TL;DR: To get a standing ovation, end your speech with an emotional charge.

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