With the disturbing prevalence of workplace accidents resulting from human error, the significance of engaging individuals and teams in workplace safety procedures in a manner that is meaningful to them is tremendously crucial. More importantly, this engagement should be able to inspire significant change.
The majority of human factors involved in accidents take place in the arena of awareness, memory, attitude, reasoning, judgment, attention and risk perception. All of these areas address the cognitive mindset and the requirement for even the most well-trained professionals to remain focused and alert during potentially dangerous situations at work.
As such, motivational safety speakers must first educate their audience on the importance of learning and adhering to safety rules and regulations. They do this by conducting workshops and seminars to assist in encouraging individuals to subscribe to the safety goals of the company. In addition, they have to create a speech that comprises a number of different practical examples that are easily understood by the audience. They will talk about a personal safety struggle or the safety struggle of another company that was overcome and the vision of the company was realized in improving the safety of all the stakeholders.
It is the responsibility of the safety speaker to make sure his or her audience has the ability to follow the speech. As such, many speakers add audio tracks, include videos and play mind games at different point during their safety speeches. Additionally, while delivering the speech, the speaker typically talks with credibility, confidence, enthusiasm and charisma, which are necessary to motivate individuals into adapting to the desired behavior that will promote safety. Upon the completion of the presentation, he or she should engage the audience in a question and answer session to ensure participants understood what was presented.
Some level of amusement is required from a motivational safety speaker as a means of getting the attention of the audience. Another primary role of a safety speaker must possess is the ability to inspire the audience. Above all, the most essential quality to have as a safety speaker is the capacity to speak well.
Speakers who are obviously nervous while delivering a speech or their strongest attribute is just not speaking, this may not be the right path for you. You must have the ability to deliver an inspirational message to the audience. Another very important characteristic of a safety speaker is his or her ability to emotionally connect with the individuals to whom he or she is speaking. A safety speaker requires all these characteristic to perform optimally.