The effectiveness in his way of delivering speech make him respectable in our society. That is why people respect him though he was no longer our prime minister. Mahathir Mohamad, when does he gave out his speech people will start thinking about the topic that he talk, when people starts thinking about the topic surely they will give out their opinion through the medium that they chose. For example, our previous prime minister Tun Dr. When you gives out your speech or your thoughts it automatically give the audiences new information and new ideas on your topic that you deliver. The importance of public speaking to the society can be determined as it leads to better ideas and perception. From the other sources that i have discovered through my reading these days, the most important thing to do is to prepare your speech first so that you will stay on the right track till the end of your speech. Depends on you, on how you want to improve your skills. The techique of delivering speech in effective ways can be learned by tresearch or reading or any method that you want to use. Besides you master the skills you also have to do some homework regarding to the audiences that you want to deliver the speech. That seems so easy actually if you master the skills of public speaking. The message that you want to deliver to the public have to be clear and easy to understand. Skills to make it effective to the public. The importance of public speaking to the society at large is numerous. The stage fright also can be relieved when you know the technique that should be used in delivering speech. So many potential have no guts to stand up and speak facing the audiences. Giving a speech can be one of the most nerve-wracking experiences known to man and writing one can be just as difficult. That is the time when you think that your brain have stop working. For the typical human being, get up to the front and speak can make you feel your tie or your scarf tightened up and make you harder to breath and your hand starts shaking. They use the simple words that carry out the messages they wanted to give us so that they are heard, understood and acted upon. Every successful person in the world has one thing in common between them they can speak with confidence in front of a group whether it’s small or large group.