The various roles of guest speakers in South Africa and what they should do are: Keep audience interested: Guest speakers should make sure that they keep the audience listening to them and also interested. This is a very difficult thing because usually they are invited to speak in a very important ceremony or program where all the guests are excited and are easily distracted. Nothing throws an orator as much when people are looking around during the speech despite your best efforts. Not to even mention those audience members who actually make small conversations during the talk. To speak and keep the audience interested in what is being spoken is a commendable job that requires exceptional talent. Speaking up is vital. The great guest speaker in South Africa should also speak up when he or she is in front of an audience. This will ensure that the person is audible to all the people in the front of the person. The lack of a proper sound system can ruin the hour and on top of this a low quality system can deliver pop sounds that worsen the predicament and irritate both the orator and audience beyond measure. This will also be able to get the undivided attention of all the people in the audience. Stand up and deliver: This is a term commonly heard n many situations. This is very apt to the facilitators. This is because there are a few guest speakers in South Africa who are not really visible to the audience.