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Organize Your Speech

Presented by Ranga Rodrigo based on Toastmasters Competent Communication Manual. Organize Your Speech. Main Points. General-Specific-General. Steps. Steps. Sample Outline. Conclusion Review or summary Call to action or memorable statement. Opening Capture audience attention

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Organize Your Speech

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  1. Presented by Ranga Rodrigo based on Toastmasters Competent Communication Manual Organize Your Speech

  2. Main Points

  3. General-Specific-General

  4. Steps

  5. Steps

  6. Sample Outline Conclusion Review or summary Call to action or memorable statement • Opening • Capture audience attention • Leads into speech topic • Body • Main point • Subpoint • Support material • Main point • Subpoint • Support material • Main point • Subpoint • Support material

  7. Make an Outline

  8. Outline: Sequence I

  9. Outline: Sequence II

  10. Main Points

  11. Catch Audience’s Attention

  12. Avoid • An apologetic statement • Unrelated story or joke • A commonplace observation delivered in a commonplace manner • A long or slow-moving statement or story • A trite question, such as “Did you ever stop to think … ?”

  13. Main Points

  14. Body

  15. Developing the Body • Main point • Subpoint • Support material • Main point • Subpoint • Support material • Main point • Subpoint • Support material

  16. Example: Benefits of Eating Fruits and Vegetables • Eating fruits and vegetables provides nutrients your body needs to function. • Easting fruits and vegetables protects against the effects of aging. • Eating fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of cancer and heart disease.

  17. Example: Illiteracy in Sri Lanka

  18. Subpoints

  19. Sub Points Can Include: • Statistics • Testimony • Examples, stories, anecdotes • Visual aids • Facts

  20. Example: Vegetables and Fruits • “They contain carbohydrates, proteins and fats the body uses to generate energy or build cells.”

  21. Example: Illiteracy • According to the findings of Prof. Chandra Gunawardana, one out of four children attribute absenteeism to economic reasons, but only one out of six parents do so. Although parents do not want to accept, children suffer do to the family economic situation.

  22. Transitions • Help audience move smoothly from one point to the next.

  23. Transition Words • Afterwards • Also • But • Consequently • Consider • Finally • Instead • Later • Meanwhile • Moreover • Next • Than • Yet

  24. Transition Phrases • According to • As a result • For Example • For instance • In addition • Let’s begin with • More importantly • This means • To illustrate

  25. Questions • “We must consider three things in developing this new product. First is …. Second is … .Third is ….” • “Illiteracy is real, but why does it continue? “

  26. Main Points

  27. Conclusion

  28. Main Points

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