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Organizing Your Ideas

Organizing Your Ideas. Basic Elements of a Speech. Introduction Central Idea (Thesis Statement) Body Main points Sub points Conclusion. Organizing the Body. Identify Main Points and Sub-points Choose the Best Organizational Pattern Chronological -- Spatial Topical

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Organizing Your Ideas

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  1. Organizing Your Ideas

  2. Basic Elements of a Speech • Introduction • Central Idea (Thesis Statement) • Body Main points Sub points Conclusion

  3. Organizing the Body • Identify Main Points and Sub-points • Choose the Best Organizational Pattern • Chronological -- Spatial • Topical • Cause-effect • Problem-solution • Motivated Sequence • Like a sales pitch -- sequence of ideas which, by following the normal process of human thinking, motivates the audience to respond to the speaker’s purpose

  4. Motivated Sequence • Attention step • Need step • Satisfaction step • Visualization step • Action step

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  6. Rules for Main Points • Main points should be stated as claims, declarative sentences • All points should support the thesis • A presentation should contain no more than five main points (us, 3-5) • Each main point should contain only one idea • Main points should be parallel to each other in structure whenever possible

  7. Common Organizational Problems • Taking Too Long to Get to the Point • Putting speech content in the Intro • Including Irrelevant Material • Leaving Out Necessary Information • Getting Ideas Mixed up • Lack of practice = uncertainty of content

  8. Functions of the Introduction (attention focusing material) • Capture the Listeners’ Attention • Give Your Audience a Reason to Listen • Set the Proper Tone for the Topic and Setting • Establish Your Qualifications • Introduce Your Thesis and Preview Your Presentation

  9. Types of Opening Statements (attention-focusing ideas) • Ask a Question or Rhetorical Question • Tell a Story • Present a Quotation • Make a Startling Statement • Refer to the Audience • Refer to the Occasion • Use Humor

  10. Orientating Material • Historical Background • Define Terms • Personal History or Tie to Topic

  11. Planning the Conclusion • Functions of the Conclusion • The Review • The Closing Statement • Types of Closing Statements • Return to the Theme of Your Opening Statement • Appeal for Action (inform vs. persuade) • End With a Challenge • Clincher that connects to the Intro

  12. More Conclusion • Humorous Story • Rhetorical Question • Unusual or Dramatic Device • Quotations • Summary • In conclusion…& close! • DON’T ASK FOR QUESTIONS

  13. Adding Transitions • Functions of Transitions • They Promote Clarity • They Emphasize Important Ideas • They Keep Listeners’ Interested • We don’t know your ‘map’ -- give us clear sign markers of where you’re going

  14. Final Preparation... • Plan for 10 minute speech • Practice, record, evaluate -- realistic setting • Minimum 2 prepared visual aids in each • Visual / presentation aids • Kind? How to use? (later) • PowerPoint -- noon Wednesday deadline • Sources and citations • No citations in speech = failing grade on speech

  15. Critique Speeches • Speaker 1 • Speaker 2

  16. Break! • 10 minutes

  17. Visuals • Later...

  18. Wi-Fi Radio Plans • Auto makers putting Internet radio tuners in cars • Home wi-fi radio

  19. Making Money: The SoundExchange Problem • NAB - SoundExchange Settlement • 2006 - $.0008 • 2007 - $.0011 • 2008 - $.0014 • 2009 - $.0015 • 2010 - $.0016 • 2011 - $.0017 • 2012 - $.0020 • 2013 - $.0022 • 2014 - $.0023 • 2015 - $.0025

  20. The SoundExchange Problem • Assuming 12 songs an hour times the aggregate tuning hours from previous months plus a growth rate. • KNDE example last month: 18,859 aggregate tuning hours • 18,859*12*$0.0015=$339.46 for the SoundExchange fee

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