Lect 1F: Presentation outline
"Famous last words"—famous first words, too; more famous, b/c "Beginnings are always
difficult."
Most important lecture of semester: beginning your speech
-important for you: relieves anxiety
-important for your audience: earn attention for whole rest of speech
Today: PP, through 5 steps of process
focus on upcoming speech, & quiz problem areas (NOTE: 87% average)
FIRST, though: Special opportunity for service learning
I. INVENTION: coming up with something to say
Many creative & thoughtful:
2
2&3
3
Tootsie Pop
chinese architecture running shoe: strong & flexible
give back/benefit many
PLAY DOH: change
Running for class president
Intro speech: just take your best shot
But not any more: TARGET
You've got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because
you might not get there!
Define target: SPS & CI
what? why?
EXERCISE
II. ORGANIZATION
Basic principle, from Greeks: beginning, middle and end
HEAD BODY TAIL of living organism
HEAD: Speech intro: same in all communication
Cold contact/cold call: ISU FOUNDATION: basic tasks
Birds too?
CARRP
ESP Attention step; also CREDIBILITY
BODY: connectives: internal summaries/previews; transitions; signposts QUIZ prob
DEMO
CONCLUSION: Lab instructor's complain. Me too, in lecture!
Why difficult: unique (no Greeks); audience turns off
DON'T: just stop "that's it" or "Questions?" (MU speaker)
trickle off
DO: signal; bring home; leave wondering
PP EXERCISE
III. Memory: Prep v. Pres outlineQUIZ prob
IV. Delivery. Review standing
Eye contact
A listener's responsibility, too
DEMO?
RULE
FINAL EXERCISE?
In conclusion—summary; go out and hit a bullseye! And see you again for the beginning of the
Informative Unit—the first "real" speech.