Rough Draft Due Date: Tues. 1/8/2013
Final Draft/Speeches Begin: Wed. 1/9/2013
Basic Communication Skills (BCS)
Demonstration Speech (3-5 Minutes)
Instructions:
I.
Inform “how to” do something don’t just tell about it
A. Select an appropriate subject
1. “How to Select a Good DVD Player”
a. Most students could do this after your speech.
2. “How DVD Players are Manufactured”
a. This is about the subject, most students couldn’t do this.
B. Topic should be some activity – a process, technique, procedure, task – that your
audience could realistically be expected to perform.
II.
Choose a topic
A. Audience analysis – high school students – Look at what they might want to do. (Maybe
something new to them?)
B. Length of speech vs. complexity of topic.
1. Too complex:
a. Choose only information absolutely necessary in the understanding of how
to do your subject.
2. Too limited:
a. Down time, “dead air”, not meeting minimum time limit.
III.
Visual Aids (You MUST practice with them)
A. Having a good visual aid will make it easier for you to:
1. organize your talk
2. remember the points you want to present
3. be more relaxed (something concrete on which to concentrate)
B. Having a good visual aid will help your audience:
1. by adding interest to your talk
2. by making your points more clear, understandable, and apparent
3. remember what you’ve said
C. A good visual aid could be the actual item, a model, a drawing, etc.
D. When appropriate, lead the audience in practice.
1. If you want to be successful in getting them to acquire the skill.
a. (e.g. “How to Fold a Paper Airplane”)
2. If you need partner assistance, see me well in advance.
E. When appropriate, provide each member of the audience with materials with which to
practice. (Be aware of how long this could take).
1. You’ll never get an audience to learn some things unless they can practice.
a. (e.g. “How to Tie a Necktie” – bring enough ties in for the whole class to
practice with)
2. Not all subjects require the audience to practice during your speech.
a. (e.g. “How to Select a Good DVD Player”)
b. A reminder note (e.g. a note card with recipe with directions) can be
effective in helping your audience members remember for later.
F. Various stages (Again, when appropriate)
1. Think about a cooking show. For every step they explain, it is already done in
advance.
2. “How to Bake a Cake”: bake the cake at home; concentrate the speech on
preparing, mixing, blending, etc. Show the cake as the finished product.
IV.
Organizing your speech
A. Begin with an effective attention-getter
1. How can you interest the audience in knowing?
2. What can you learn from the library on the subject?
a. History
b. People involved
c. Famous firsts
d. Unusual/related ideas
e. BE CREATIVE!
B. State EXACTLY what the audience is to learn to do, and why
1. Consider why the audience might be interested in knowing
C. Present a step-by-step explanation of how to do it
1. List all parts of the procedure
D. Present the steps in logical order of doing them
1. Arrange ideas in the most effective way
E. Detail each step with specific data
F. Conclude by reviewing each step briefly, in order
G. Close with a memorable statement
V.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Delivery
Step up and speak with confidence.
Get set before you start to speak.
Establish contact with your audience.
Begin with your eyes up.
Maintain contact with your audience.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Sound conversational, not robotic.
Limit eyes on your outline.
Avoid: ah, so, ya know, well, okay.
Aware of transitions: “and then…”
Posture, eye contact, speech clarity.
VI.
Preparation
A. Practice/rehearse your speech with someone present to watch.
1. Ask them to be very critical. If it’s not perfect, you’re not done.
B. Practice/rehearse your speech while using your visual aids.
1. This is absolutely necessary.
C. Don’t write your speech out word for word, or memorize it.
1. The format for this speech is extemporaneous
a. (refer to BCS Quiz #4 Notes, or the extemporaneous handout)
VII.
Also included:
A. Speech – Subject/Topic Ideas
B. Demonstration Speech Outline Sample
C. Demonstration Speech Planner
Demonstration Speech Topics
The following topics are topics that have been chosen, in previous sessions of Basic
Communication Skills, for Demonstration Speeches. Some topics are easier to do than others:
Food
Scottish Shortbread
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pancakes
Banana Bread
Crepes
Rice Crispy Treats
No bake Cookies
Puppy Chow
Sugar Cookies
S’mores
Ice Cream
Steak
Cherry Turnover
Grilled Cheese
Snicker doodles
Cheeseburger
Peanut Butter Fudge
Brownies
PB&J
Tea
Chocolate Finger Prints
Pizza
Cupcakes
Cereal
Muffins
Lemon Blossoms
Monkey Bread
Milkshakes
Sandwiches
Buckeyes
Cheesecake
Cocoa Biscuits
Spaghetti
Cake
Pudding
Mashed Potatoes
Pumpkin Bread
Molasses Cookies
General Topics
Baseball
Basketball Skills
Bicycle Kick
Braid Hair
Build a Snowman
Card Tricks/Games
Catch a Football
Change a Light Bulb
Change your Brake Fluid
Clean a Pair of Skates
Cover a Book
CPR
Dancing
Decorate a Christmas Tree
Defense in Basketball
Dirt Bike
Diving Tricks
Dollar Bill Folding
Field a Baseball
First Aid
Fish
Foul Shot
Four-Wheel
Golf Techniques
Gymnastics
Juggle
Knit
Make it Rain
Make Toast
Magic Tricks
Manicure
Math Problems
Metal Working
Mexican Train Game
Music Video
Origami
Paper Airplane
Paper Hat
Paper Snowflake
Pet’s
Pick-Up Lines
Play-dough
Properly Stretch
Puppy Chow
Put together a Bridal
Put Together an Instrument
Read Music
Remote Control Car
Rubik’s Cube
Science Experiment
Scrapbook
Set a Table
Shave
Skateboarding
Soccer Tricks
Softball Skills
Solar System
Snowboard
Succeed in Spanish Class
Successfully Stalk
“
” Study for a Test
“
” Procrastinate
Survive a Tornado
Survive a Zombie Attack
Driving Stick Shift
Tune/Play Instruments
Standing Handspring
Tie Your Shoes
Be a Princess
Be Lame
Toe Touch
Track Skills
Video Games
Volleyball Skills
Wake Board
Washing a Dog
Wrap a Present