1. + Speech– Getting Started CMCS – Junior Class

2. + Steps to preparing a good speech: The first essential principle to effective speaking is adequate preparation.

3. + Step #1: Choose and develop your topic carefully Be sure you can find sufficient material on your subject. Be sure the subject you plan to discuss is appropriate to you, your audience and the occasion. Be certain that your subject can be adequately discussed in the time allotted. Weigh carefully the time you allow yourself for preparation. Decide whether your topic is too technical, trivial, trite or broad. The title of your speech should be provocative, brief, relative to your subject.

4. + Step #2: Think of your audience Recognize that communication happens through a variety of ways. Strive to overcome distractions. Speak with confidence from your field of experience. Seek to connect with your audience. Understand how credibility is achieved. Understand the basic ethics of communicating with others.

5. + Step #3: Develop your speech Decide on the purpose of your speech. Carefully craft the thesis of the speech. Gather material for your speech. Organize the material in an orderly and logical sequence. Write a full sentence outline. Wording your speech. Develop a positive mental attitude about the entire speaking situation.

6. + The anatomy of a speech: 3 parts Introduction Body Conclusion

7. + An effective introduction: Gains the attention of the audience by: paying the audience a genuine compliment telling a story referring to a recent incident that the audience is acquainted with using a quotation to open remarks referring to a preceding speaker or topic posing a pertinent and challenging question to the audience Prepares and opens the minds of the audience for the thoughts that are to come. Indicates the direction and purpose of the speech and the end it will meet. Is usually prepared last when writing a speech.

8. + A captivating conclusion: brings together all the thoughts, emotions, discussions, arguments and feelings which the speaker has tried to communicate. should make a powerful emotional impression on the listeners. one of the most carefully prepared parts of a speech. employs various methods for closing the speech: summary recapitulation a striking anecdote, analogy or simile an emotionalized or idealized statement of the thesis a powerful restatement of the thesis a vivid illustration a call to action