Donny Peters HDC, 2016

 Why Organization is important  Traditional Organizational Structures  Narrative Organizational Structure  Transitions

 How can I use the concepts and techniques we discuss to improve my speech performance?

 Learn the fundamentals  Keeps you on point  Our minds crave structure  The general public has poor listening skills  Additionally…

 The audience tends to remember 3 pieces of information in a speech

 Basic  Monroe’s motivated Sequence  Problem Solution  Problem Cause Solution

 Main point 1 ◦ My point is….” ◦ Reasons supporting your main point ◦ Transition to next point  Main point 2 ◦ My point is….” ◦ Reasons supporting your main point ◦ Transition to next point or conclusion

 1. Attention  2. Need  3. Satisfaction  4. Visualization  5. Action

◦ A. Describe the problem  1. Cause  2. Effect B. Solution 1. Steps to overcome the problem 2. how those steps will solve the problem

 A. Problem ◦ How many effected ◦ Nature of effect  B. Cause of problem ◦ Structural ◦ Attitudinal  C. How to solve the problem ◦ Action to overcome problem ◦ Explanation how action solves problem

 Why Narratives  Narrative Structure

 Humans are primarily story tellers  Decision making is based on "good reasons“, these reasons are situational  Good reasons are also historical  Rationality is determined through narratives  “Good reasons" are determined through the stories we tell

 Beginning/Introduction ◦ Characters  Names  Simple description ◦ Scene  When did the event(s) take place?  Where did they take place? ◦ Plot  Challenges/problems

 Middle/body of speech ◦ Character development ◦ Plot development  Problem must be dealt with.  Solution presents itself. ◦ Change of scenery ◦ End  Resolution of Plot

 Conclusion ◦ Reflection on the story – use the narrative as a method for creating meaning/understanding in you audience  What you learned.  What value the story demonstrates about your topic.

Words and phrases that demonstrate key relationships among ideas and also indicate a speaker is leaving one point and moving on to another.

In addition Not only In other words In summary Therefore

Signpost – A verbal roadmap for the main points of the speech Summaries, internal summaries, final summaries

 Why Organization  Traditional Structures  Narrative Structure  Transitions