1. Do Now:
Here are six speech topics. Explain how you might relate each to your classmates in the introduction of a speech:
Social Security
Laughter
Steroids
Blood donation
Illiteracy
Soap operas

2. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Get attention and interest of your audience
Reveal the topic of your speech
Establish your credibility and goodwill
Preview the body of the speech

3. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Get attention and interest of your audience
Relate the topic to your audience
State the importance of your topic
Startle the audience
Arouse the curiosity of the audience
Question the audience
Rhetorical Question: audience answers mentally
Begin with a quotation
Tell a story

4. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Relate the topic
State the importance
Startle the audience
Around curiosity
Question
Begin with a quotation
Tell a story
Social Security
Laughter
Steroids
Blood donation
Illiteracy
Soap operas

5. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Reveal the Topic
State clearly the topic
If not, listeners will be confused. And once they are confused, your chances of absorbing them into your speech are almost nil.
This is a very basic point, but often forgotten!

6. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Establish Credibility and Goodwill
Credibility—the audience’s perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic
Goodwill—the audience’s perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind

7. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Preview the Body of the Speech
Preview Statement-A statement in the introduction that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech
Prepares the listener for what’s ahead
Provide a smooth lead-in to the body

8. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Create an introduction:
Gain the attention
Reveal the topic
Establish your credibility
Preview the body of the speech
Social Security
Laughter
Steroids
Blood donation
Illiteracy
Soap operas

9. Aim: How do you begin a good speech?
Keep it brief (no more than 10-20% of speech)
Be on the lookout for possible introductory materials as you develop your main points.
Be creative in devising your introduction.
Don’t worry about the exact wording until you have prepared the body of your speech.
Work out your introduction in detail.