1. { Get Ready, Get Set, GO! Selecting a Topic and Organizing your Speech

2.  The Speech to Inform  The Speech to Persuade  The Speech to Entertain General Purposes for Speaking

3. Includes the following:  Your general purpose  Your intended audience  Your precise goal Specific Purposes

4.  A one sentence summary of your speech, a topic sentence or central idea Your Thesis Statement

5.  Listing Topics  Monitor your Behavior  Brainstorming  Current Topics  Cluster Topics Selecting a Topic

6. Speak about:  Topics you already know  Topics that interest you  Topics that are uniquely your own  Topics your audience finds interesting Guidelines to Consider when Choosing a Topic

7.  Is the topic important to you?  Is it important to your audience?  Will the topic hold your audiences’ attention?  Is it manageable in the time allotted?  Is it appropriate for an oral presentation?  Is it clear? Guidelines (con’t)

8.  Does the topic have logical divisions?  Can you support your topic?  Narrow your topic:  Education  Computers in Education  Computers in the classroom  Filters on computers for student use Getting Started

9.  Divide the body into 2-3 main points  Determine the order of your main points – organizational pattern Organizing your Speech

10. Organizational Pattern  Chronological  Spatial  Topical  Cause-Effect  Problem-Solution  Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

11.  Transitions  Signposts  Internal Previews  Internal Reviews Consider the Connections

12.  Initial conception of the Speech  Your ‘Game Plan’ of what you want to say  Identify main points and sub-points your want to make The Preparation Outline

13.  Complete sentence form  Includes the following:  The title  The specific purpose  The thesis statement  The introduction, written out completely  The body in outline form  The conclusion written out completely  A bibliography The Formal Outline

14.  AKA – The key word outline  Generally outlines your speech  Allows the speaker to speak extemporaneously  Only writes complete sentences for quotes The Speaking Outline