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1 Types of Speeches the principle purpose of a speech will generally fall into four basic types

2 Informative Persuasive Entertaining technical

3 Informative speech In an informative speech you Explain something to people Help people to understand something Show them how to do something

4 Points to remember You have to remember that the whole purpose of your speech is to teach the audience something that they don't already know. The audience need time to take in what you've said. If you speak too quickly your audience will be trying to understand one sentence while you're speaking the next sentence!

5 Examples The speech given by the head of an organization A computer programmer speaking about new software A travelogue about the tour A teacher telling students about something

6 Persuasive speech The persuasive speech is To sell an audience on an idea To promote a specific product To convince someone to take action You want them To think, act and believe in what you want them to

7 Points to remember Make use of graphs and supporting documentation Present some facts and figures but make sure that they're accurate and that they support your point of view. If there have been similar problems you can tell your audience how they were solved. Try to make it personal to your listeners, if it's going to effect their family, home or job they will start to take notice.

8 Examples Improve your health through better eating Television violence is negatively influencing our children Become a volunteer and change the world

9 Entertaining speech Entertaining speeches are Usually short Giving the audience an enjoyable experience Leave the audience with a favorable impression not only of himself or herself, but also of the organization To amuse through humors, stories or illustrations

10 Purpose of entertaining speech Crowd pleaser Get promotion Hold attention

11 Points to remember The speech still must make a valid point or argument, but it can be done using humor A speech to entertain may be either informative or persuasive in nature, but the supporting materials are selected primarily based on their entertainment value.

12 Examples After dinner speech Comic monologues

13 Technical speech The technical speech involves Visuals and printed handouts Even videotape This is informative

14 Points to remember This is informative but goes beyond simple information. It may be a presentation to peers at a professional meeting May be an official presentation to a group such as regulatory body

15 Brief remarks It is actually the category of the speech, which are given on special occasions as expression of thanks, welcome or acceptance.

16 They are not scripted. Speaker give the remarks in his or her own words. But if it is a highly official function, it is better to use a script.

17 Planning for speech A proper planning is required before a speech Choose the topic Do some research Remember the information you are going to provide to your audience should be new and valuable The information should be accurate

18 4P’s for planning. plan. prepare. practice. present

19 Guidelines for planning Purpose of the speech Decide what you wish to speak about Do you wish to: a)Instruct and inform b)Convince, persuade, influence or motivate c)Amuse and entertain What are the objectives of your speech Know your audience

20 Paring If you have done your research well, you will have many more ideas that you can introduce in a single speech. Begin paring. Select the three most important ideas you want people in the audience to carry away with them.

21 You should Repeat the ideas Introduce the audience in a logical sequence Using relationships that aid retention Use anecdotes

22 Persuading Logical proof Emotional appeal Give reasons

23 Mechanics of organization Start with a title Write down the purpose List the ideas you want the audience to retain Write a conclusion

24 Thank you!!!!


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