Elements of A Speech

1. Attention Getter
a) joke
b) question – “Did you know that?”
c) story
d) statement – “Please settle down because the program is about to start in
about 5 minutes.”
e) quotation
f) activity/icebreaker
2. Introduction
 tell them (briefly) what you are going to tell them / scope
 audience-centric – take down all the “I” and change that with “you”
- What’s in it for me?
- Present the audience’s benefit
 questions means that “there is a flaw”, vague
Questions:
a) Who is my audience?
b) What do they already know about my topic?
c) What do they want to know about my topic?
3. Body – tell them (detailed)
- longest part of a speech
a) Charts
b) Graphs
c) Stats
- with credible and believable source
4. Conclusion – where you make your point (must be clear)
- or state your core idea (reason why you’re telling them)
- feature and benefit
“The most powerful speeches are those that connect the conclusion to the attention
getter.”
5. Summary – tell them AGAIN (briefly) what you just told them
“People tend to remember what they hear last.”
- take THREE to FIVE points that you want them to remember

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:

Eye contact - gives a sense of believability
Move – to know who’s listening
No Reaction – the approach is wrong; thus, make a connection
Group-to-One – know the background of the person
Nervousness – many components: the way you look & the way you speak
Memorization – a No; if you forgot what you’ll say, you’re done; use a “kodigo” –
orders and keywords
Powerpoint Presentations – restraint; only an aid, thus, it should not take over
Sustaining Attention – according to their own logic
Dressing Up – one notch higher
Building Rapport – know your audience and try to get something of common
interest
Attention Getter – (1) audience, (2) personality

PRESENTING LIKE A PRO

Story – everything we say or do. But it’s also between those things.

Pentatonic Scale – Bobby McFerrin

Lego and a Ship (beyond the lego)

Communication
Conveying your story – by what you say/by what you don’t say

Your yellow brick road – journey (Wizard of Oz)

1) Scarecrow – lost his brains
- speak well
- say what you know and mean what you say
- COULD, SHOULD, MUST
DISC Personality Test (Voice, Eyes, Expression, Hands, Position)
Panther – loud and intense; very direct; serious and intense; heavy, slow wrist
movement; big, heavy, slow, GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
--be brief; what, not how; extrovert; task-oriented
Peacock – fast and loud; high focus; shifting, cheerful and warm, variety in speed,
style and rest, forward and backward in small steps, I BELONG IN THE
SPOTLIGHT
--allow them to talk enhance social aspect; people-oriented; introvert
Owl – monotone, double-speak, a lot of thinking, warm but shy, small, fidgeting,
indecisive, wandering, small and hesitant, STEP-BY-STEP
--repeated work patterns dependability; task-oriented; people-oriented
Dolphin – very quiet, lots of pauses, not a lot of eye contact, warm if any, serious,
thinking, shy, concentrated, high position, stays within, GIVE PEACE A
CHANCE
--reassurance planned change; introvert; people-oriented

Non-written Impact – 55% nonverbal, 38% tone, 8% written

Components of 55%
*BODY LANGUAGE
- can communicate different things
- find your I
- strike a balance
- purpose
*GESTURES
- cue cards
- varied
- purpose
Components of 38%
*TONE
Like, You Know

7%
*WRITTEN
listen with your eyes, ears, heart and mind

2) Lion – Courage
- spot truth
- to see what one is searching for; see, notice and recognize
- bravely honest, bravely yours
- push the limits, step out of your comfort zone
- reason out (Why?)

3) Tin Man – Heart

- spark love
- using motions to go through

brains to speak well, courage to spot truth, heart to spark love

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself for a moment.”

Tips for better Ideas – The Rethink Scholarship – Langara College