Organizing Your Speech

Presenter: Presenter B

July 11, 2004

Organization
To organize your
thoughts into a logical
sequence that leads the
audience to a clearly
defined goal.

CIE 2004 Presentation Skills Workshop - prepared by Grace Tyler 2

 Organization

• Start with a formula

• Build three parts of a speech

CIE 2004 Presentation Skills Workshop - prepared by Grace Tyler 3

 Organization
• Start with a formula
– Tell them what you’re going to tell them
– Tell them
– Tell them what you’ve told them

CIE 2004 Presentation Skills Workshop - prepared by Grace Tyler 4

 Organization
• Opening
– To catch immediate attention
• Body
– To list out the fact to support your message
• Conclusion
– To ensure your audience remember

CIE 2004 Presentation Skills Workshop - prepared by Grace Tyler 5

 Organization
• Opening
– To catch immediate attention
• A startling question
• An appropriate quotation, illustration, or a story
• A display of some appropriate object or picture
– To tell them what you’re going to tell them

CIE 2004 Presentation Skills Workshop - prepared by Grace Tyler 6

 Organization
• Body
– To tell them
– To list out the fact to support your
message
• List fact or idea for point 1
• List fact or idea for point 2
• List fact or idea for point 3
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 Organization
• Body
– Ways of organizing your presentation
• Past to present
• Priority (relative importance of various topics)
• Pain to pleasure
• Categorical
• Compare and contrast
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Ideal verses reality
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 Organization
• Body
– Support each main point by
• Statistics
• Quotations
• Researched information

CIE 2004 Presentation Skills Workshop - prepared by Grace Tyler 9

 Organization
• Conclusion
– To tell them what you’ve told them
– To ensure your audience remember
your message
• A summary of the points you have made
• A specific appeal for action
• A story quotation that emphasizes the point
you are making
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 Organization
Summary
– Start with a formula
– Build three parts of a speech
– Follow a logical sequence
– Support each main point with facts
– Have a strong conclusion

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Closing
Organization
is a key to
effective speech.