Project 1: THE ICE BREAKER
- To begin speaking before an audience
- To discover speaking skills you already have and
skills that need some attention.
- TIME: Four to six minutes
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Project 2: ORGANIZE YOUR SPEECH
- Select an appropriate outline which allows
listeners to easily follow and understand your speech
- Make your message clear with supporting material
directly contributing to that message.
- Use appropriate transitions when moving from one
idea to another.
- Create a strong opening and conclusion.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 3: GET TO THE POINT
- Select a speech topic and determine its general and
specific purposes.
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Organize the speech in a manner that best achieves
those purposes.
- Ensure the beginning, body and conclusion
reinforces the purposes.
- Strive not to use notes.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 4: HOW TO SAY IT
- Select the right words and sentence structure to
communicate your ideas clearly, accurately and vividly.
- Use rhetorical devices to enhance and emphasize
ideas.
- Eliminate jargon and unnecessary words.
- Use correct grammar.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 5: YOUR BODY SPEAKS
- Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions
and eye contact to express your message and achieve your speech's
purpose.
- Make your body language smooth and natural.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 6: VOCAL VARIETY
- Use voice volume, pitch, rate and quality to
reflect and add meaning and interest to your message.
- Use pauses to enhance your message.
- Use vocal variety smoothly and naturally.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 7: RESEARCH YOUR TOPIC
- Collect information about your topic from numerous
sources.
- Carefully support your points and opinions with
specific facts, examples and illustrations gathered through research.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 8: GET COMFORTABLE WITH VISUAL AIDS
- To learn the value of props in speaking.
- Select visual aids that are appropriate for your
message and the audience.
- Use visual aids correctly with ease and confidence.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 9: PERSUADE WITH POWER
- Persuade listeners to adopt your viewpoint or ideas
or to take some action.
- Appeal to the audience's interest.
- Use logic and emotion to support your position.
- Avoid using notes.
- TIME: Five to seven minutes.
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Project 10: INSPIRE YOUR AUDIENCE
- To inspire the audience by appealing to noble
motives and challenging the audience to achieve a higher level of
beliefs or achievement.
- Appeal to the audience's needs and emotions, using
stories, anecdotes and quotes to add drama.
- Avoid using notes.
- TIME: Eight to ten minutes.
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