Informative Outline/Speech

Hi everyone professor see here. Just wanted to do a a second week check in.

Um The first week has flown by.

I've been really impressed with all of the work that you guys have done.

You're very engaging and interactive in the discussion forums.

You have two speeches under your belt so far.

Your intro and your introductory object speech.

I've been very impressed with both of those, so please keep up the great work.

Um I wanted to check in with a quick video

because we're going to ramp things up a little bit.

The informative speech is coming up and for those of you who are planning to meet with

us as a group in the yardley make field library that is happening one week from today.

So I'm recording this on june 1st.

We are meeting next Wednesday in the yardley make field library from 5 10 to 7 10 PM um

in the group's study room if you haven't already RSVP'd

and this is something that you are interested in.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you plan on joining us.

Uh This is recommended for anybody who might have some

difficulties in gathering their own audience of at least seven adults

or maybe you don't have an appropriate place to really do your speech.

Um So that would alleviate both of those issues.

I think we're up to about six people who will be joining us.

So there's plenty of room for others.

Um so for those of you that will be happening in one week,

it's time to get started working on all of the

steps that we need to complete leading up to that.

So one of the things that I wanted to go over was

this outlined speech template which I'm sharing on the screen here.

I'm sharing about half of it.

Um So this is a really important step and the biggest step and the most

labor intensive step that you will take

in crafting your informative and persuasive speeches.

So in the module that you're working on now you are brainstorming ideas.

You're creating a mind map about yourself and your different areas

of interest that might lead to some potential informative speech topics.

Then you're going to choose to topics, create thesis statements for them,

get feedback from myself as well as your classmates and then move

forward with one of those ideas or an adaptation of that idea

from there you are going to research.

So it's time to find some you know, supplementary material and facts.

Statistics,

examples from credible sources that can support the topic that

you are going to speak about in the informative speech.

And then from there we start outlining.

So this outline um should be in this template format so it

spells out everything and you can literally use it as a template.

So I put it in as a word document, you can open it up,

you can type right in there um and use it literally as like

sort of a drag and drop plug in place type of thing.

So you'll notice that um you put your thesis statement at the top.

And then in your introduction there's four functions to the introduction.

You're going to be learning about that in this coming chapter as well.

So the attention getter, the credibility statement,

your thesis statement or your, you know,

letting your audience know what the topic is and then your preview of points.

So those are the four things the four functions at the introduction has to fulfill.

Then we go into the body of the speech there.

You have your 3-5 million points and the sub points under them

keep in mind um that if there's a sub 0.1 there needs to be a sub

point to if there's a sub sub 0.0.1 there needs to be a sub sub 0.2,

so on and so forth.

So think logically,

what are some of the sub topics that naturally come from your overall topic?

So one of the examples that I tend to give in my classes is Disney World.

Um Disney world can be broken down into many different

sub topics and we can take different patterns of organization.

So we could have um

we could do spatial spatial meaning, like the placement of different things.

So we could have the four different parks and each of those parks,

Main parks um is one of our main points and then we have the sub points of those.

So maybe we talk about the different attractions.

We talk about the food, We talked about the characters, we talk about the souvenirs,

all those different things that you would find in each of those parks.

We could also talk about Disney World in terms of chronological order, right?

So when was Disney World first

Opened?

And what changes and kind of iterations hasn't gone through since it was opened?

I think I want to say 1971, I think they just celebrated their 50th anniversary.

Um so that's a completely different spin on the same speech topic.

So it's really important to decide exactly kind of where you are

going and how you are breaking down the information within your speech.

So that all happens in this outlining process.

Then with your 3-5 main points.

You also need transitions between each of those points and you want

to make sure that you are seamlessly transitioning out of one main

point into another main point so that it doesn't sound really choppy

and it's very logical how you are are going about your organization

and then you can't see it on the screen,

but you'll see it in the template in the module.

Um, you have your conclusion and the conclusion fulfills two functions.

You have to summarize your main points and then you have to end with a clincher.

So, an impressionable statement.

A statement that stays on the minds of your audience members.

I always say to my students,

you want your speech to be the one that people go talk to their family about, right.

They go home and talk to their kids about their their family members, their friends.

They can't believe what they just learned from your speech.

And what makes it so memorable will be that concluding statement.

That final thing that they hear when you present your speech.

Also within here we have our verbal citations.

So within this, you are going to let us know where you are getting your information.

So according to Disney.com, Walt,

Disney World First opened its doors with the Magic Kingdom Park in 1971.

So you are letting us know exactly where you

got that information ideally with a verbal citation,

you are going to have your author's name.

You are going to have the publication.

You are going to have the title of that article

you are going to have when it was published.

So that much information should be included or as

much information as possible in each of your citations.

I will be listening for at least three of those with each speech.

Sorry, I'm not sure what's going on with my lady

Do as I say, not as I do make sure your lighting does not do this during your speeches,

but I am, I snuck into my son's room.

He has a friend over. I'm under a bunk bed and I'm recording this.

Um, as best I can right now,

a couple of other points with your outline template.

You are doing this in complete sentences.

Alright, so everything should be written out in complete sentences.

So when you submit your outline to me,

I will be able to see essentially a snapshot of your entire speech.

It's not considered to be a script, it's very much broken down, it's outlined.

I will give you some feedback based on what I see in your outline

and then you are going to move on from there to finalize it.

You are going to make any changes or edits additions,

whatever you may need to do based on my feedback,

you are going to create your speaker's notes.

So this is where you get out the good old index

cards or buy a cheap pack at the dollar store CVS,

whatever um and have a few cards that you write your keyword,

key phrase notes on and those keyword key phrase notes are what

you use as prompts when you've rehearsed and eventually deliver your speech.

That's gonna look a little bit different for everybody

in a previous video that I recorded, I said, you know what,

Go ahead, write out your entire intro if you need that

if you feel like

you know, I'm,

I might freeze up there or I'm not going to remember exactly how to expand on this.

This point in my intro,

then go ahead and write out a little bit more of that intro

and then go on and challenge yourself to have keywords and key phrases.

I really don't want you to be reading right off of your cards.

No outlines, no pieces of paper,

no devices, nothing like that. So good old fashioned public speaking here.

Um it's a good,

valuable skill that everybody needs and the more practice you get with it,

the better off you will be and the more confidence you will have.

So I think that's all I wanted to cover here,

but I did want to record this and get this up

so that you guys can move on in this process.

I will offer you feedback on your topics

and your thesis statements as much as possible,

but just know that there's a really quick turnaround time with the outlines.

The outlines are due at midnight on sunday and then I will get

you feedback as soon as possible so that you can finalize it,

create your notes rehearse.

And then for those of you meeting me in one week,

you'll be delivering in front of each other, which is super exciting.

I'm looking forward to meeting many of you

through that others of you will be gathering,

gathering your own audiences

and performing in front of them delivering your speech in front of them.

So, good luck to you as well,

I'm here to support you.

So anything you may need during this process, please feel free to reach out.

Um and best of luck, bye bye. All

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