How to Write a Speech

Before you begin you need:

1. Your speech OUTLINE with your main ideas ranked in the order you're going to present them

2. Your RESEARCH

3. You also need to know WHO you're speaking to, the PURPOSE of the speech and HOW long time is allowed for the speech.

Speech Construction

1. Your speech will have three parts: an opening or introduction, the body where you present your main ideas and an ending.

2. Split your time allowance so that you spend approximately 70% on the body and 15% each on the introduction and ending.

Writing the speech

1.       Write your main ideas out incorporating your examples and research

2.       Link them together making sure each flows in a smooth, logical progression

3.       Write your ending, summarizing your main ideas briefly and end with a call for action

4.       Write your introduction considering the 'hook' you're going to use to get your listeners listening

5.       An often quoted saying to explain the process is:

'Tell them what you're going to tell them' (Introduction), Tell them (Body of your speech - the main ideas plus examples) and Tell them what you told them, (The ending)

TEST before presenting

Read aloud several times to check the flow of material, the suitability of language and the timing.

Book review – The Common Lawyer by Mark Gimenez

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