1. Welcome to Week 3
Beginning and Ending
Visuals
Demonstrative Speech
2. Objectives
How to Introduce (begin) your
speech
How to Conclude (end) your
speech
How to use visuals wisely
How to make a Demonstrative
speech
3. Duties of Introduction
Capture audience attention
Reveal the topic
Establish your credibility
Preview your content
4. Ways to Capture Attention (1)
Ask a rhetorical question
Tell a story
Give a quiz
Ask for a show of hands
Show a picture
Play an audio clip
5. Ways to Capture Attention (2)
State a startling statistic
Relate to your audience
Create curiosity
State the importance of the topic
Show another type of visual
Show a video
6. Ways to Capture Attention (3)
Refer to the occasion
Mention a related historical event
Use humor
Tell a related joke
Ask audience to answer to a
question
7. Credibility and Goodwill
Credibility:
– are you qualified to speak on the
topic?
Goodwill:
– do you care about the topic and the
audience?
8. Preview Your Content
Make this the last part of your
introduction
State your main points
9. Tips for Introductions
Avoid, “Today I want to talk
about”
Avoid, “My speech is about . . .”
Avoid, “I’d like to tell you about”
Keep brief
Prepare it last
Consider memorizing
10. Duties of Conclusions
Signal you are ending
Restate your core message
– Summarize your main points
11. Ways to Conclude
Use words like In conclusion,
Finally, Let me recap, To
summarize, In closing
End with a quotation
Ask a question
Go back to the introduction
Say “Thank you”
12. Avoid saying . . .
―That’s it.”
“That’s all I have to say.”
“That’s the end.”
“I don’t know what else to say.”
“That’s about it.”
“Any questions?”
13. Exercise: Introduction 1
What tiny crystal fortified the coffers of many
ancient empires and laid waste to others? What
mineral has the power to create and the power to
destroy? What is ―good as gold‖ when scarce and
―cheap as dirt‖ when abundant?
The answer to all of these questions is salt, the
spice of life. Today I would like to look at the
importance of salt in history, at how we spice up
our lives with salt today, and at the role salt will
probably play in the future.
14. Introduction 1 Flaws
This introduction uses a series of
questions to get attention, introduces
the topic clearly, and has a concise
preview statement. Its most obvious
flaw is a lack of material establishing
the speaker’s credibility. It might
also be improved by relating the
topic of salt directly to the audience
at the outset.
15. Introduction 2
We have so much unused human potential. By
improving the use of your time, you can have
much more time for social activities. You can use
your mental processes more fully, thereby
improving your grades. You can also increase
your physical stamina and improve your health.
We must learn to know our bodies.
16. Introduction 2 Flaws
By relating to the audience, this introduction
does a fair job of capturing attention—but that is
all. It does not reveal the topic of the speech,
establish the credibility of the speaker, or
preview the main points of the speech.
17. Introduction 3
A six-year-old collie lay battered and helpless by
the side of the road. The car that hit her had
broken her pelvis, dislocated her hip, and
smashed her jaw. It had also blinded her, and
she whimpered in pain and fear.
Unfortunately, this true story happens much too
frequently because of the growing problem of pet
overpopulation. Having grown up on a farm with
animals of all kinds, I care deeply about their
welfare, and I have become aware through my
veterinary courses of how serious the problem of
pet overpopulation is.
18. Introduction 3 Flaws
This introduction does an excellent job of gaining
attention, of introducing the topic of pet
overpopulation, and of establishing the speaker’s
credibility. It is flawed, however, by its lack of a
preview statement. As with the introduction on
salt, it also could be strengthened if it related the
topic directly to the audience.
19. Introduction 4
Every problem has at least two sides. When one
side is right, and the other side is wrong, the
problem is easy to solve. But what if both sides
have merit in their arguments? How do you solve
these problems?
Balancing the rights of everyone in an adoption is
one of these problems. The parents who give up
the child have a right that all the information
they disclose be kept confidential, while the
adopted child has a right to know about the
identity of his or her natural parents.
Today I’d like to explore this problem with you
and look at one approach to solving it.
20. Introduction 4 Flaws
This introduction does a good job of revealing the
topic and previewing the main points of the
speech. It does nothing to establish the speaker’s
credibility, and it is weak as an attention-getter.
24. EAZY LOAD SOFTWARE
Eazy Load Software has these
qualifications:
– Eazy Load Software is easy to use
– Eazy Load Software loads easily
– Eazy Load Software is Windows
compatible
25. EAZY LOAD SOFTWARE
Eazy Load Software is
– Easy to use
– Loads easily
– Compatible with Windows
26. Font Style and Size
This is 24 san-serif
This is 24 serif
This is 32 san-serif
This is 32 serif
27. Balance Content
Highlight with color
Use a minimum 24-point font
Use a sans-serif font
Balance content
28. Balanced
Highlight with color
Use a minimum 24-point font
Use a sans-serif font
Balance content
29. Be Savvy With Visuals cont.
Do Not Create Your Own
Competition
Begin and end without the
projector
Talk to your audience, not the
visual
Don’t block the visual
32. Phrases to Avoid
“If we had more time . . .”
“If this equipment worked . . .”
“If I had a visual to show you . . .”
“If you could see this”
“I’m sorry . . .”
“I hope . . .”
33. Using Note Cards
Use note cards: 3 x 5, 4 x 6
Number the cards
Use key words or phrases
Use deliver prompts: EYE
CONTACT, SPEAK LOUDER HERE
34. Using Note Cards continued
Use sparingly
Use openly
Hold in one hand
Avoid gesturing with the cards
