WRITING A SPEECH

Ø  Step1

Calculate how much time your speech should take. Try to keep your speech concise yet informative.

Ø  Step2

Think about your audience and let your awareness of the audience shape the tone of your speech as you write it.

Ø  Step3

Begin with an introduction that establishes who you are, what your purpose is, what you'll be talking about and how long you're going to take. You may want to include a joke, story or interesting fact to clutch the audience's concentration.

Ø  Step4

Organize your information into three to seven main points and prioritize them according to significance and effectiveness.

 

Ø  Step5

Delete points that aren't crucial to your speech.

Ø  Step6

Start with your most important point; then go to your least important point and move slowly back toward the most important. For example, if you have five points with No. 5 being the most important and No. 1 being the least important, your presentation order would be 5-1-2-3-4.

Ø  Step7

Add support to each point using statistics, facts, examples, anecdotes, quotations or other supporting material.

Ø  Step8

Connect your introduction, points and conclusions together with smooth transitions.

Ø  Step9

Write a conclusion that summarises each of your points, restates your main purpose and leaves the audience with a lasting impression.