Week 3 introduction and visuals
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The document provides guidance on introducing, concluding, and using visuals in a speech, including how to capture attention, establish credibility, preview content, and signal the ending, as well as best practices for using visual aids effectively and strategies for organizing note cards.
Week 3 introduction and visuals
- 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.
- 21. Visuals Objects Models Photographs Drawings Graphs Charts Video Transparencies Multimedia presentations The speaker
- 22. Visuals: Content Remember the six-pack rule Include a title Check for accuracy Spelling Data Parallel wording
- 23. Visuals: Readability Highlight with color Use a minimum 24-point font Use a sans-serif font Balance content
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- 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