- Prepare a talk that will build goodwill for your organization by supplying
useful information of interest to the audience.
- Favorably influence the audience by the skillful and friendly delivery of
your talks.
- Time: Five to seven minutes
- Research the operation and benefits of an organization or company.
- Prepare a talk designed to build goodwill toward it by presenting factual
information.
- Analyze the common interests of your audience and focus your presentation
on those interests.
- Effectively use at least one visual aid to enhance the audience's understanding.
- Time: Eight to ten minutes
- Direct a persuasive appeal to the audience's self-interests using a combination
of fact and emotion in a speech delivered in such a manner that it appears
extemporaneous.
- Persuade the audience to adopt your viewpoint by the use of standard persuasive
techniques.
- Time: Eight to ten minutes
- Prepare a talk to persuade a hostile audience at least to consider your
position on a controversial issue.
- Conduct a question-and-answer period on the speech subject.
- Time: Six to eight minutes for speech – Eight to ten minutes for question
period
- Write a speech script on behalf of a social cause.
- Using the script, present the speech to persuade a general television audience.
- Time: Eight minutes, plus or minus 30 seconds
- This project has special requirements to simulate a television broadcast.
Make arrangements in advance for the proper equipment.