40 3.7 Presenting Your First sPeech
Some public-speaking teachers may require a slightly different outline for-
mat. For example, your teacher might want you to outline your speech using
Roman numeral I for the introduction, II for the body, and III for your conclu-
sion. Or your instructor might want you to add more detailed information about
your supporting material in outlines that you submit in class. Make sure you
follow the precise guidelines your instructor provides for outlining your speech.
Unless required, however, do not write your speech word for word. If you do,
you will sound stilted and unnatural.Consider Presentation Aids
In addition to developing a written outline to use as you speak, consider using
presentation aids to help your audience understand the structure of your speech
and to clarify your major ideas. For example, you could use the three visuals
shown in Figure 3.2 to help your audience understand the three major ideas in
the outline just presented.
For all the steps we have discussed so far, your success as a speaker will
ultimately be determined by your audience. That is why, throughout the text,
we refer you to the audience-centered speechmaking model presented earlier in
this chapter.cOnclUSIOn:
Today I’ve identified three key aspects of effective money management:
(1) knowing sources of money, (2) knowing what you can do with money,
and (3) understanding money-management principles that can make you
rich. Now, let’s go “back to the future”! Remember the good feeling you
had when you received your check for $100,000? Recall that feeling again
when you are depositing your first paycheck. Remember this simple secret
for accumulating wealth: Part of all I earn is money to keep. It is within
your power to “go for the gold.”
Summarize main ideas and
restate central idea.Figure 3.2 Presentation graphics for the Major ideas in Your speech
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sources: Figure: shannon Kingston.
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