1. Public Speaking
Why learn it?
The Parts of the Speech

2. Why learn public speaking?
• Confidence
• Job skill
• Effective
communicator
• Power

3. How can public speaking help you?
• You have to train a group of
workers at your job
• You are fighting to keep
your local playground open
• You are in
sales/marketing/other jobs
that require you to work
with the public
• You have to give a eulogy
• You want to demonstrate
leadership and confidence

4. What you ALREADY know
Similarities between public
speaking and conversations:
• Organizing your thoughts
logically
• Tailoring your message to
your audience
• Telling a story for maximum
impact (example: saving the
punchline for the end of a
joke)
• Adapting to listener feedback

5. What’s different about public speaking
• More highly structured – time limits,
little to no listener
interruption/interaction, have a
purpose to accomplish, anticipating
audience questions/reactions, more
detailed planning
• Requires more formal language – it is
expected slang, jargon and bad
grammar have no place in public
speeches, a speech should be special
• Requires a different method of
delivery – no vocal crutches, speaking
louder than you normally would, good
posture, avoid distracting mannerisms

6. Parts of the Speech
(see the formal speech outline)
• Introduction:
Attention device
Central Idea
Specific Purpose
Preview Statement/Transition
• Body:
Main Points, supported by evidence, with
transition statements between points
• Conclusion:
Review main points
Recap major ideas

7. Introduction
• Get the attention and interest of your
audience
• Reveal the topic of your speech
• Establish credibility and goodwill
• Preview the body of the speech

8. Body
• Organization is key
Order types:
 Chronological: follow a time pattern
 Spatial: directional pattern (from top to bottom,
from to back, east to west)
 Causal: illustrate a cause and effect relationship
 Problem-solution: 2 parts – first shows the
problem, second shows possible solutions
 Topical: dividing the speech topic into subtopics

9. Connectives
• Transitions: a word or phrase that indicated
when a speaker has finished one point and is
moving on to another
Internal preview: much like your preview
statement in the introduction, this previews the
main points inside the body of the speech
Internal summaries: sum up previous main point
as a method of moving on to the next
Signposts: brief statements that indicate exactly
where you are in the speech (first, second, final)

10. Conclusion
Serves two functions:
1.Let the audience know you are finishing
2.Reinforce the audience’s understanding of, or
commitment to, the central idea
Reinforcing the central idea:
• End with a quotation
• Make a dramatic statement
• Refer back to the introduction

11. Tips for prepping the conclusion
• Keep an eye out for possible concluding
statements during your research
• End with a bang, not a whimper
• Don’t be long winded (should account for 10%
of your total speech)
• Don’t leave anything to chance. The
conclusion is an opportunity to have the “final
say.” Prepare well and practice this often!