29 July 2016 . 900am . Friday . English For Social Skills Chapter 6 : Type of Speech

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Points to remember

• Make use of graphs and supporting documents
• Present some facts and figures but make sure that they are accurate and that they support you points of view
• If there have been similar problems you can tell your audience how they were solved
• Try to make it personal to your listeners, if its is going to effect their family, home or job they will start to take notice

Remark : 
use print screen google map to show the distance
use logo of the company printed in the google map

always remember - pictures tell thousand words


Example
Improve your health through better eating
television violence is negatively influencing our children
become a volunteer and change the world


3 . Entertaining Speech

• Usually short
• Giving the audience an enjoyable experience
• Leave the audience with a favorable impression not only of himself or herself but also of the organization
• To amuse through humors, stories or illustrations.

Purpose of entertaining speech

• Crowd please
• Get promotion
• Hold attention

Point to remember

• The speech still must make a valid point or argument, but it can be done using humor. 
• A speech to entertain may be either informative or persuasive in nature, but the supporting materials are selected primarily based on their entertainment value. 

Example

• After dinner speech
• Comic monologues ( Phua Chu Kang, Harith Iskandar )

4. Technical Speech

• Visuals and printed handouts
• Even videotape
• This is informative

Points to remember

• This is informative but goes beyond simple information
• It may be a presentaion to peers at a professional meeting
• May be an official presentation to a group such as regulatory body

Brief Remarks

• Its actually the category of the speech, which are given on special occasion as expression of thanks, welcome or acceptance
• They are not scripted. Speaker give the remarks in his or her own words. But if it is a highly official function it is better to use a script. 

Planning for speech
proper planning is required before a speech

• Choose the topic
• Do some research
• Remember the information you are going to provide to your audience should be new and valuable
• The information should be accurate.

4P's Planning

Plan
Prepare
Practice
Present

4P's
Price
Place
Product
Promotion 


Guidelines for planning

• Purpose of the speech
• Decide what you wish to speak about
• Do you wish to 

instruct and inform

Convince, Persuade, Influence or Motivate

Amuse and entertain

• what are the objectives of your speech 
• know your audience

Paring 
If you have done your research well, you will have many more ideas that you can introduce in a single speech. Begin paring, Select the 3 most important ideas you want people in the audience to carry away with them

You Should

• Repeat the ideas
• Introduce the audience in a logical sequence
• Using relationships that aid retention 
• Use anecdotes

Persuading
Logical proff
Emotional Appeal
Give Reasons

Mechanic of Organization
start with a title
write down the purpose
list the ideas you want to audience to retain
write a conclusion