Organizing Your SpeechThe Better Speaker Series

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Organization Method

Tell them what you are goingto tell them.

Tell them.

Tell them what you’ve told them.

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Develop an OutlineIntroduction

Body

main ideas or points

supporting material

Conclusion

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Filling in the Outline List key points

Arrange them in order

Expand upon these points

Develop an introduction

Develop a close

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Create a Mindmap

A mindmap is a diagram that

helps determine what will be

included in the speech and

when it will be mentioned.

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Mindmapping

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Step 1

Mindmapping

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Mindmapping

Step 1

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Mindmapping

Step 2

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Mindmapping

Step 2

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Mindmapping

Step 2

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Keep Your Map Orderly

Use separate paper to record extra material.

Use asterisks, numbers, or color coding.

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Conclusion

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It is best to do things systematically,

since we are only human, and

disorder is our worst enemy.

– Hesiod, ancient Greek poet