Informative Speech Structure and Outline

Forum Objective: Prepare for the Week 3 speech assignment.

This week you will be turning in your speech, done in the format of a Power Point presentation with the speech written in a Word document.  In order to get ready to submit this, examine the readings linked here. They have practical tips that will help you with your assignment.

Making Better Presentations: This short article from Vanderbilt University discusses how to create powerful presentations for the classroom environment.

Powerful PowerPoint Presentations:  This article from SUNY College includes a short video that gives you an example of a strong presentation and some of the pitfalls you may experience when creating your presentation.

5 Tips for a Powerful PowerPoint Presentation: This article gives you some additional tips that might help you with the presentation due this week.

Make sure your post has these items:

1. A very brief outline of your speech (maybe one sentence per slide);
2. Observations of what kind of design and visual impacts you might use (see first 3 articles for ideas); and
3. Strategies you might take to make your presentation especially effective (see 4th article for ideas).

You may include your draft Power Point (you don’t have to).  Remember that the speech itself has to be in a Word document when you submit your assignment, but you don’t have to submit that document in this forum either.  Keep in mind your speech has to meet length requirements. More info can be found in the assignment description.

You will also have to cite your sources, using the appropriate citation style for your topic.  The APUS Library has a guide to help you determine what style to use. The library also has citation guides for the major citation styles, including APA, Chicago, and MLA.