Concept Mapping- Speech Presentations
ORGANIZING & DEVELOPING OUTLINES
TO REFLECT LOGICAL FORM OF SPEECHES
INTRODUCTIONS
USE THIS  TO GIVE
PURPOSE, AND SET THE 
TONE TO THE OPENING
OF THE TOPIC BEING 
SPOKEN ABOUT DURING 
YOUR SPEECH
PREVIEWS
YOU WILL SAY THIS 
TO THE AUDIENCE DIRECTLY 
AS PART YOUR MAIN POINTS 
OF DISCUSSION.
SUMMARY
YOU WILL CONDENSE THE
INFORMATION YOU ARE 
ABOUT TO GIVE YOUR 
AUDIENCE AND LET THEM
KNOW WHAT YOUR 
PRESENTATION WILL BE 
ABOUT.
TRANSITIONS
USE THESE TO SHOW YOUR
AUDIENCE THE CONNECTIONS
WITH THE INTRODUCTION
AND THE REST OF THE SPEECH, 
BETWEEN EACH
MAIN POINT
BETWEEN THE BODY 
OF THE SPEECH AND
THE CONCLUSION
SIGNPOSTS
USE THESE AS 
QUICK VERBAL
CUES TO THE 
AUDIENCE 
TO LET THEM
KNOW THAT 
THE SPEECH IS 
MOVING FROM 
ONE POINT TO
 THE NEXT
CONCLUSION
USE THIS TO EMPHASIZE
THE MAIN IDEA OF THE SPEECH
BY LEAVING A MEMORABLE AND
LASTING IMPRESSION THROUGH 
A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECH.
VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VOLUME
CONTROLLING THIS
WILL ALLOW THE AUDIENCE 
TO HAVE A CLEAR AND AUDIBLE
UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR 
SPEECH.
PITCH
USE THIS TO CONVEY EMOTION 
IN YOUR SPEECH BY DEVELOPING
SOUND VARIABLES WHEN SPEAKING
IT WILL ALSO GIVE THE AUDIENCE
MEMORABLE MOMENTS BY HIGHLIGHTING
POINTS AUDIBLY TO YOUR AUDIENCE. 
SPEED
THIS WILL DETERMINE THE PACE
OF YOUR ENTIRE SPEECH
USE IT TO CREATE AN AMBIANCE
AND/OR URGENCY TO THE AUDIENCE
DELIVERY
DEVELOPING THIS WILL HELP 
THE AUDIENCE EMPATHIZE,
UNDERSTAND, AND REMEMBER
YOUR SPEECH PRESENTATION
USE
CLARITY: 
LOGICALLY GROUP 
CATEGORIES 
OF YOUR SPEECH
REPETITION: 
AIDS LONG TERM 
COGNITIVE RETENTION 
OF INFORMATION
SIMPLICITY: 
USE FIRST PERSON
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
KINESICS
IDENTIFY AND USE 
BEFORE, DURING, 
AND AFTER GIVING 
A SPEECH
GESTURES
FACIAL 
EXPRESSION
BODY 
MOVEMENTS
AUDITORY
IDENTIFY CUES 
FROM AUDIENCE 
AND SELF WHEN 
GIVING A SPEECH
THERE ARE DIFFERENT 
TYPES OF LISTENERS
FRADULENT:
PSEUDO LISTENERS
(NODDERS)
MONOPOLISTIC:
ALWAYS WANT TO 
BE LISTENED TO,
BUT NEVER WANT TO 
LISTEN
COMPLETERS:
FILL IN THE GAPS
WITH MANUFACTURED
INFORMATION
SELECTIVE:
ZERO IN ONLY 
ON PARTS OF 
INTEREST
AVOIDERS:
CLOSE THEIR EARS
TO INFORMATION
THEY WOULD RATHER 
NOT DEAL WITH
DEFENSIVE:
ASSUME OTHERS
ARE CRITISIZING 
ATTACKERS:
WAIT FOR YOU
TO MAKE A MISTAKE
LISTENING IS KEY 
TO AN EFFECTIVE 
PRESENTATION
PROXEMICS
DISTANCE CHOSEN BY SPEAKER
FROM THE AUDINCE
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF DISTANCES
THAT AFFECT SPEECH DELIVERY
INTIMATE:
FOR EMBRACING, WHISPERING 
TO OR TOUCHING. [LESS THAN
6 INCHES - 18 INCHES AWAY]
PERSONAL:
FOR INTERACTION AMONG
GOOD FRIENDS OR FAMILY
[1 - 4 FEET AWAY]
SOCIAL:
FOR INTERACTIONS AMONG
AQUAINTANCES 
[ 4 - 12 FEET AWAY]
PUBLIC:
USED FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING 
[12 - 25 FEET AWAY]
PRESENTATION 
SUPPLEMENTAL AIDS
POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS
USE THIS TOOL FOR
 ILLUSTRATING  AND 
DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL
CONTENT
HIGHLIGHTED
QUOTATIONS
MAJOR IDEAS
VIDEO CREATIONS
USE IT FOR IMPROVING 
THE AUDIENCES MEMORY
RETENTION BY GIVING THEM
SIMULTANIOUS VISUAL AND
AUDITORY INFORMATION
WHILE GIVING OR AFTER 
THE SPEECH PRESENTATION
SKIT PERFORMANCES
USE IT TO  ENCOURAGE CLASS
PARTICIPATION 
USE IT TO REDACT EVENTS 
FROM PRESENTATION
FOR AUDIENCE
POEM RECITATIONS
ENHANCE THE SPEECH 
PRESENTATION BY GIVING 
THE AUDIENCE AN AUDITORY
EXAMPLE BEFORE, DURING, OR 
AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION.
IDENTIFING SPEECH TYPES 
AND PURPOSES
Informative
 Speeches
PROVIDES IN-DEPTH 
INFORAMTION TO THE
AUDIENCE THAT THEY 
DON'T ALREADY KNOW
Demonstrative
 Speeches
EXPLAINS AND 
ACTIVELY SHOWS 
HOW TO DO SOMETHING 
OR HOW SOMETHING 
WORKS
Persuasive
 Speeches
USED TO CONVINCE
THE AUDINECE TO 
BELIEVE WHAT THE SPEAKER
BELIVES
Entertainment 
Speeches
USE AS A METHOD OF 
RELAXATION FOR THE AUDIENCE
AND TO ENJOY THE OCCASION.
