Influence Formal outline.
Objectives
To measure your ability to observe time limits
To develop poise in a public presentation
To deliver a speech using an extemporaneous style of delivery
To practice effective speech organization (introduction, body, and conclusion) using connectives (transitions)
To practice strategies for using oral language effectively
Assignment Requirements:
1. Detailed, Formal Outline (see sample outline for guidance)
2. Presentation Video Submission
3. Time Requirement: 3-5 minutes
4. Visual Aid: A visual aid is NOT required for this assignment, but always allowed if
you decide to have one.
5. Audience Requirement: All presentations have an audience requirement. This
requirement is detailed in the Syllabus. Presentations that do not meet audience
requirement will incur a deduction or a 0 until a submission is made with the
required audience.
Assignment for Influences Speech
In this speech you will focus on three influences that have been important in making
you the person you are, or influences that have contributed to your self-awareness
and self-knowledge.
1. Select a person you admire who has had an influence on your life. Maybe this
person is a friend, a relative, or even someone from the world of celebrity.
To admire is to respect, to regard with approval. We admire people generally
for their character, the personal qualities we see in their behavior, and their
skills and abilities.
2. Select a place that has helped shape you in some way you can recognize.
Make your choice of place as specific as possible: for instance, not a town but a
block in a neighborhood, not a home but a room or back porch, not a ranch but
a watering tank or tree — then you can let the specificity of the place enlarge
into an emblem of all that it represents and stands for.
Like individuals, places also influence our values, behaviors, and beliefs, our view of ourselves and of life. The place you choose must be real, not imagined. The number of visits isn’t important; what matters is that the place has left its mark on you, and you can tell us how and why.
3. Select a single experience that has stayed with you in some influential way.
Your audience can know no more than you tell them. Give them your sense of
the experience; give them details. Explain why you are different.
