Guidelines for Speech #5



Final Speech

Informative or Persuasive TED-Style

A 5-7 minute informative or persuasive TED-style speech which must include the following:

1. Four (4) documented sources (books, magazines, newspaper articles, WWW pages, etc.) These four sources can not be all of the same kind, but rather a variety of sources. Be sure to list your documented sources in MLA style in a formal Works Cited page. Remember to cite your source within your speech too. (“According to Fred Fern, the author of The Big Book of Ferns, Boston ferns can grow to be as big as an elephant.”)

2. You must also have TWO purposeful visual aids. See notes on the back.

3. You must also use at least ONE digital medium/technology in your presentation. This medium should align with your visuals, but you can also enhance your presentation with music and other props.

4. You MUST also organize with an attention getting device, clear thesis with preview of main points in your introduction. Your conclusion should contain a summary and concluding device that links to your intro. These also must be indicated on your outline.

5. This outline must be a full content outline, still with bulleted points and indentations. Be sure to include EVERYTHING YOU PLAN TO SAY in your speech in your outline. Your outlines should be very detailed. DO NOT WRITE IN PARAGRAPH form! It must be TYPED and you must also include a formal Works Cited page. Then, have an abbreviated speaking outline.

6. For this speech, you must wear professional or appropriate dress.

7. Memorize the content, and use your speaking outline to keep track of key points.

8. Since this is your final, I expect to see growth in your speaking skills and application of all the traits we’ve worked on: vocal fluctuation, eye contact, tight organization, thorough content, passion, and engaging gestures, props, and visuals.

Remember that you may also use notecards for your speaking outline. Your speaking outline should only contain your main ideas and any quotes or statistics you plan to use.

TED Talk slide guidelines

When speakers choose to use slides, conference organizers have official advice on how to edit them:

• A single word or line of text can have more impact than a paragraph.

• Text-heavy slides distract listeners from processing what a speaker is saying.

• In general, choose images over text.

• Slides should be easy to understand.

• Keep graphs visually clear.

• No slide should support more than one point.

• Cut any slide that does not have a clear purpose.

What is a TED talk?

The TED commandments

The essence of a TED Talk is contained in”The TED Commandments,” guidelines given to folks who aim to speak at a TED conference:

1. Thou shalt not simply trot out thy usual shtick.

2. Thou shalt dream a great dream, or show forth a wondrous new thing, or share something thou hast never shared before.

3. Thou shalt reveal thy curiosity and thy passion.

4. Thou shalt tell a story.

5. Thou shalt freely comment on the utterances of other speakers for the sake of blessed connection and exquisite controversy.

6. Thou shalt not flaunt thine ego. Be thou vulnerable. Speak of thy failure as well as thy success.

7. Thou shalt not sell from the stage: neither thy company, thy goods, thy writings, nor thy desperate need for funding; lest thou be cast aside into outer darkness.

8. Thou shalt remember all the while: laughter is good.

9. Thou shalt not read thy speech.

10. Thou shalt not steal the time of them that follow thee.

The commandments concentrate on the verbal content of a talk – what the speaker says out loud – and make no reference to images. In fact …

A lot of the best TED Talks have no slides at all!

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