Plan Your Presentation

Now that you have the talk laid out on paper, you need a plan of presentation.

One talk might be to inform, another to amuse, still another to appeal for some sort of action.

Perhaps you never thought of it, but your plan of presentation in each case might be different. And no matter what your objective, you want to use the plan that applies to the speech you are going to do.

Perhaps you have seen a street peddler selling an exerciser. He is a short, stocky man with bulging muscles and has the husky voice of a man who has worked outdoors in all kinds of weather.

He stands stripped to the waist in wintry weather, stretching a heavy belt of elastic material. Now he pulls it wide in front of him, now over his head, now behind him.

As he goes through the exercises he tells his story to you. Does he tell you how the belt is made? Does he tell you how much strength it takes to pull it? Does he talk about the metal grips that fit the hands, about the quality of rubber, or the careful double stitching that holds it together?

Continued...From "How to Write a Speech"
By: EDWARD J. HEGARTY

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