What is the best speech format ? written, memorized or an outline? - by Bob Tracz

I believe an outline works best for most situations.
It provides cohesion to your purpose and provides a rational progression to your conclusion.

You can use 5X7 cards so you can easily review, organize, reorganize and review your thoughts.
Your introduction should get the audience's attention,
introduce the topic, explain the topic's importance andforecast your main ideas.

Your body of the presentation can follow a logical thoughtpattern - one topic progresses into the next, chronological,spatial, classification, problem/solution, cause/effect,
prioritized... so you can be conversational and neverhave to worry about forgetting what you wanted to say.

Your conclusion should - inform the audience that you areabout to end, summarize the main ideas and leave theaudience with a call to action.

QUOTATION:
If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap, than his neighbour, though he build his house in the woods, the world willmake a beaten path to his door.
ATTRIBUTION:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. Attribute

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