Conclusion
The organization of your speech may not be the most interesting part to think about, but without it, great ideas will seem jumbled and confusing to your audience. Even more, good connectives will ensure your audience can follow you and understand the logical connections you are making with your main ideas.
Something to Think About
Listen to a speech by a professional speaker, such as a TED Talk, and see if you can detect their structure and use of transitions. Then talk about how they help (or don’t) your understanding and retention of what they say.
Case Study
Roberto is thinking about giving an informative speech on the status of HIV-AIDS currently in the U.S. He has different ideas about how to ap- proach the speech. Here are his four main thoughts:
- pharmaceutical companies making drugs available in the developing world
- changes in attitudes toward HIV-AIDS and HIV-AIDS patients over the last three decades
- how HIV affects the body of a patient
- major breakthroughs in HIV-AIDS treatment
Assuming all of these subjects would be researchable and appropriate for the audience, write specific purpose statements for each. What organiza- tional patterns would he probably use for each specific purpose?
