Selecting and Narrowing Topic
Finding Sources
A good speech uses good supports. Supporting materials can do several things for your speech:
- make your speech more convincing,
- give you, the speaker, more credibility,
- make your speech more interesting.
Three basic qualities your supporting materials should have are:
- accuracy - they should be true,
- relevancy - they should apply directly to your topic,
- reliability - the information should be from a source your audience can trust.
My recommendation:
- Get your sources from will a published source or from an organization or agency you can rely on;
- Published and reliable sources are available on the web but they can be difficult to find if mixed in with a bunch of "junk";
- An easier place to get published and reliable sources;
- Go to the library web page & click on the Article tab then just type in your search.
How to Organize Your Speech
Organizing your main points, sub-points, and your transitions are three critical steps to creating a clear and memorable speech.
