Demonstration Speeches

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Demonstration Speeches
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Overview

• A good demonstration speech teaches.
• The audience, through listening, watching, or
  participating learns something new.
• As the speaker, you take them through a process
  of show and tell.

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How to Decide on a Topic

• Who is your audience? What will be of interest to
  them.
• Ask yourself, Why does my audience need to
  listen to my speech? What will they gain from
  it?
• If you were a member of the audience, would your
  topic appeal to you?

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How to Decide on a Topic

• Can my topic be broken down into easily followed
  sequential steps? If your answer is no, think
  about your topic again.
• Can the topic adapt to fit the setting for the
  speech?
• Is this topic something Im passionate about or
  genuinely interested in? Remember your
  enthusiasm or lack of it communicates directly to
  your audience. It bypasses your words and shows
  in your body language.

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Planning, Preparation, and Delivery

• Planning and Preparation The goal is to
  successfully teach a process or skill.
• As with every good speech, you will have an
  introduction in which you tell the audience what
  they are going to learn, why they will benefit
  from learning it, and why you chose the topic.
• You will have the body of your speech which is
  the actual demonstration.
• You will also have the conclusion where you
  summarize what it is that has been learned, and
  you reinforce its benefits (what was learned).

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The Body of the Demonstration Speech

• You want to focus on the logical steps needed to
  achieve your purpose.
• What does the audience need to know about each
  step?
• What will make it easier to understand?
• Do they need to see it?
• Do they need to do it?
• Do you need to include every step or can you
  safely eliminate steps or put steps together.

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Ask Yourself . . .

• Ask yourself the following questions
• Are the steps in the process logical?
• Are my instructions or explanations clear?
• Is it interesting, amusing, and/or effective?
• What do I need to do to improve?

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Remember

• Do not write your speech out word for word! You
  may use your index cards and refer to them if you
  need to!
• Practice, practice, and practice! Practice helps
  you identify your problems and fix them before
  you present.

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Practice Putting the Speech Together

• Choose a process you know well.
• Name the steps and arrange them in the right
  sequence.
• Now add information about each of the steps for
  practice sake, expand each step into a sentence,
  a paragraph, or a few paragraphs.
• After you have done this, add an introduction and
  a conclusion.
• Become familiar with what you have written and
  then demonstrate the information to a classmate.

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Requirements

• 5-7 Minutes
• Must have multiple and appropriate visual aids
• Outlines are due on Wednesday, January 27.