From the course: Public Speaking Foundations
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Outline your speech
From the course: Public Speaking Foundations
Outline your speech
- When I first began using slideware in my presentation, I resisted writing an outline ahead of time. I thought, "No, I'm good. Look, every time I have a new idea, I can just press a button in my slideware and keep adding a new slide. Writing that outline, it's just an extra step and a big waste of time." Oops. Big mistake. Without an outline, my presentations were getting overloaded with too much info and they were wandering off on some pretty wild tangents. I learned the hard way, always draft an outline before you write or design your presentation. Your outline will give your talk structure. It will keep you focused when you gather research, and when you write or design your talk, your outline will keep you on point. Let's go over four different types of outlines, descriptive, problem solution, chronological, and regional. In a descriptive presentation, you break down your topic into key informational categories.…
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