All the best research and topic ideas won’t matter if your audience can’t understand or follow the information presented in a speech.  Organizing our information helps the audience connect the main points and adds interest to your information.  This is an opportunity to present your information in the best light using an appropriate organizational pattern.  Finally, an introduction and conclusion are the first and last things an audience hears. We want to start strong and end strong, give the audience something that catches their attention and leave the audience with something to remember.  We only have one chance to share information that matters to us, we want our audience to walk away with something valuable for the time they spend listening to the speech.

1. Utilize appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication suitable for oral presentations. 
2. Use appropriate body language as part of an oral presentation.
3. Improve posture, voice, and other mechanisms of speech. 
4. Employ effective vocal techniques.

To achieve these objectives: 

1. Read the Module 5 Introduction 
   
2. Read Chapters 8 and 10 in It’s About Them: Public Speaking in the 21st Century (opens in new window)
3. Review PowerPoints
4. Complete Module 5 Discussion Forum
   

Module Pressbooks Resources and Activities