Informative Speech

Sample Outline:

Topic

By Student Smith

COM201

Dr. Horner

Today’s Date

Topic: Insert topic here.

Introduction

Capture your audience’s attention with a quote, anecdote, or personal experience

Build up to the main reason for the speech

Summarize the main idea and briefly state the main points

First Main Point

Second Main Point

Third Main Point

First Main Point: Working with outline numbered text in Microsoft Word

Move an outline numbered item to the appropriate numbering level

On the Formatting toolbar

To demote the item to a lower numbering level

Click a list number

Click Increase Indent.

To promote the item to a higher numbering level

Click a list number

Click Decrease Indent

Help plan speech and “categorize the main points” (Benefits of Outline, 1)

Second Main Point: Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint

Creating a PowerPoint presentation from a Word outline

PowerPoint uses the heading styles in the Word document

Heading styles are applied when you use numbered outlines

Each paragraph formatted with the Heading 1 style becomes the title of a new slide, each Heading 2 becomes the first level of text, and so on.

Procedures

Open the document and use it to create a PowerPoint presentation

On the File menu, point to Send To, and then click Microsoft PowerPoint

Create a PowerPoint presentation based on prepared notes

Main Point 3: Building on previous work

Use heading styles to create longer documents, view a document's organization in Outline view, and prepare PowerPoint that will enhance speech (Effective Use of Powerpoint, 2)

To learn more about Outline view, review Microsoft Word Help

Conclusion

Restate your main points

First Main Point

Second Main Point

Third Main Point

Summarize the presented ideas

Restate introduction or conclude with a compelling remark

Sources

1.Benefits of an Outline. (2015). Importance of an Outline. Retrieved from

http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/outlining.org

2. Effective Use of PowerPoint. (2018). Retrieved from

https://www.effectiveuseofpowerpoint.edu