Week 7.1 Proposal and needs Statement

Proposal Presentation 1

Proposal Presentation

Description

For this presentation assignment, you will prepare and deliver a 15-20 minute original problem-solution

persuasive speech.

The ideas in your presentation must be supported by evidence. A minimum of five appropriate,

relevant, timely sources is required; one of these sources may be a personal interview with a credible,

relevant authority.

Process

Viewing

Watch the following before you begin work on your speech. The first link takes you to a short review of

the problem-solution format. The second link takes you to a good example of a problem-solution

speech.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QLOOZez_h8

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZYWVEW4xw

After completing the reading and viewing assignments associated with the speech, follow the key steps

to design and present your speech. Complete the Persuasive Speech Worksheet based upon the key

steps.

1. Consider your audience.

2. Select and narrow your topic.

3. Determine your general and specific purposes. The general purpose in this assignment is to

persuade. The specific purpose of a speech identifies what you want your listeners to be able to do,

remember, or feel at the end of your speech.

4. Develop your central idea. The central idea summarizes your identified need in a single sentence.

5. Generate the main ideas. The main ideas are the key points in a speech; these are derived from the

central idea.

6. Gather supporting material. Supporting material includes facts, examples, definitions, and

quotations from others. Remember sources must be acknowledged in the speech. An oral source

citation typically includes the author, title, and year of publication.

7. Organize your presentation. Every pesentation, including the persuasive speech, should have an

introduction, a body, and a conclusion. The introduction gains audience attention, previews the major

Proposal Presentation 2

ideas in the speech, and provides audience members with reasons to listen to the speech. The body

presents and supports the main ideas. The conclusion summarizes the main ideas and restates the

central idea.