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theLeadersScriptPPT-Unit31.pptxThe Leader’s Script
Speech structure guide
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the Leader’s Script？？？
Make an impromptu speech of 2m’ on the following topics:
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COVID-19
Online learning
Social distancing
Technology
Social Media
Friendship
Love
Health
Change
Group feedback:
1.How did you do in your speech?
What did you do well, and what do you wish to improve?
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1. Open with a Grabber
Gather attention
Provide a transition to your topic
Informal: a bridge to connect you with your audience
Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU
Formal: overcome the distance
Winston Churchill 'Now we are Masters of Our Fate' Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOQwa73KXbs
1.1-The Personal Grabber
Verbal handshake in three ways:
Share something about yourself
Share your knowledge about the audience
Discuss a common bond between you and the audience
“ I”
“You”-empathy, appreciation, understanding and gratitude
“We”-team rapport and consensus
1.2-The Literary Grabber
Anecdotes, proverbs and humor
Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard commencement speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZpu1s1LV0&t=330s
Other examples of grabbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_VvIr1KkLo
Quotations
Statistics
Research
Short Video
Poetic Openings
2. State your subject
Carefully Choose or refine your subject:
-audience/occasion
-Narrow down
Bring excitement to your subject
Focus on one subject
Announce your subject immediately after the grabber(reflect Mark Zukerburg’s speech)
-I will discuss/Let’s focus on/Let me tell you about…
3. Lead with a message
3.1 The “takeaway”-one clear single message
Aristotle: a plot should have a unity of purpose,
with every element related to one another
and developing one unified theme.
My message is/I believe that/My point is that/Quite simply…
3.2 State it at the beginning, prove it in the middle, come back to it in the end.
3. Lead with a message
3.3 Create the message with 5 characteristics:
Succinct: state it in one simple clear sentence.
Engaging the audience: reach their hearts and minds
Fit for your organization’s outlook: strong, positive
Reflect your convictions
Well-supported: based on careful research and reasoning
4. Develop a persuasive structure
4.1 Don’ts
Information dump
Powerpointless
4.2 Dos
Present arguments: main idea-supporting details
Bring your argument in a recognizable pattern, each point relates back to the message
Make your structure scalable-expand it or shrink it, 30m or 30’
Prepare a clear structure, manually or mentally
Lead into the body with a structural statement
4. Develop a persuasive structure
4.3 Five patterns of organization
Reasons
Ways
Situation and response
Present result and future prospects
Chronological: description of a process
4.4 Signposting:
The best solution I believe is that…
Here’s a situation we are facing…
My first reason for me to believe we should ban the use of mobile phones at schools is that…
5. Close with a call to action
5.1 Turn your message into reality (walk the talk)
5.2 To whom?
Audience-directed
Self-directed
Combined
5.3 Qualities of call to action:
Clear
Practical
Inspiring
JFK’s Famous Inaugural Address Passage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxa4HDgfWFs
Practice:
Write up the Leader’s Script for the speech you made at the beginning of the class.
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Practice the leader’s script
Formal Persuasion Speech for Unit 4
Topic:
1.Pick a topic that is of importance and interest to you;
2.Research your topic and give facts and important points;
3.Make your Leader’s Script outline and upload it ;
4.Write up your speech following the Leader’s Script, and upload it;
5.Present it in class.
Please:
Be well-prepared
Watch you time (shorter or longer ones will be marked down)
Speak only with cue cards, not the full written script
Length: 3 minutes
Suggested topics
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My thoughts on Covid-19
Change
Technology and social distancing
Team sports
… is the best medicine.
6.the Influence of social media
7. True wisdom
8. Gun control
9. Environment
10. Online learning
