Public Speaking Touchstone 1
Complete the following template, including all parts. Fill out all cells using complete sentences, aiming for
one to three complete sentences for each cell of the template.
Audience
A1.
What is the correct context for the speech? Where and when will it be given?
Graduation speech would be best for me. The correct context for the speech is the
speech related to upcoming struggles and hardship that a student may face and also the
upcoming challenges and fortunes awaits him. Also the hall where graduation ceremony
is going to held would be on Sunday due to no classes in schedule. So on Sunday in
Auditorium would be a good place.
A2.
Who is the audience and what are their characteristics?
Graduating students, Director of University, Staff and teachers would be appropriate
audience for the speech and their characteristic reflects the education and literature with
information technology because of the IT university it would be.
A3.
Why has the audience come to hear the speech?
Audience is there to attend the graduation ceremony and they have some important
guest there they have come to listen to. Also they have to receive and present the
degrees to graduating students.
A4.
What are the interests of the audience?
Interest of audience lies within the graduation ceremony. They have interest in Upcoming
goals and what they can learn from the experience people giving their speech with their
experience in industry and technology related issues in the industry.
A5.
What does the audience know about your topic?
Audience is graduated students and teacher from IT background so they already know
the IT stuff. But more of an action for they need in speech is about the challenges and
other more valuable advises for the future in their career and goals they want to achieve.
A6.
What is the audience’s point of view on the topic?
Audience have their different perspective and each one have their own opinion on that
but more of the teacher and Director and staff have strong point of view because these
are the people with experience in market and industry.
A7.
How will the audience likely react to your speech?
Students mostly like the big opportunities and huge companies and how
to get the job and their dream career start so they are interested in my
speech because my speech would give them those advises and key
points to achieve those things. Also teachers are interested in the
current market trends and how to coup up with the market trends so its
their point of interest.
Purpose
P1.
What do you want your audience to know?
I want my audience to know about the opportunities ahead and also I need them to
understand the struggle that is necessary to achieve big targets in order to strive, one
must thrive. Also, the most important thing I want them to know is about the challenges
ahead which they should take like a soldier.
P2.
What do you want your audience to think?
I need my audience to think positive and think hard about their own careers and goals.
So they can focus on their targets and achieve them
P3.
What do you want your audience to feel?
They can feel confident about themselves and they should enjoy the time while they can.
P4.
What do you want your audience to do?
I want my audience to work hard and work smart so they can achieve anything in their
life. As for the teachers I want them to understand the gap between market and
education which needs to be filled.
Thesis
T1.
What is the most important message of your speech?
The most important message of my speech is about never giving up hope. Its most
important thing and the most powerful tool to survive in the market where you can fall
down but getting up should be the strategy
T2.
Why should/will your audience care about your message?
Because, they are inexperienced with their careers and I as a IT Engineer am an
experience professional/
Reflection
R1.
Are your audience, purpose and thesis aligned? Why or why not?
Yeah my audience are interested in the topic and purpose of the speech and my thesis
based on the purpose of the speech.
R2.
What did you learn from this experience?
I have learned from this experience about the importance of the speech where you are
crucial and everyone is trying to learn something from you then you cannot just give
anything out of your mouth to the audience. You need to thing about it before you speak.
So you can build other’s career or destroy them as well.
