Lackawanna COM125 2022 February Module 3 Assignment Latest

COM125 Effective Speaking

Module 3 Assignment  

Demonstrative Speech

You're going to show us and tell us how to do something.  It should be something you already know how to do, or know a lot about.  Think of your own interests.  Make sure it is something your audience can relate to.  If you are REALLY interested in it, and communicate that fascination to us, we will be too.

Think hard about how this relates to your audience.  A bunch of 50 year old women from Northeast Pennsylvania would be FASCINATED by a demonstration of how to make pierogis.  You guys, not so much.  Well, maybe if we could eat 'em after.

I want lots of stuff, things, supporting materials.  Draw on the board.  Show us a car engine.  Bells and whistles, really.  But not for bells & whistles sake.  It has to EDUCATE, somehow.

It will probably be easier for you if you demonstrate something you recently learned, as opposed to something you've known how to do all your life.  If you're relatively new to it, you'll have a better understanding of what you should say to us to get us to understand.  That said, make sure you KNOW YOUR TOPIC and know how to do it.

And remember too, you're going to have to be persuasive to the extent that you have to communicate your interest in the topic with us.  Tell us why our lives would be better if we learn how to do this thing.  Tell us at the beginning of the speech.... this is when you create the need in us.  This is pretty important and if you forget to do it, POINTS OFF!!!!

Allowing for time for you to show us how to do stuff, the speech length will be 4-7 minutes.

The outline will be quite rigid this time.  Only 2 or 3 words maximum for each heading and subheading.  No lengthy sentences.

The purpose of this demonstration speech is to provide interesting, useful, and unique information to your audience, toward the betterment of their lives, and to have them actually retain some of it.