Special Occasion Speech Creation

I need an informative speech for a special occasion aimed at 5 adults. The speech should focus on influences.

Ideal Skills and Experience:
- Experience in crafting informative speeches
- Ability to engage an adult audience
- Strong writing and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of influential figures and their impacts

Week 4 Prepare First 2 speeches due next Monday at June 30 9:00 a.m.
Step 1. Prepare Speech 1. Special Occasion Speech (Influences) This is an informative speech which must be 3-5 minutes in length. ( Read the Influences Assignment document carefully). Prepare your Special Occasion Speech Outline (Influences) following example given below. Record your video with an audience of 5 adults present. Use a key word outline on a 3x5 note card during the recording. Do not read. Upload your live video link onto Influences link. Upload your Speech of Influence. Upload Influences Outline. Upload your youtube video link here. Influences Video link.

Step 2. Prepare Speech 2. Speech of Artifact/Narration. (Tell a Story) This is an informative speech which must be 3-5 minutes in length. Focus on telling a complete story from beginning middle to end. Prepare your Artifact/Narrative Speech Outline. Bring 3 artifacts that help to describe you and use them to display to the audience to help them understand you. Use 3 different artifacts for each main point. You may use the Canvas examples on Influence Speech or use outline builder to help you prepare the outline. When you finish, save it. Load it under speech of Artifact/Narration below which will connect directly to Canvas. Record your video with an audience of 5 adults present. Use a key word outline on a 3x5 note card during the recording. Do not read. Upload your Artifact/Narrativ

To measure your ability to observe time limits
• To develop poise in a public presentation
• To deliver a speech using an extemporaneous style of delivery
• To practice effective speech organization (introduction, body, and conclusion) using
connectives (transitions)
• To practice strategies for using oral language effectively
Assignment for Influences Speech
In this speech you will focus on three influences that have been important in making you
the person you are, or influences that have contributed to your self-awareness and self-
knowledge.
1. Select a person you admire who has had an influence on your life. Maybe this
person is a friend, a relative, or even someone from the world of celebrity.
To admire is to respect, to regard with approval. We admire people generally for
their character, the personal qualities we see in their behavior, and their skills
and abilities.
2. Select a place that has helped shape you in some way you can recognize.
Make your choice of place as specific as possible: for instance, not a town but a
block in a neighborhood, not a home but a room or back porch, not a ranch but a
watering tank or tree -- then you can let the specificity of the place enlarge into
an emblem of all that it represents and stands for. Like individuals, places also
influence our values, behaviors, and beliefs, our view of ourselves and of
life. The place you choose must be real, not imagined. The number of visits isn’t
important; what matters is that the place has left its mark on you, and you can tell
us how and why.
3. Select a single experience that has stayed with you in some influential way.
Your audience can know no more than you tell them. Give them your sense of
the experience; give them details. Explain why you are different because you
have had this experience — or how you would be different if you had not.
These three things — a person, a place, and an experience — provide you with three
main points for your speech. You will need stories, examples, and above all
explanations so you can elaborate on these influences. Your audience will want to
hear how you give meaning and significance to these selections.
The more personal and thoughtful your speech, the more interested your audience will
be.
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Specific Purpose: After listening to my speech, my audience will understand three
significant influences that have helped shape my life.
Introduction: Tell them what you are going to tell them.
I. Grab the audience’s attention. (Start with a brief story, make an arresting
statement, something to catch the audience’s attention and make them want to
hear more.)
II. Preview for the audience what you will be telling them. (We all like to know
what’s coming. It’s reassuring to know the speaker has a plan and purpose.)
(Transition — let the audience know you’re done introducing your speech and
you’re moving to elaborate. Without transitions audiences can get lost in your
speech.)
Body: Tell Them
I. First Main Point (Person)*
II. Second Main Point (Place)
III. Third Main Point (Experience)
(Transitions — Help your audience keep your main points clear by using
transitions between them. Let the audience know you’re ready to wrap things up
and conclude with a transition signally you are coming to the speech’s
conclusion.)
Conclusion: Tell them what you have told them.
I. Summarize briefly the points you have made in your speech
II. Closer — Leave your audience with a thought you want them to take away
from your speech.
*If you find it more logical for your speech, you can change the order from
person, place, experience to something better fitted to discussing your
influences.
Organization
Your speech should have a clear organization — a beginning, middle, and end — that
your audience will recognize.
Extemporaneous Delivery
You will be expected to use a style of delivery for all of your speeches called
extemporaneous. It means you use your notecard as a helper. You do not read. Your
speech is well rehearsed and trigger or key words are on your notecard to keep you on
track with your prepared sentence outline.
Evaluation
Your speech will be evaluated using four criteria:
1. Time — 3 to 5 minutes (Determine the length of your speech in rehearsals!)
2. Organization — “A” and “B” speeches will show evidence of the organization
described above.
“Excellent” and “good” speeches do more than describe or narrate; they interpret and
show evidence off the speaker’s insight and understanding. A “C” speech drifts,
meanders, and reports without adding perspective or significance to the information the
audience is hearing.
3. Delivery — “A” and “B” speeches will be delivered extemporaneously. DO NOT
READ THE SPEECH. Reading a speech results in significant point reductions. Refer to
“Extemporaneous Delivery”
4. Poise — “A” and “B” speeches will reflect the speaker’s confidence and composure
— in other words, the speaker’s ability to present himself or herself appropriately in a