Persuasive Speech Outline
I. Introduction –
A. Attention Getter: Did you know the world is flat?
B. Thesis Statement: What this means is that the global economic playing field is being equalized or leveled and that world is getting smaller in terms of globalization.
C. Personal Credibility: My virtual enterprise team developed a business plan for a charity based global line of clothing labeled “TwoFingers” (signifying “peace”) which was designed to be marketed using the worldwide internet. We were awarded 3rd place at the Santa Barbara City College Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship’s 2011 New Venture Challenge Competition. In addition, we were awarded the Santa Barbara Foundation’s New Venture Challenge Scholarship. This was a tremendous opportunity for me to …show more content…
learn about international business development and entrepreneurship.
D. Audience Motivation: I’m not sure what my future business venture will be, but if you want to join me in understanding how the world is getting smaller with economic globalization, then listen in on how the world has become flat.
E. In my speech, I will be discussing:
a. How the world is getting smaller in terms of globalization;
b. Understanding how diversity plays an important role in globalization; and finally,
c. The benefits of globalization.
II.
Main Point #1 – Improved Data Communications for Global Interactions
A. First of all, companies and businesses are operating quickly and efficiently without the traditional barriers of time zones, distance and geography. Since year 2000, with the advent of the internet and miles of fiber optic cable laid worldwide, large corporations along with small groups and individuals have all gone global with their own specific technologies, as well as business and marketing opportunities.
III. Secondly, with improved data communications occurring, developing countries have entered the global economic and financial market, including India, China and the former Soviet Union. By doing so, according to the International Monetary Fund (2012), world trade has expanded and has brought substantial benefits to these developing countries (IMF 2012). Thus today, millions of people communicate and trade daily with others from around the world.
IV. Main Point #2 – Understanding Diversity/Intercultural Communications
A. Understanding diversity and being able to engage in intercultural dialog are important powerful economic tools for business organizations to grasp in order to successfully outsource business to other countries. This can take years of cross-cultural training and planning before a company is ready to invest substantial amounts of time and money in outsourcing to a specific …show more content…
country.
B. However, on the flip side, a major adverse concern identified by Dr. Thomas Friedman (2005) is the negative environmental consequences of too much industrialization in 3rd world countries where there are limited environmental regulations, referred to as the “too many Toyotas” condition (Friedman 2005).
C.
In addition, there is a risk of global collaboration becoming a platform for terrorism or other ill-use.
V. Main Point #3 – Benefits of Globalization
A. Most importantly, the idea of globalization as an economic forum for communication is based on using one’s imagination to the fullest extent.
a. Hence, the easiest solution is to promote “positive” imagination instead of “bad” (terrorist-like) imagination.
b. Thus, one of the most important economic challenges of the 21st century will be how to promote “positive” imagination and prevent “bad” imagination.
B. In closing, I’d like to say that promoting creative positive imagination could do more for international relations than just help strengthen a nation’s economy. According to Martin and Nakayama (2009), it could potentially change the way people in one country think and interact with of those in another country by diminishing cultural stereotypes and prejudices (Martin & Nakayama 2009).
VI. Conclusion
A. To conclude this speech, I hope to someday be a part of this exciting 21st century global economic collaboration and support international business growth through:
a. Improving technical support for better world wide data
communications;
b. Understanding diversity and intercultural communications; and,
c. Promoting the benefits of business globalization.
B. This can all be done through understanding how the world has become flat.
References:
Friedman, Thomas L. 2005. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First
Century, 1st Edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company.
International Monetary Fund. (2012). Crisis jolts globalization process. Retrieved from <http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/key/global.htm>.
Martin, Judith N. & Nakayama, Tom K. 2009. Experiencing Intercultural Communication.
New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing.
A. Attention Getter: Did you know the world is flat?
B. Thesis Statement: What this means is that the global economic playing field is being equalized or leveled and that world is getting smaller in terms of globalization.
C. Personal Credibility: My virtual enterprise team developed a business plan for a charity based global line of clothing labeled “TwoFingers” (signifying “peace”) which was designed to be marketed using the worldwide internet. We were awarded 3rd place at the Santa Barbara City College Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship’s 2011 New Venture Challenge Competition. In addition, we were awarded the Santa Barbara Foundation’s New Venture Challenge Scholarship. This was a tremendous opportunity for me to …show more content…
learn about international business development and entrepreneurship.
D. Audience Motivation: I’m not sure what my future business venture will be, but if you want to join me in understanding how the world is getting smaller with economic globalization, then listen in on how the world has become flat.
E. In my speech, I will be discussing:
a. How the world is getting smaller in terms of globalization;
b. Understanding how diversity plays an important role in globalization; and finally,
c. The benefits of globalization.
II.
Main Point #1 – Improved Data Communications for Global Interactions
A. First of all, companies and businesses are operating quickly and efficiently without the traditional barriers of time zones, distance and geography. Since year 2000, with the advent of the internet and miles of fiber optic cable laid worldwide, large corporations along with small groups and individuals have all gone global with their own specific technologies, as well as business and marketing opportunities.
III. Secondly, with improved data communications occurring, developing countries have entered the global economic and financial market, including India, China and the former Soviet Union. By doing so, according to the International Monetary Fund (2012), world trade has expanded and has brought substantial benefits to these developing countries (IMF 2012). Thus today, millions of people communicate and trade daily with others from around the world.
IV. Main Point #2 – Understanding Diversity/Intercultural Communications
A. Understanding diversity and being able to engage in intercultural dialog are important powerful economic tools for business organizations to grasp in order to successfully outsource business to other countries. This can take years of cross-cultural training and planning before a company is ready to invest substantial amounts of time and money in outsourcing to a specific …show more content…
country.
B. However, on the flip side, a major adverse concern identified by Dr. Thomas Friedman (2005) is the negative environmental consequences of too much industrialization in 3rd world countries where there are limited environmental regulations, referred to as the “too many Toyotas” condition (Friedman 2005).
C.
In addition, there is a risk of global collaboration becoming a platform for terrorism or other ill-use.
V. Main Point #3 – Benefits of Globalization
A. Most importantly, the idea of globalization as an economic forum for communication is based on using one’s imagination to the fullest extent.
a. Hence, the easiest solution is to promote “positive” imagination instead of “bad” (terrorist-like) imagination.
b. Thus, one of the most important economic challenges of the 21st century will be how to promote “positive” imagination and prevent “bad” imagination.
B. In closing, I’d like to say that promoting creative positive imagination could do more for international relations than just help strengthen a nation’s economy. According to Martin and Nakayama (2009), it could potentially change the way people in one country think and interact with of those in another country by diminishing cultural stereotypes and prejudices (Martin & Nakayama 2009).
VI. Conclusion
A. To conclude this speech, I hope to someday be a part of this exciting 21st century global economic collaboration and support international business growth through:
a. Improving technical support for better world wide data
communications;
b. Understanding diversity and intercultural communications; and,
c. Promoting the benefits of business globalization.
B. This can all be done through understanding how the world has become flat.
References:
Friedman, Thomas L. 2005. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First
Century, 1st Edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company.
International Monetary Fund. (2012). Crisis jolts globalization process. Retrieved from <http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/key/global.htm>.
Martin, Judith N. & Nakayama, Tom K. 2009. Experiencing Intercultural Communication.
New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing.