types of speeches
Types of Speeches
“There are always three speeches for every one you actually gave: the one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.”
- Dale Carnegie, Writer and lecturer
Public speech comes in dozens of forms. From the motivational to the ceremonial, the christening to the eulogy, the rehearsed best man to the impromptu – the chances are good that in your lifetime, you will experience just about every genre of public speaking. We will explore a variety of speeches styles in this course, so here is a preview of the speeches we’ll attempt!
Memorable Speech
No matter where your career takes you, at some point you'll engage in conversation with a business partner, a client or a customer about a previous job, an unusual experience or even your family. It will be your opportunity to "wow" them with a good story. In this assignment, let's pretend that you're in that situation, and you want to wow us with a good story! This speech is simply a well told story or event from your life. It should be interesting, it can be entertaining - but ultimately, I want it to be a story that you're familiar with and enjoy telling. Treat us as if we were friends at a round-table discussion, and you want to tell us something that you know we'll enjoy.
Pop Culture Speech
This assignment will give you the freedom to reenact a speech that is relevant to our current popular culture or current events landscape. President Obama’s inaugural address. The Tiger Woods’ apology speech. Jeff Bridge’s Oscar acceptance speech. Make sure you define the speech and illustrate its social significance. Become the speaker and transport your audience to the scene. Invoke the same emotion that the speaker gave.
Demonstration Speech
This assignment will give you an opportunity to educate the audience on how to do something, how to create something, how something is done, or how something works. Audience consideration is key here – it’s important to keep in mind
“There are always three speeches for every one you actually gave: the one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.”
- Dale Carnegie, Writer and lecturer
Public speech comes in dozens of forms. From the motivational to the ceremonial, the christening to the eulogy, the rehearsed best man to the impromptu – the chances are good that in your lifetime, you will experience just about every genre of public speaking. We will explore a variety of speeches styles in this course, so here is a preview of the speeches we’ll attempt!
Memorable Speech
No matter where your career takes you, at some point you'll engage in conversation with a business partner, a client or a customer about a previous job, an unusual experience or even your family. It will be your opportunity to "wow" them with a good story. In this assignment, let's pretend that you're in that situation, and you want to wow us with a good story! This speech is simply a well told story or event from your life. It should be interesting, it can be entertaining - but ultimately, I want it to be a story that you're familiar with and enjoy telling. Treat us as if we were friends at a round-table discussion, and you want to tell us something that you know we'll enjoy.
Pop Culture Speech
This assignment will give you the freedom to reenact a speech that is relevant to our current popular culture or current events landscape. President Obama’s inaugural address. The Tiger Woods’ apology speech. Jeff Bridge’s Oscar acceptance speech. Make sure you define the speech and illustrate its social significance. Become the speaker and transport your audience to the scene. Invoke the same emotion that the speaker gave.
Demonstration Speech
This assignment will give you an opportunity to educate the audience on how to do something, how to create something, how something is done, or how something works. Audience consideration is key here – it’s important to keep in mind