Helpful Concepts in Speech Preparation

In preparation for my speeches, a couple concepts that were extremely helpful were starting early and brainstorming. Until the demonstrative speech I hadn’t realized how much time and work really went in to the speeches. It came as somewhat of a shock to me and stressed me out beyond belief! So in learning from my procrastination and the preparation tips from the text, I decided to begin early on my speeches so that I did not overwhelm myself, and I had sufficient preparation time. Also, the concept of brainstorming was helpful  because it made me explore different ideas and narrow them down to figure out which were most appropriate and effective for my specific topics.

            Patterns of organization were very helpful in preparation for my speeches as well. Using the patterns of organization served as an effective guide for the outline and speech, and gave it a sense of order and uniformity. Without having these patterns of organization I feel that it would’ve been much more difficult to put together  an effective and well thought out speech.