Demonstration Speeches

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Demonstration Speeches

• Provides answers to the question How do you do
  that?
• Also known as how to speech
• Type of informative speech

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Preparing a Demonstration Speech

• Required steps or stages
• What comes first?
• Whats absolutely essential?
• Which step is easiest?
• Which step is hardest?
• What does the audience already know how to do?
• Where will the audience be most likely to get
  confused?
• Which step takes the most time?
• Which take very little time?

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Organizing a Demonstration Speech

• Organize steps in order
• Clarify and simplify difficult steps
• Think about the physical space of the room
• Dont forget to put stage directions on your
  index cards or outline

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Visual Aids

• What actual objects will you need
• What gaps will you need to fill in
• Practice working with your props

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Condensing Time

• Prepare several different versions of the items
  at different points in the process

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Past Student Speeches

• How to change your oil
• How to make balloon animals
• How to braid hair
• How to make a free throw
• How to make a cake
• How to paint a wall
• How to carve a pumpkin

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Past Student Speeches

• How to throw a baseball
• How to snow board
• How to wrap a present
• How to change a diaper
• How to give a baby a bath
• How to read to a child

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Past Student Speeches

• How to take effective notes
• How to perform CPR
• How to surf
• How to make a pizza
• How to set a table
• How to do yoga

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Past Student Speeches

• How to slam dance
• How to open a checking account
• How to prevent identity theft
• How to draw a face
• How to throw a football party
• How to shop for clothes
• How to lose weight

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Beyond Cooking and Changing the Oil

• Provide pointers or tips to the audience
• Resolving conflict
• Listening effectively
• How to select a caterer
• Time management