Platform Speech Outline

I. Attention Step: Why should the audience listen to your speech.

A. Attention Getter: Get the listeners attention using any of these devices:

B. Reason to Listen: Motivate your audience's interest in your subject. Tell them the practical value of your information in their lives.

 

C. Speaker Credibility: Allude to any first hand experiences you have had with your topic. Allude to your sources of information.

 

D. Preview Main Points: Briefly describe what you will cover, and the order in which it will be covered. You will need to cover three of the four issues you researched.

 

II. Need Step-There are two types of need: To urge a change and to demand preservation of present conditions. Explain why the current conditions are flawed, or why they are good. You will only need to focus on two of the four issues.

A. Issue One: Give at least two facts, examples, or quotations to illustrate the need of an issue. Use the facts which you gathered while exploring the topics.

B. Issue Two: Do the same as above for your second issue.

 

III. Solution Step: Briefly state your position on the issue and what you plan to do to solve the problem if elected.

A. Solution: Explain the details of your solution to the issue. What are you going to do differently as opposed to the other candidates.

B. Solves Problem: Show how your solution solves the problems of the issue you addressed in the needs step.

C. Opposing View Points: Address the claims of the opposition. What might the other candidates argue against your solution. Address the arguments and explain why they are not valid.

 

IV. Visualization Step: What will happen if your solution is not implemented.

A. Negative Visualization: As realistically as possible, describe conditions if your solution to issue is not carried out.

B. Positive Visualization: As realistically as possible, describe conditions if your solution is carried out.

V. Conclusion:

A. Restatement of main points: Briefly overview the issues.

B. Statement of action: State why the audience should vote for you.

C Personal Intent: State what you will do if elected.

D. Tie Back: Refer back to attention getter.

 

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