THE 4 P's - PLAN, PREPARE, PRACTICE AND PRESENT YOUR SPEECH PLANNING YOUR SPEECH 1. THE PURPOSE OF THE SPEECH: • Decide what you wish to speak about • Decide what is the primary purpose of the speech. Do you wish to: (a) instruct and inform (b) convince, persuade, influence or motivate, or (c) amuse and entertain • What are you trying to achieve • What are the objectives of your speech • Know your audience (see separate topic below) • Know the venue (see separate topic below) PREPARING YOUR SPEECH 2. THEME: • In one sentence, write down the object of your speech. This sentence will become the criterion against which all material is be judged whether to be included or not. • If there are a number of points to be dealt with, establish a theme, a central idea or concept which gives unity, direction and coherence to the presentation as a whole. • List the main points to be covered and arrange them in a logical sequence. Your speech should be structured into 3 disti...