Speech Objectives:

• To begin speaking before an audience.
• To discover speaking skills you already have and skills that need some attention.

TIME: 4 - 6 minutes.

Description:
The first speech of the Toastmasters program is about introducing yourself to your fellow club members, providing a benchmark for your current skill level and areas that may need some improvement.  

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Speech Objectives:

• Select an appropriate outline which allows listeners to easily follow and understand your speech
• Make your message clear with supporting material directly contributing to that message.
• Use appropriate transitions when moving from one idea to another.
• Create a strong opening and conclusion.

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes

Description:
This speech introduces the speaker to the basic concepts of organizing a speech around a speech outline.
 

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Speech Objectives:

• Select a speech topic and determine its general and specific purposes.
• Organize the speech in a manner that best achieves those purposes.
• Ensure the beginning, body and conclusion reinforce the purposes.
• Strive not to use notes.

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes.

​Description:
The objectives in “Get to the Point” teach the speaker how to clearly state your speech goal, and make sure that every element of your speech focuses on that goal.
 

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Speech Objectives:

• Select the right words and sentence structure to communicate your ideas clearly, accurately and vividly.
• Use rhetorical devices to enhance and emphasize ideas.
• Eliminate jargon and unnecessary words. Use correct grammar.

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes.

​Description:
This project allows the speakers to begin examining word choice, sentence structure, and rhetorical devices to deliver an effective speech that is easy to understand.
 

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Speech Objectives:

• Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact to express your message and achieve your speech’s purpose.
• Make your body language smooth and natural.\

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes

​Description
This speech will show the speaker how to complement words with posture, stance, gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact.
 

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Speech Objectives:

• Use voice volume, pitch, rate and quality to reflect and add meaning and interest to your message.
• Use pauses to enhance your message.
• Use vocal variety smoothly and naturally.

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes.

​Description:
Vocal Variety guides the speaker to add life to their voice with variations in pitch, pace, power, and pauses.
 

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Speech Objectives:

• Collect information about your topic from numerous sources.
• Carefully support your points and opinions with specific facts, examples and illustrations gathered through research.

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes.

​Description:
This project addresses the importance of backing up your arguments with evidence, and touches on the types of evidence to use.
 

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Speech Objectives:

• To learn the value of props in speaking.
• Select visual aids that are appropriate for your message and the audience.
• Use visual aids correctly with ease and confidence.

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes.

Description:
A speaker will examine the use of slides, transparencies, flip charts, whiteboards, or props to enhance their message when delivering a speech, whether informational or inspirational. 
 

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Speech Objectives:

• Persuade listeners to adopt your viewpoint or ideas or to take some action.
• Appeal to the audience’s interest.
• Use logic and emotion to support your position.
• Avoid using notes.

TIME: 5 to 7 minutes.

​Description:
This speech discusses audience analysis and the different forms of persuasion available to a speaker.
 

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Speech Objectives:

• To inspire the audience by appealing to noble motives and challenging the audience to achieve a higher level of beliefs or achievement.
• Appeal to the audience’s needs and emotions, using stories, anecdotes and quotes to add drama.
• Avoid using notes.

TIME: 8 to 10 minutes.

​Description:
The last of ten speeches, this project challenges the speaker to draw all their skills together to deliver a powerful inspirational message.
 

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