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LO 12.1. Analyze audience and context

Video 1: Presenting and Public Speaking Tips: How to Improve Skills and Confidence
Description: Tips on how to improve your presentation and public-speaking skills and confidence

Web 1: OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab
Description: This is a college website that provides extensive help on a variety of subjects, including developing writing or speeches to the audience context.

LO 12.2. Explain how to gather research for your speeches

Video 2: KP's Speech Class: Research and Citing Source (Part 1)
Description: A teacher sharing key ideas about how to research properly

Audio 1: Pensacolans Call for Action After Speech
Description: President Obama gives a speech on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Web 2: Toastmasters Speech 7: Research Your Topic
Description: An article with tips on how to research the information you need for a speech

LO 12.3. Organize the body of a speech and incorporate effective transitions

Video 3: Writing Lessons: How to Write a Speech
Description: A professional speechwriter and speaker gives some tips on how to write a speech

Audio 2: The Story of King's 'Beyond Vietnam' Speech
Description: A description of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech on “Beyond Vietnam”

LO 12.4. Develop effective introductions and conclusions

Video 4: Great Openings and Closings
Description: A trainer in public speaking gives tips on speech introductions and conclusions

Audio 3: Quote Corrected on MLK Memorial
Description: A story about correcting a quote on a statue

LO 12.5. Discuss the role and value of language

Video 5: How to Use Words Well in a Speech
Description: Learning how to use words well in public speaking can take you from a novice to an accomplished speaker

Audio 4: Episode 628: This Ad's for You
Description: An audio story that shares the experience of an individual seeking to break into the public relations field

Web 3: The Role of Language for Thucydides and Sophocles
Description: An article that refers to two leading speakers from the time of Aristotle, a leading creator of public speaking