Writing a speech is in may ways like writing a paper, except that there is no penalty for spelling and punctuation errors:-
- Assess how much time your speech should take.
- If you do not have a time limit, try to keep your speech brief yet informative.
- Think about your audience and let our perception of the audience shape the tone of your speech as you write it.
- Begin with an introduction that establishes who you are, what your purpose is, what you will be taling about, and how long.
- Do you want, you can conclude a joke, anecdote or interesting, fact to grab the audience's attention.
- Organize your information in to three to seven main points and prioritize them according to importance and effectiveness.
- Delete / ignore points that are not crucial to your speech if you have too many for your time-frame.
- Start with most important point, then deliver your least important point and move slowly back toward the most important points.
- Support to each point using statistics, facts, examples, quotations or other supporting materials.
- Link your introduction, points and conclusions with smooth transitions.
- Write a conclusion that summarizes each of your points, restates your main purpose and leaves the audience with a lasting impression.