1. Identify Your Topic and Goal.
2. Write Your Opening Line.
3. Identify a Few Key Points.
4. Support Your Key Points.
5. Wrap It Up With a Summarizing Conclusion.
1. Acknowledge Your Audience.
2. Take a Moment to Define Your Terms.
3. Clarify Your Qualifications.
4. Address Audience Biases.
5. Tell Them What You Are Going to Talk About!
6. Tell the Audience Why They Should Care.
7. Back Up Your Points with Stories.
8. Back Up Your Points with Facts.
9. Back Up Your Points with History.
10. Build Strong Transitions.
11. Wrap it up.
12. Include a Call for Action.
13. Conclude with the Beginning.