There are 3 main components when writing your speech. You wanna start with the main idea, then the speech body, and finally a compelling conclusion. The information must be kept organized to maintain credibility and your speech easier to understand.

In the Opening where you share your big idea, you want to let your audience know what information you will be sharing with them.

In the Body of your speech, you will share your information while relating and connecting with your audience.

And in the Closing of your speech, you will go over with your audience what you shared with them.

Repetition is the best way to ensure that your audience will remember what your presentation was about.

Why Is Organizing Your Speech So Important?

We have all been in this position. You are asked to present to an audience on a specific topic and you have no clue where to begin and anxiety sets in! Looking for the right words, you begin to do a knowledge dump which will get the job done but probably won’t connect with your audience or be as effective as it would be if you were to take the time to actually organize your information.

Organizing Your Speech is effectively taking the information you want to present and arranging it in a logical order. It comes down to two things: credibility and connecting with your audience in a way that they comprehend what it is that you’re actually saying and walk away with something they can implement right away.

If your speech is organized it will be a more enjoyable experience for your audience, easier to understand, and add credibility to both you and to your presentation. And the people will remember what you said better if it’s organized. In this lesson, we will look at how organizing your speech can help you to be more effective as a presenter and give you some methods of organizing your speech, which can also boost your effectiveness. When your speech flows in a logical way, the audience will be more likely to pay attention.

There is a strategy in play.

The information that’s organized using your main idea followed by several supporting points and other ideas is easier to understand. It shows credibility and a thorough knowledge of your topic.

Your speech should start with the Big Idea or the central purpose of your speech. Having the main idea allows you to immediately focus your speech. Think about what you want the audience to walk away with. What do you want your audience to do with the information you have supplied them with? How you develop your speech will help you to ensure that your audience will understand your speech. It will also allow you to be certain that there is credibility to your speech.

Once you decide on the main idea, think about the smaller pieces of that idea, which are your main points, and smaller bricks of information to break down the main idea. Your supporting points should drive home your main idea. Include at least two or three main points. You don’t want to include so many that the main idea becomes clouded by the smaller details, which could make your speech difficult for the audience to follow or comprehend.

Then, as you begin going deeper and fleshing out your speech, you’ll use supporting ideas, like stories, examples, statistics, or a testimony that will back to your big idea. This will add credibility to your presentation.