I have the assignment already written, all I need is for someone to turn it to APA style and to look it over a bit. It should look like the two examples given below. Also I will need help to turn this outline into a speech on 5×8 note cards.Thank you!Your name:
Topic: Problematic Perfectionist
General Purpose: To inform.
Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech my audience will be able to understand the
mind complexities of a perfectionist.
Thesis Statement: I would describe myself in three adjectives.
Introduction
I.
Attention Getter: Perfectionism, there are many levels to it. Its bare minimum is
a common trait sparsely seen here and there in most of the human population.
Though for some who have more extreme versions of perfectionism, it seems take
a large toll on every day decisions and tasks.
II.
Thesis Statement: How complex perfectionism can be both an advantage and
disadvantage in my Daily life.
III.
Relevance: Perfectionism can be disruptive and can make a person look
indecisive and unbalanced. However, it can also make one look and well thought
out.
III.
Preview: In this discussion, today I will be explaining three main points
explaining three aspects of an perfectionist from personal experience.
A.
B.
C.
I am Indecisive.
I almost never Finishing anything.
I am never happy with what I make until the 100 try.
[Transition: Let’s begin with A. The Indecisive Perfectionist.]
Body
I.
The Indecisive Perfectionist.
A. Aren’t we all specific and choosy about something?
1. Whether it’s about which milk to drink, or which color of white to use
to paint your walls, these are both versions of being Indecisive.
a. I have a perfectionism of indecisiveness times 10 .
b. I always have a hard time choosing between one or the other and
usually takes me longer than it should to decide.
2. I usually have to think deeply about cons and pros to choose.
a. Most of the time, before I do my school work I have a hard time
choosing between what pencil to use; 0.7 pilot mechanical pencil or the standard number
two pencil, sharpened to a tee. My mother usually gets a laugh from watching me, but to
my sense, the pencils different feels have their own impacts which can impose different
thought patterns.
B. My first choice is usually always the choice I was looking for.
1. If I would’ve just gone with my first choice I would be contemplating
and having to stutter and choose again..
2. The thing I usually have the hardest time choosing between are between
the the books I buy for song writing. It has to have the perfect as I say “Page Flip”. It
usually takes me about an hour before I can decide. I feel really bad for my sister or
mother who usually goes shopping for me but they usually just smile and carry on.
[Transition: Next to my indecisiveness there is a following continuation of that
awful trait of mine.]
II.
Never Finishing Anything I start.
A. I am a music artist and I have so many demo songs in the make but I never can
get to Finishing them,
1. There are often times I’ll start something, do it for a day, and the create
something new. Then the old project never gets finished.
2. Everything that I started that I didn’t Finnish will start to pile up and I
will become a bit depressed over time.
B. My feeling and interest often change very quickly.
1. If I have found a new interest or sound of music I like, and want to
make a song in that style the old, I’ll start a new project and then down goes the recent
project.
a. My parents often sigh, each time they hear I made a new song.
They’ve learned to expect that of me, and have learned to just deal with my habit of never
finishing what I start.
b. It’s usually been a lengthy amount of time before inspiration
comes and I finally Finnish a project.
[Transition: The last description I’m going to talk about was hard to choose,
which is funny, because I’ve ended up describing myself as very indecisive.]
III.
I am never happy with what I do until the hundredth try.
A. It has to feel right with anything I do, or else I won’t think it is my best work.
1. I try to find ways to make speed up the time and process but usually end
up failing .
B. There a times I question my own abilities and competence in performing what
ever task it may be.
1. I always need to work alone.
2. People try to help me but whenever I have a type of help I usually end
up, doing the task all over by myself until I make it to the correct standard that I see fit.
3. I do want to work as a team with other people but I find myself to be in
the role of micromanaging.
C. Because I tend to work alone, I am never on time.
1. It will take me a while to finish things because of the fact that I don’t
want help. It can be very irritating not just that fact that I do everything alone, but the fact
that I can’t seem to work great with anyone.
[Transition: I am honest the stereotype of a perfectionist; never happy and always
indecisive. Times before I would’ve lied to myself and pushed against that label but now
I have come to accept the prominent trait that I portray a “Perfectionist”]
Conclusion
I.
Signal Ending: To sum up my narrative, there are many fields of perfectionism,
and seeing through the eyes of a perfectionist should allow one to see the complexities
beyond it’s surface.
II.
Restatement of Thesis: Three area’s of a perfectionist personality.
III.
Review/Summary of Main Points: Today I have described to you the complex
downsides of being a perfectionist, as well as the misconceptions out lookers have on it:
A.
I am Indecisive.
B.
I almost never Finishing anything.
C.
I am never happy with what I make until the 100 try.
IV.
Concluding Remarks/Memorable Final Statement: This speech was presented
to you today to give you an informative yet, personal experience of extreme
perfectionism. I hope all who enjoyed it found this narrative to be explorative and
colorful in all it’s form of fashion.
Sample Informative Speech Outline
Your Name:
Topic: The causes and effects of stage fright
General Purpose: To inform.
Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech my audience will be able to describe how the concept of
“stage fright” affects our ability to speak.
Thesis Statement: Stage fright is both a psychological and physiological phenomenon that, if used
properly, can ultimately enhance one’s ability to speak effectively.
Organizational Pattern: Psychological
Visual Aids: Power Point Presentation, Pictures
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: Every single one of you has been in this situation: Standing in front of class,
butterflies in your stomach, hands shaky, with twenty-something pairs of eyes looking directly at you,
listening to each word you have to say. Needless to say, it’s pretty stressful! However, it’s healthy.
II. Thesis Statement: Stage fright is both a psychological and physiological phenomenon that, if used
properly, can ultimately enhance one’s ability to speak effectively.
III. Relevance: Stage fright is something that everyone goes through on varying scales. It can affect
everyone.
IV. Credibility Statement: Along with having personally experienced stage fright, I’ve also researched
this topic through books, academic journals, newspapers, credible websites, and scientific studies.
V. Preview: Today, I’m going to talk to you all about reasons stage fright takes place, why it exists, and
the physiological effects it has on us. I will also discuss how we can utilize our stage fright to make us
better speakers.
A. Psychology behind stage fright.
B. How the psychology leads to physiological effects.
C. Why we experience stage fright.
D. How these effects can be beneficial to us.
E. Modern day advances that are using fear of public speaking to their benefit.
[Transition: Let’s begin.]
Body
I. Psychology behind stage fright.
A. What is stage fright?
1. Stage fright is actually a colloquial term for communication anxiety.
a) Anxiety is a psychological mechanism to help both humans and animals respond to dangers or
threats (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
b) There are two main types of anxieties (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
1) Adaptive anxiety: threat is clear (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
a) getting beat up by bullies
2) Pathological anxiety: threat is unidentified, out of proportion, or irrational
(Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
b) Stage fright falls under this umbrella of anxiety.
2. Anxiety works with the fight or flight method of the brain (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
a) What is fight or flight?
1) When someone is put into a stressful situation, the brain must find a way for them to
react: fight or flight.
2) The amygdala, which is the part of the brain that helps to process emotions, will send
a signal of distress to the hypothalamus, the part of the brain which communicate to the
nervous system (“Understanding the Stress Response,” 2016).
3) After receiving the signal of distress, the hypothalamus activates the nervous system
by sending these signals to your adrenal glands, located just above your kidneys
(“Understanding the Stress Response,” 2016).
4) The adrenal glands begin to pump a hormone known as epinephrine, also called
adrenaline, through the body via your bloodstream (“Understanding the Stress
Response,” 2016).
b) The adrenaline coursing through your veins is what causes the physiological response we
receive when we are about to present.
[Transition: Now that we understand the psychology behind stage fright, let’s discuss the
physiological effects it has on us.]
II. How the psychology leads to the physiological effects.
A. Each symptom of anxiety directly correlates back to the fight or flight response (Hargreaves
and Williams, 1994).
2) Humans, being direct descendants of animals, still have primal instincts such as the
fight or flight method. Additionally, when put in stressful situations, reactions known as
the survival reactions is how our body adapts to gear up to fight (Hargreaves and
Williams, 1994).
3) Think of the cause of one’s anxiety, in this case, presenting in front of a crowd, as a
harmful force in nature, such as a bear. The survival reactions are the body’s way of
preparing to fight off the bear (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
B. When faced with a threat, both humans and animals use their survival reactions, causing the
physiological effects that we commonly see (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
C. The image on the board should help us better see the survival reactions and the physiological
effects that come from it. 1. Vision sharpening to intimidate the threat → blurry vision
(Hargreaves and Williams, 1994). 2. Body fluids retracted into the bloodstream → dry mouth
(Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
3. Airways expand to allow more oxygen to enter the system causing lungs to work
harder → feeling breathless (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
4. Heart pumps harder to send more oxygen to the muscles → pounding heart
(Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
5. Liver releases stored energy → feeling of edginess/unrest (Hargreaves and Williams,
1994).
6. Stomach shuts down to divert blood and energy to muscles → feeling of butterflies or
symptoms of nausea (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
7. Skin needs to cool down the muscles → sweating (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
8. Blood diverts to muscles → pale skin (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
9. Muscles begin to tense in an attempt to quicken reaction time → tension or shaky
limbs (Hargreaves and Williams, 1994).
[Transition: You may be confused as to why our bodies react in such a primal way to something as
civilized as public speaking, so let me explain.]
III. Why we experience stage fright.
A. There are many different reasons why people get stage fright.
B. Each person has a different reason in which they get nervous.
1. For some people, it could be the thought of having to speak in front of an audience.
2. Other people get more nervous when it comes to the time requirements of a
presentation.
a) Stage fright can also make your presentation seem like it’s much longer than it actually is,
which heightens the level of stage fright, putting you in a vicious repeating cycle.
b) A study done at the University of Minnesota showed that 95% of college students agreed that
the more afraid a presenter is, the longer his or her speaking time will feel to him or her
(Henrikson, 2003).
[Transition: No matter the source of one’s fear, there is always a way for us to turn it around and use
it to our advantage.]
V. How these effects can be beneficial to us.
A. The reason that our bodies begin to suffer from these physiological effects is in a desperate
attempt to build up energy in order to defend themselves in a primal way (Hargreaves and
Williams, 1994).
B. Instead of letting that energy negatively affect the way you will present, channel the energy
into something positive.
1. You want to utilize the nervous energy you’re feeling to help you excel.
[Transition: There are also many new technological innovations that are utilizing the overwhelming
fear of public speaking from the general public to try and lessen it.]
I. Modern day advances that are using fear of public speaking to their benefit.
A. A new app called “Ummo” allows a speaker to record themselves speaking as the technology
tracks the number of the speaker’s pauses, the range of pitch, and vocal disfluencies, such as
“um” and “like” (Eaton, 2016).
B. Particular settings will tell the app to make a beeping noise when you’re using disfluencies,
and it records a transcript of what you’re saying so you can see where and when you most
frequently use them (Eaton, 2016).
C. Ummo displays data that is proven to be effective when improving speaking skills to the
presenter, such as the total number of words said, which words were reused frequently, and a
measure of the speaker’s pace in words per minute (Eaton, 2016).
D. Another app called “Public Speaking” by Virtual Speech utilizes virtual reality technology to
help target anxieties triggered by speaking in front of an audience (Eaton, 2016).
E. By using the virtual reality clip on to your phone, you would just cover your eyes and view an
audience right in front of you. The app also delivers background noise so you can be prepared if
that happens to you during your presentation (Eaton, 2016).
Conclusion
I. Signal Ending: All of these points help us to understand how stage fright works and what we can do in
an attempt to combat it.
II. Restatement of Thesis: Stage fright is a phenomenon that can happen to anyone, but it will ultimately
help you become a better speaker.
III. Review/Summary of Main Points: Today we have gone over six main points:
A. Psychology behind stage fright.
B. How the psychology leads to physiological effects.
C. Why we experience stage fright.
D. How these effects can be beneficial to us.
E. Modern day advances that are using fear of public speaking to their benefit.
IV. Concluding Remarks/Memorable Final Statement: So, the next time it’s you up here giving your
speech, just remember that this is something everyone goes through, and it’s really not the end of the
world. Thank you.
Works Cited
Eaton, K. (2016, June 8). Getting Over Stage Fright With the Help of Your Smartphone. The New York
Times, p. B6.
Hargreaves, I. R., & Williams, J. M. (1994). Neuroses: Depressive and Anxiety Disorders. In A. Coleman
(Ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology (Vol. 2).
Henrikson, E. (2003). A Study of Stage Fright and the Judgement of Speaking Time. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 32(5), 532-536. Retrieved from http://www.psycarticles.com.
Understanding the stress response. (2016, March 18). Retrieved from http://www.harvard.health.edu.
Running Head: INFORMATIVE SPEECH
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Informative Speech
Name:
Topic: How the Internet changed the world
General Purpose: To inform.
Specific Purpose: After this informative speech, my audience will have understood how the
advancement in the internet has changed the world we live in today. You, the audience will
review your lives and see how we as people have been using the internet, and how it influences
our lives, the lives of our loved ones and the world in general.
Thesis Statement: The internet has revolutionized how the world interacts and communicates
today. There are several impacts of the internet on society. While most of the influences are
positive, there are also a few negative impacts of the internet in the world.
Organizational Pattern: Psychological
Visual Aids: PowerPoint Presentation, Pictures
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: Everyone here is has a mobile phone. You are holding your mobile phone,
or it is in your pocket at the moment. However, it is most likely that we have all check our
mobile phone in the last thirty minutes, probably to check if we have voicemails, messages,
missed calls, or direct messages in the various social media platforms that we have. I know about
80% of the population here has a mobile internet data bundle or have purchased one in the last
twelve hours. This high mobile phone ownership and usage shows how technology and
especially the development and advancement of the internet have completely changed our daily
lives and, more so, communication, socializing, and interactions with one another.
INFORMATIVE SPEECH
II. Thesis Statement: The Internet continues to revolutionize our lives, and if utilized properly,
it can create new opportunities for personal and business growth, entertainment, business,
interaction, communication, and every aspect of daily activity and social lives.
III. Relevance: The Internet is something that everyone in today’s world experiences, interacts
with, and or is affected by it in one way or another.
IV. Credibility Statement: I am an intense user of the internet from personal to business life.
Besides, I have researched thoroughly on the advancement and growth of the internet since its
introduction to the world around 25 years ago. I have gained extensive knowledge of how the
internet has changed the world from books, academic journals, newspapers, credible websites,
scientific studies, and random internet searches.
V. Preview: Today, I will talk about how the internet has changed the world both positively and
negatively. I will shed light on how people can use the internet appropriately to maximize its
benefits to the world while reducing its adverse impacts on people’s lives.
1. I will start by discussing the various ways through which the internet has positively changed
the world
2. Later I will discuss how the internet has negatively changed the world
3. Lastly, I will give my recommendations on how people can balance the use of the internet for
maximum benefits
[Transition: Let’s begin.]
Body
I.
Internet has positively changed the world
As science and technology continue to evolve, and so does people’s lives and lifestyles continue
to improve. Every single invention and innovation in the world significantly influences our
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lifestyle across the globe. Internet advancement is no different, as its progress has seen the world
go through numerous changes from the most basic to the utmost luxurious. Almost every aspect
of our lives today has been dramatically impacted by the internet.
A. Communication- The internet has improved the communication process by increasing
communication channels. As a result, people can communicate through over ten social media
platforms available, video conferencing. The world has become like a small village, and now
more people can connect even though they may be separated by thousands of miles apart.
Communication over the internet, primarily social media, has moved past simple emails and
direct messages to live video calls using mobile phones (Duling, 2018). As a result, people have
access to simple, affordable ways to communicate, chat, and video call one another.
B. Business expansion through internet marketing- The internet has provided opportunities for
businesses to advertise and market their products online. As a result, companies sell their
products to clients across various geographical locati…
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