- start with a bang
- pose a bullet list of the topics you will cover that expose the overview of your argument
- don't pose alternatives - present them as possibilities
- repeat the conclusion at the beginning of every section of your talk, explain your bullet points
- establish the relevance, what is the audience thinking about the topic - faith, reason, problem, solution
- multimedia - draw examples from movies, tv, newspapers, books
- define important terms
- what are the broad streams of thought about the topic
- strangers are in two separate worlds - how, why, mechanism, meaning, science
- Powerpoint slides - don't read of the slides, but if you are going to read quotes have them on the side; have phrases from your point on the side of the slide concerning the point; names of people you are quoting write in full on screen.
- real world examples of your hypothesis, your point, your exposition
- be within your allotted time
- invite questions and then try to draw their points inclusively into your argument
- introduce answers with "I don't have a well-formulated idea here, but this is a notion that might apply"
- be seen to be inclusive and positive about every question
"Here's a novel idea to save the planet: Remove the main cause of its woes - homo sapiens. The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT - pronounced "vehement") proposes the phasing out the human race. "When every human chooses to stop breeding, Earth's biosphere will be allowed to return to its former glory, and all remaining creatures will be free to live, die, and evolve (if they believe in evolution)," offers the movement's website. But 'it's going to take all of us going'." See www.vhemt.org SOURCE: Email invite. I thought I was the only one who thought like this. Everyone I know thanks the universe that I didn't study microbiology. I would have developed a human-specific killer virus. WE are the vermin.
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