Creating Talking Points :Bright Ideas in Public Speaking with DR. SUNNY

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TALKING. POINTS [ACTUALLY POINT]
TALKING. POINTS [ACTUALLY POINT]
TALKING. POINTS [ACTUALLY POINT]

THIS BRIGHT IDEA IN PUBLIC SPEAKING VIDEO IS ABOUT CREATING POINTS TO GUIDE YOUR SPEECH. IN THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASSROOM, THESE WOULD BE YOUR MAIN POINTS IN YOUR OUTLINE. THESE MAIN POINTS ARE YOUR TALKING POINTS.

FOR MOST SPEECHES, TWO TO FIVE MAIN POINTS ARE THE NORM. I SUGGEST YOU BOIL THAT DOWN TO THREE MAIN POINTS OR TALKING POINTS.

LET’S SAY YOU’RE GIVING A SPEECH ON A TOPIC NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART--BACKYARD CHICKENS--AND YOU’RE GIVING THIS SPEECH TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN GAINESVILLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN KEEPING BACKYARD CHICKENS AT THEIR OWN HOME IN THE CITY. WHAT ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO THAT AUDIENCE?

I KNOW WHEN I FIRST EXPLORED GETTING CHICKENS TO KEEP AT MY HOUSE IN THE CITY, I WANTED TO KNOW THE RULES. CAN YOU KEEP CHICKENS? HOW MANY? WHAT KINDS? ARE THERE RULES?

IN FACT THERE ARE...AND I LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY WHEN MY LITTLE CHICKS TURNED OUT TO BE ROOSTERS AND STARTED CROWING AT 3 A-M! NEEDLESS TO SAY, AFTER A “NOISE VIOLATION” AND A TRIP TO TRAFFIC COURT--WHERE THE JUDGE ASKED ME IF “CROWING ROOSTERS” ON MY CITATION WAS A LOUD ROCKBAND--I KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THE GAINESVILLE CITY ORDINANCES OR --RULES--FOR OWNING CHICKENS IN THE CITY. IN THIS CASE, NO ROOSTERS ALLOWED! DURING THAT EXPERIENCE I RESEARCHED ALL CITY ORDINANCES ON CHICKENS...AND THE EXPERTISE I GAINED IN THAT RESEARCH, ALONG WITH MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE GIVES ME A LOT OF CREDIBILITY ON THE TOPIC.

FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, I WOULD CRAFT A MAIN POINT--OR TALKING POINT LIKE THIS:

IN THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE, YOU CAN OWN UP TO TEN FEMALE CHICKENS--HENS--THAT DO NOT MAKE NOISES THAT DISTURB YOUR NEIGHBORS.

THEY’RE ARE A LOT OF OTHER RULES AND I CAN ELABORATE ON THOSE IN MY SUBPOINTS EVEN CITING THE ORDINANCE AS SUPPORTING EVIDENCE, BUT FOR NOW, I HAVE MY FIRST TALKING POINT.

SO WHAT’S NEXT?
I’M ANTICIPATING THAT MANY PEOPLE IN MY AUDIENCE DON’T HAVE CHICKENS OR ELSE THEY WOULDN’T BE ATTENDING MY TALK. THAT REMINDS ME OF WHAT I KNOW ABOUT RAISING CHICKENS FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND IT LEADS TO MY NEXT TALKING POINT:

HAVING HEALTHY HENS IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA COMES DOWN TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT BREED, BUILDING GOOD SHELTER, AND GOOD NUTRITION.

I CAN ELABORATE ON THE THREE IDEAS IN THIS TALKING POINT IN SUB-POINTS WITH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHICH BREEDS DO BEST IN THE HEAT, I CAN TALK ABOUT THE MOST PRACTICAL CHICKEN COOPS...AND I CAN DISCUSS WHAT KINDS OF FEED I USE AND WHY. NOT THAT THIS ENTIRE TALKING POINT COULD BE A SPEECH IN ITSELF.

SO NOW I HAVE TWO TALKING POINTS:
RULES ABOUT CHICKENS
CARE OF HEALTHY HENS

I STILL NEED TO ADD A THIRD TALKING POINT….AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH CHICKENS--WHICH GIVES ME CREDIBILITY AS A SPEAKER--I KNOW A LOT ABOUT CHICKEN PREDATORS. WE HAVE A HUMANE TRAP WHERE WE CAPTURE POSSUMS AND COONS AND ALL OTHER VARIETIES OF NEIGHBORHOOD WILDLIFE THAT COME TO THE CHICKEN YARD TO DINE ON VEGGIE SCRAPS, CHICKEN FOOD...AND EVEN CHICKENS.

GIVEN THAT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY THIRD TALKING POINT MY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

PROTECTING YOUR FLOCK FROM PREDATORS IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN RAISING BACKYARD CHICKENS.

I CAN THEN DISCUSS THE TECHNIQUES I USE TO KEEP FURRY NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS FROM EATING MY BACKYARD FLOCK.

SO NOW MY SPEECH HAS THREE TALKING POINTS:

IN THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE, YOU CAN OWN UP TO TEN FEMALE CHICKENS--HENS--THAT DO NOT MAKE NOISES THAT DISTURB YOUR NEIGHBORS.

HAVING HEALTHY HENS IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA COMES DOWN TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT BREED, BUILDING GOOD SHELTER, AND GOOD NUTRITION.

PROTECTING YOUR FLOCK FROM PREDATORS IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN RAISING BACKYARD CHICKENS.

OR MORE SIMPLY:

RULES ABOUT CHICKENS
CARE OF HEALTHY HENS
STOPPING PREDATORS

WITH THOSE THREE TALKING POINTS DRAFTED, I’M READY TO START RESEARCHING AND WRITING MY SPEECH. BUT FIRST, TRY CONNECTING THOSE TALKING POINTS INTO A PURPOSE FOR YOUR SPEECH.

FINISH THE SENTENCE:

I’M HERE TODAY TO INFORM….

FOR MY CHICKEN SPEECH… I’M HERE TODAY TO TEACH YOU HOW YOU CAN KEEP HEALTHY BACK YARD HENS SAFELY AND LEGALLY IN CITY OF GAINESVILLE.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR TALKING POINTS AND PURPOSE AS YOU ARE REVISING YOUR SPEECH, BUT HAVING POINTS CAN MAKE RESEARCH AND WRITING A LOT EASIER… BECAUSE REALLY….

THE ONE THING THE AUDIENCE REALLY WANTS TO KNOW…. IS WHAT’S YOUR POINT? WHY ARE YOU SPEAKING?

IN MY NEXT VIDEO, I’LL TELL YOU HOW TO TURN YOUR TALKING POINTS INTO A 1-MINUTE ELEVATOR PITCH THAT SUMMARIZES YOUR SPEECH.

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