i need help with my student body president speech i am horrible at writing speeches plz help me
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Never fear! Speech writing is fun. Think about what you have to say. Make it something that comes from the heart. What are the issues that are important to you? To the university? And if you go to Amazon.com, you can look inside this book (How to Write and Give a Speech, Second Revised Edition: A Practical Guide For Executives, PR People, the Military, Fund-Raisers, Politicians, Educators, and Anyone Who Has to Make Every Word Count )
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This is fine as it is. The few grammatical mistakes that there are just aren't worth correcting.\nGood job, and good luck on your speech!
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i am currently campaigning for senior class treasurer and these are the things i am trying to do:\n\n1. make a few different varieties of posters and flyers to hang around the school, being creative but nothing overly showy that will detract from your campaigning image.\n\n2. be friend with everyone, and try to appear like a good, hoenst person.\n\n3. write a speech/segment for the newspaper that shows dedication and enthusiasm\n\nif you dont have time - money isnt really that important, just for the posterboard - then dont run. you should invest in your campaign!\n\nwell hope this helps. vote me best answer! good luck!
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Start by writing the points you want to make in your talk.  Then write out your "talk" exactly how you want to say it.  Then and it sounds silly but it was got me through public speaking in college  start practicing in front of your mirror in the bathroom.  Do this until you can get through the whole talk and then you need to do it a few times in front of people so ask family or friends who have the same assignment.  There is a trick that some people use, hopefully this will not offend some but here goes.  You just imagine the group sitting there in thier underwear.  Ask me not who thought this up but I am told it is used more times than admitted.  It has been told to me that if there are some in the room who make you more nervous than others you just imagine them in one of those bunny suit sleepers with feet and flap.  You'll smile your way through the talk and no one will be the wiser about why.  Good luck with it.  Just do your personal best and that is all anyone would expect ok
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Try making your students act out the motto. Make it happen. Let people see you are living testimonies of such a saying. That will surely make the difference between you and them using the same adage. Good luck!
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First you want to start out the speech like this:\n\n"On this very special day I would like to take the time to thank everyone who came today it means so much to both my wife and I. For those of you who helped make this all possible an extra big thank you goes out to you we couldn't have done it with out you.....\n\nGo on from there
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Do a usefull topic like, "How I spent my Grammar Class and why I speak so well today"  !!!  Not to mention your stellar writing skills.  :0
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Have a partner listen to you and count the number of times you use filler words in your speech. I did that and it really helped. It becomes sort of a little competition with yourself. Each time you give the speech, try cutting out one more word, then two, the three and so on. Hope that helps!
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When writing, make sure to pay careful attention to:\n\n1.SUBSTANCE\n\nSubstance refers to the content of the essay and the message you send out. It can be very hard to gauge in your own writing. One good way to make sure that you are saying what you think you are saying is to write down, briefly and in your own words, the general idea of your message. Then remove the introduction and conclusion from your essay and have an objective reader review what is left. Ask that person what he thinks is the general idea of your message. Compare the two statements to see how similar they are. This can be especially helpful if you wrote a narrative. It will help to make sure that you are communicating your points in the story. Here are some more questions to ask yourself regarding content.\n\nHave I answered the question asked?\n\nDo I back up each point that I make with an example? Have I used concrete and personal examples?\n\nHave I been specific? (Go on a generalities hunt. Turn the generalities into specifics.)\n\nCould anyone else have written this essay?\n\nWhat does it say about me? After making a list of all the words you have used within the essay -- directly and indirectly -- to describe yourself, ask: Does this list accurately represent me?\n\nDoes the writing sound like me? Is it personal and informal rather than uptight or stiff?\n\nRegarding the introduction, is it personal and written in my own voice? Is it too general? Can the essay get along without it?\n\n\n2.STRUCTURE\n\nTo check the overall structure of your essay, conduct a first-sentence check. Write down the first sentence of every paragraph in order. Read through them one after another and ask the following: \nWould someone who was reading only these sentences still understand exactly what I am trying to say? \nDo the first sentences express all of my main points? \nDo the thoughts flow naturally, or do they seem to skip around or come out of left field? \nNow go back to your essay as a whole and ask these questions: \nDoes each paragraph stick to the thought that was introduced in the first sentence? \nDoes a piece of evidence support each point? How well does the evidence support the point? \nIs each paragraph roughly the same length? Stepping back and squinting at the essay, do the paragraphs look balanced on the page? (If one is significantly longer than the rest, you are probably trying to squeeze more than one thought into it.) \nDoes my conclusion draw naturally from the previous paragraphs? \nHave I varied the length and structure of my sentences? \n\n\n3.INTEREST\n\nMany people think only of mechanics when they revise and rewrite their compositions. As we know, though, the interest factor is crucial in keeping the admissions officers reading and remembering your essay. Look at your essay with the interest equation in mind: personal + specific = interesting. Answer the following:\n\nIs the opening paragraph personal? \nDo I start with action or an image? \nDoes the essay show rather than tell? \nDid I use any words that are not usually a part of my vocabulary? (If so, get rid of them.) \nHave I used the active voice whenever possible? \nHave I overused adjectives and adverbs? \nHave I eliminated clichés? \nHave I deleted redundancies? \nDoes the essay sound interesting to me? (If it bores you, imagine what it will do to others.) \nWill the ending give the reader a sense of completeness? Does the last sentence sound like the last sentence? \n\n4.PROOFREADING\n\nWhen you are satisfied with the structure and content of your essay, it is time to check for grammar, spelling, typos, and the like. You can fix obvious things right away: a misspelled or misused word, a seemingly endless sentence, or improper punctuation. Keep rewriting until your words say what you want them to say. Ask yourself these questions:\n\nDid I punctuate correctly? \nDid I eliminate exclamation points (except in dialogue)? \nDid I use capitalization clearly and consistently? \nDo the sub
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Take as many writing and speech classes as you can handle. You'll need them. I also suggest taking some law classes at OSU; constitutional law mainly.
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Hello, my name is ____________ but I am sure that most of you know me.\n\nI am here today to ask for your vote for  class vice president. As you all know being Vice-President is a very important job. It is the job of the vice president to help the president .\nAnd it is both our jobs to represent you,  my fellow students.\nI want each and everyone of you to know that I will take this job seriously and do it to the best of my ability.\nAny decisions that I make and any decisions that I assist in making will be with you in mind.\nI also want you to know that you can always talk to me about school problems and if I don't know the answer....I will ask until I find someone who does.\nThank You,\n\n*applause----\n applause---\n applause*\n\ngood luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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knowing your subject well will help you do better in your speech, so you can consintrate on eye contact, and relaxing and breathing.\n\nif you can, you should practice your speech in front of others, family, friends, or whoever you have, and it will help to try it in front of a mirror, so you see yourself how you behave and act while delivering your speech. once you are confident that you know your material well, then you need to make sure you do not read from your notes. you need to look at the notes which should have only the hightlights of your speech, 1 or 2 work bullets that will remind you of the next thought.\nnow that you are not reading from your notes, you have no choice but to look forward, it is recomended to make eye contact with all four corners of the room. don't look at faces because they might make you more nervious.\nin the beggining you will be nervious, make sure you take a breath and smile and do not start your speech with "OK" or ehhh,, or any of these gestures.. start with the 1st word you want to say.\nyou will do ok.. good luck
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Its always good to break the ice with a joke or witty remark. Dont worry about being nervous and shaky, if you are doing a speech for school everyone knows what you feel like. Be your natural self - dont try to be extremely proper or news anchorman like. Just be yourself, study what you wanna say, so you dont have to use to many notes. Use gestures and mimik where appropriate.
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I've attached some websites that give farewell speeches that were actually given, or part of them.  They should give you some ideas.  They include links to speeches given by some very famous people and some by high school students.  I especialy like Oprah Winfrey's speech!!\n\nGood luck with it!
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Jot some things down tonight in outline form and see how they fit together.  Make sure you have a good beginning sentence, one that will grab attention.  The beginning paragraph in many ways isthe most important one.\n\nUse sentences of lots of different lengths and types, but not rambling sentences.  Instead of beginning all your sentences with the subject and following with the predicate, which quickly becomes boring, use a periodic structure (as it is done in this sentence). With the periodic sentence, items of a lesser nature precede the heart of the sentence.\n\n"On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery African Americans decided to boycott the city buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted, instead of being forced to the back when a white person came aboard." - Possible beginning sentence\n\nGood luck with your essay.
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This is the third request from you that I have read. To "correct" your grammar would be tiresome. However, I did want to say that you have a way with words and write quite well. If you were my student, I would conference with you and give you hints on how to improve your grammar and some punctuation, the only weaknesses. Your descriptive passages are excellent. You are a good observer. Keep writing. You have a talent there.
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Try to get it done after you get home from school so it's done and out of the way. You should always use legible writing.