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In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note taking.
Now listen to the mini-lecture.
ANSWER SHEET ONE
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.
Define Your Core Message
A dynamite speech is built upon a strong foundation of form and structure. Before you start choosing stories and making PowerPoint slides, you have to have a distinct point of focus that makes it easy for your audience to follow you.
I. Decide your core messages
Core messages are designed to get people to act or think differently.
They’re simple, clear and 1 .
II. Consider the challenge that’s facing your listener
— Core message provides a 2 to that challenge.
e.g. core message is a major highway, 3 and supporting information are connected to that highway by entrance and exit ramps.
— You can get off your core message to make a supporting point, but you have to be able to 4 that point back to your core message.
III. A solid core message is easy to follow
That doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for fun or humour.
It just means that it all 5
IV. What is a good core message
— A good core message is 6 , challenging and proactive.
— A core message must also be specific, 7 and morally correct.
V. Try to create a little 8 or friction
— You need to be a little dangerous because, as a speaker, safe is a very dangerous place to be.
— A safe speaker is 9 , and often boring.
e.g. Here’s a quote from Earl Nightingale,
—He said, "We become what we think about all day long."
VI. Be the leader people want to follow
Shift from the traditional role of being a leader.
e.g. "Courtesy 10 anger." opens up a lot of room for exploration about customer service and the role courtesy plays.