Summary Of Phil Davidson's Speech

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For Phil Davidson to have a better chance of winning when he next runs for Star County Public Office, he must improve his public speaking abilities. Some improvements he should make include implementing clear preview and transition statements, providing more organization, and adjusting his delivery style. A few recommendations on how Phil should go about improving his speech giving skills include practicing frequently before giving his speech, allowing others to look over his speech, and writing clear previews as well as transitions and using either note cards or highlighting to remember them.


First, Phil must clearly state his previews and transitions in any future speeches. While there may have been some effort to provide transitions in this speech, there seems to be no preview statement at all. For the audience to follow what Phil is talking about, he should have preview somewhat. Towards the end of the video there may be an attempt at a preview. He states “If nominated tonight I want to campaign for Star County’s greatest strength-its people.” If this is indeed a preview statement, I recommend he adds to it, as well as stating it more towards the beginning of his speech. Also, the transition statements are lacking. He doesn’t seem to transition as he goes from idea to …show more content…

There is not much of an order to the ideas in Phil’s speech. While the overall idea seems to be that he will win and “restore” the treasurer’s office if he is nominated, he doesn’t explain how. I recommend that he outline his speech before writing. Not only will that provide a guide for when he gives the speech, but it will help to organize his ideas and give him more clarity while writing. Also to improve the order of his speech, he should allow at least one other person to read over it, as others can catch mistakes and disorganization more easily than the writer

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