Most of us, at some point in our lives, will have to give a speech or present information to a group of people. It could be at school, at work, at church, almost anywhere.

For some people, public speaking comes naturally with very little nervousness. However, for most of us the idea of getting up in front of a group is absolutely terrifying! As part of this class, you will each be given the opportunity to give a "speech" – and all of us will be evaluating each other’s efforts.

Your speech can be on any topic you want – it could be on how to eat an Oreo cookie, how to make pasta, nutrition, physical fitness, technology, how to shop, how to save money, -- any topic you want. You do have to speak for at least 3 minutes and no more than 5.  You may not use PowerPoint for your speech-we used to do that and students tended to 'hide' behind the slides and just read them rather than really giving a speech. You can use an overhead for a transparency if you'd like - but please let me know so I can arrange for a projector.

In an effort to help you prepare for this assignment – I’d like to provide some tips on both preparing for and giving presentations. What you need to do now is to open the web page, "How to Prepare a Presentation."