CHOOSING A SUBJECT

• Choose a topic about which you have good knowledge.
• Do not choose a subject which is very vast. You will not be able to finish your speech within 3 minutes.
• Avoid communal or political subjects.
• The subject chosen by you should be such as to provide a good beginning.
• Give preference to a subject of topical interest.
• Avoid cheap and unwholesome subjects.
• Choose a subject of your conviction.

ORGANISING THE SPEECH

• Note down your ideas that occur to your mind at short notice and are relevant to your subject.
• Arrange them in a logical order.
• Discard the ideas which do not fit in the scheme of content of your speech.
• Make a final mental draft

DELIVERING THE SPEECH

• The order of the speech should be introduction, body and conclusion.

Introduction – ‘Well begun is half done’. Therefore make a good start by arousing the interest of the audience in what you are going to tell them.  At this stage introduce the subject with a brief reference to its importance.  Devote not more than half a minute

Main body – In this part, cover the salient points with facts and figures.  Put across your message in the most interesting fashion.  Devote maximum time to this part.

Conclusion –  This should start when the 2 ½ minutes buzzer comes. Briefly sum up the points covered and thank the audience. Devote less than half a minute to this part. When 3 minutes buzzer comes, you can finish by telling a few words of conclusion. (you have to be attentive for the 3 minutes buzzer. Otherwise few candidates, by virtue of their speech concentration, they fail to head the last buzzer, resulting they continue to give lecture, till it is interrupted by the GTO, which goes into the disadvantage of the candidate. Slow down when you come to the end so that the audience knows that you are now finishing your speech.