From last week: Email your instructor early in the week to obtain speech topic approval if you have not already done so. Continue researching your topic and create a good thesis statement. Write at least three sentences for the main ideas concerning your topic.

This week, update your thesis statement and your main idea sentences, create at least two subtopics for each of the three main points, and add to your research notes. Use these items to write a first draft for your outline. Do the outline tutorial exercises provided in the lecture. Spend time learning about outlining and solving your topic organization, sequence, and outline problems. Your outline is not due this week. You will complete working on this outline next week. Nothing is due in the Dropbox yet for your speech.

PowerPoint presentations with recorded narration are due in Week 6. Begin practicing the use of your microphone with your computer and the PowerPoint narration feature. See the iConnect tab and the Presentation tab under Course Home for the tutorials on how to use these features.

Note: Notify your instructor now if you do not understand how to create an outline. If you are having great difficulty creating a draft of your outline, e-mail specific questions to your instructor. You may wish to ask for a personal phone call.
Written Assignment: Team Collaborative Outline Exercise

The following is a list of ideas that were brainstormed in a meeting with your company employees. The company needs to include all these ideas in an all-company presentation, but the list is very disorganized right now. What would be the best way to sort these ideas into some sequence of main points with subpoints?

With your assigned team, unscramble the following statements to create a logical outline for an upcoming business presentation. Use standard outline format as described in your textbook.

Ensure that the language is used correctly.
Speaker credibility influences how listeners feel about the speaker.
Character is the quality of being honest, trustworthy, and showing goodwill.
Deliver the speech with confidence.
Credibility is an extremely important factor in determining speaker effectiveness.
Connect the audience to the topic.
Practice your delivery.
Verbally cite personal subject knowledge.
Present error free written materials.
Credibility has three primary characteristics: the three Cs.
Ensure that typographical errors are eliminated.
Charisma is the quality of being assertive, confident, and enthusiastic.
Speaker credibility influences the listener's ability to learn or to believe.
Demonstrate expertise.
Verbally cite expert sources.
Connect yourself to the topic.
Plan your delivery.
Ensure that facts are correct.
Competence is the quality of being an expert and intelligent.
Connect with the audience on a personal level.
Establish common ground.
Credibility is established in four ways.