Business Communication, Third Edition

Speaking Exercises

1. 24 Impromptu presentations

   Make a one- to two-minute presentation designed to persuade your classmates to do one of the following things:

   1. Change their major to yours.

   2. Join a new student organization that has an expensive membership fee.

   3. Attend graduate school full time immediately after graduation and defer full-time work, OR attend graduate school part time while working full time, OR defer graduate school for a few years to work full time.

   4. Spend a year doing public service before entering the workforce.

   5. Begin contributing to individual retirement accounts as soon as they can.

   In your presentation, include at least one statement designed to establish credibility, one logical argument with reasons and evidence, and one benefit ...