Informative Speech Outline. Topic: Anonymous Alcoholics
Topic: Anonymous Alcoholics
General purpose: to inform.
Specific purpose: To inform the audience about the phenomenon of Anonymous Alcoholics.
Thesis statement: Groups of Anonymous Alcoholics are effective method to get rid of alcohol addiction that helps thousands all over the world.
Introduction
Attention getter: Have you ever heard about groups of anonymous alcoholics? Probably, you have seen them in some movies sitting in a circle and saying “Hi, I`m Barney, I`m an alcoholic…” This is a stereotype about these groups, which have a lot in common with the real situation.
Credibility: I have been studying groups of anonymous alcoholics of Poland and Ukraine for a year and have written my Bachelor Diploma work about AA groups.
Relevance: Anonymous Alcoholics groups are an example of how power of communication and social unity can help to fight the problem of alcoholism.
Preview: Today I’m going to describe you main characteristics of anonymous alcoholics groups, touch on a history of groups and therapeutic effect of groups.
(Transition: So, at first I’ll try to make clear for you, who the Anonymous Alcoholics are.)
Body
I. Main points about AA groups` existence.
А) Definition of AA, therapeutic effect.
B) History of AA groups
1. Bill Willson and Bob Smith – “fathers” of Anonymous Alcoholics (Visual Aid)
2. Oxford groups – prototype of AA groups
C) “Commandments and Holy Bible of AA”
1. 12 Steps and 12 traditions of AA
2. Book “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism” that was written in 1939.
(Transition: Now that you know a little, who anonymous alcoholics are and let we focus a little bit on details of work process)
II) Organization of the group work process
A) Group formation: who, how, what help is needed
B) Practical details of group creation
1. Finding the place
2. Choosing the leader of the group
3. Finances
(Transition: Surely, my words won’t cost something, if I do not show some impact data. Let’s switch to it.)
III. Effectiveness of AA groups attendance
A. Studies of AA
B. AA Sobriety Data (Visual Aid)
C. Critics of AA groups
1. From alcohol addiction to group addiction
2. Stigma
3. Some women come to AA meetings to find men for dates and sex
Conclusion
Summary of main points:In these 7 minutes I tried to discovered you, who the anonymous alcoholics are, why do they meet in this way, who were the founders of alcoholic anonymous an how effective these groups of people act nowadays.
Restated thesis: Anonymous Alcoholics meetings help people who attend it to fight their disease and to integrate in society.
Concluding remarks: So, I want to finish with the words that, surely, AA groups is simple and very interesting people relations model of mutual help, but I hope you won’t ever cope with this in your life.
Works consulted
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous
· http://www.aagrapevine.org/
· Starting a self-help group // Self help Resource Centre: http://www.selfhelp.on.ca/start.html
Sample 5
Informative Speech Outline
Title: Blood type
General purpose: To inform my audience about blood type.
Thesis statement: Today I want to tell about how blood type predicts personality.
Introduction
Attention material: Do you know about blood type and do you believe that it can be related to people’s personality?
Credibility: In 1927, a Japanese doctor, Furukawa Takeji, carried out research and came up with the idea that people with different blood types had different personalities.
Relevance: In Europe, it is normal to match a person’s personality to horoscopes; Koreans prefer to match personality traits with blood type.
Thesis statement: Today I want to tell about how blood type predicts personality.
Preview: We need to be concerned about population of each blood type, their own character.
(Let’s begin by more understanding about population of each blood type.)
Body
I. In 1901, Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian scientist, discovered that blood was divided into four types, such as A, B, AB, and O. The ABO distribution is different in terms of racial and ethnic groups.
A. In Ukraine there is another name for blood types. The first group is O, the second is A, the third is B, and the fourth is AB. Among Ukrainians, the most common blood group is the second group (A) - 40%. It is followed by the first group (0) - 37%, the third (B) - 17%, and the fourth group (AB) occupies only 6%.
B. In Korea about 32% of the population is A, about 30% is B. AB group has 10% of the population, about 28% is O.
(Here are general ideas of each blood type.)
II. Each blood type has its own character.
A. Character with blood type A .
1. Positives: Patient, Calm, Responsible
2. Negatives: Serious, Shy, Sensitive, Indecisive
B. Character with blood type B.
1. Positives: Individualist, Strong, Optimistic, Creative, Flexible
2. Negatives: Rebellious, Wild, Unpredictable
C. Character with blood type AB.
1. Positives: Controlled, Rational, Popular, Sociable
2. Negatives: Standoffish, Critical
D. Character with blood type O.
1. Positives: Loyal, Leadership, Passionate, Trend-setter, Self-confident, Independent
2. Negatives: Over-Ambitious, Jealous
E. A fairy tale of blood type.
(Now, we are ready to summarize what we have already learnt today.)
Summary: As we have seen, there are 4 types of blood A, B, AB, O, and each of them has its own personality.
Concluding remarks: So, check your personality with the above description. Believe it or not, the blood type can influence someone's personality. Most of you who like surfing the Internet might have known about this information.
Sample 6