$1,000,000 Idea Speech: Speech Outline

EXERCISE THREE: SPEECH OUTLINE

 

Introduction: Introduce the topic, and explain what you will be telling the audience.

A.      Briefly explain the inspiration behind choosing the topic.

B.      Give background information on St. Jude’s.

C.      Present the thesis. Tell the audience what you will be discussing during the presentation. Give 3-5 reasons as to why the million dollars should be given to St. Jude’s.

 

Body: Go into detail of the main points of the speech.

A.      Families do not pay a single cent to St. Jude’s for treatment and care of their child.

a.       81 cents of every dollar goes directly towards treatment and research

b.      St. Jude’s costs 1.8 million dollars to open daily

c.       Donations are the primary financial staple

d.      St. Jude’s treats 260 child patients each day

B.      St. Jude’s protocols have increased childhood survival rates in terminally ill patients from 20% in 1962 to at least 80% today

a.       St. Jude’s is continually improving research and methods

b.      Incredible staff (list a few doctors-Nobel prize)

C.      Personal Experience

a.       Currently going to school for Biology, in preparation for Medical School

b.      Ideally, I would love to go into pediatric oncology-which is specifically treating child cancer patients

c.       Have lost family members to cancer, and it truly a heartbreaking experience. No parent or family should go through the loss of a child to terminal illness. St. Jude’s is constantly developing new techniques with intention of ridding these diseases in full

 

Conclusion: Tell the audience again why St. Jude’s is deserving of the one million dollars. End with quote from Danny Thomas. “All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.”