Delivery Outline

Whereas the preparation outline helps you think through your speech’s structure before you give the speech, your delivery outline acts as your “speaker notes” during the actual presentation to remind you of main points and key phrases. Create your delivery outline after you have practiced your speech several times using your preparation outline. Whether you prepare your delivery outline on note cards, sheets of paper, or an iPad, there are some features that are common to all good delivery outlines (see pp. 367–369):