What makes a great impromptu speech? Learn about five important ingredients here.

1. Necessities for a
Great
Impromptu
Speech
Created February 2013 by
Tanya Shkarina;
Communication Studies
Research Assistant; Clover
Park Technical College This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

2. What do you need?
• Enough time A great speech!
Extras
• Grabber & clincher
Examples
• Main points
Main Points
• Examples
Grabber & Clincher
• Extras
Enough time
This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

3. Enough Time
Make sure you
speak for at least
one minute and up
to 2-1/2 minutes.
Enough time
This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

4. Gr a b b e r &
Cl i n c h e r
You need to catch
your audience’s
attention. Come up
with something in the
beginning and at the
end that will stick with
the audience. Don’t Grabber & Clincher
start with a simple
“Hello, my name is…” Enough time
and don’t end a
speech by simply
saying “Thank This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
you.”

5. Main Points
Make sure to
state your
main points in
the beginning
of your speech Main Points
and at the Grabber & Clincher
end. Doing Enough Time
this will help
This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

6. Examples
Make sure you include
examples to back up
your information. You Examples
need evidence that the
Main points
information you are
telling is true. Grabber and Clincher
Enough Time
This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

7. Extras
It is always good to include Extras
some kind of visual or prop.
This will help the audience Examples
to remember your
Main Points
presentation and what it is
about.
Grabber & Clincher
Enough Time
This material is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0 United States
License.

8. Include these and you will have a…
Great Speech!
Extras
Examples
Main Points
Grabber & Clincher
Enough Time
This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.