Informative Speech on Accounting outline
Informative Speech Outline
Dusti Goertz
COMS 101
Date Due: 9/30/2013
Organization: For this speech I will be utilizing the topical pattern.
Audience analysis: Provide a description of your audience (e.g., its demographics like age, gender, ethnicity, etc. as well as any other information about them that impacts the way you plan and present the speech (see the textbook, pp. 618–628).
Topic: In this speech, I am going to describe why accountants have a bad reputation as being both boring and dishonest, and also expound on what accountants actually ‘do’ in our world/why we need them. Finally, I am going to explain how accounting, as a profession, can be used for the greater glory of God.
Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about accounting, as a profession, and how it can be utilized for the greater glory of God.
Redemptive Purpose: To inform my audience how the professional vocation of accounting can serve as a platform for promoting honesty, good stewardship, and upright actions. something that God values according to Scripture (Leviticus 19:35-37, Proverbs 24:26, Deuteronomy 8:17-18, Titus 1:7, Philippians 4:8, Titus 2:7-8).
Introduction:
I. Attention-getter
A farmer sends his accounting sheepdog, Spot, off to gather in his 8 sheep.On returning the farmer is astonished to find he now has 10 animals in his pen and asks the dog to explain.
"Woof! You asked me to round them up, woof", barks Spot. (The Alternative Accountant, 2013)
II. Motive for Listening
Accounting is an extremely misunderstood profession/vocation which gives an individual a number of different ways in which to serve both their fellow man, and God.
III. Credibility Statement
The qualifications which give me insight into the world of accounting and/or accountants is that I am a student who is actively in school to attain my Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
IV. Purpose or Thesis Statement
The accounting field is often misunderstood by its critics, the purpose of this speech is to
Dusti Goertz
COMS 101
Date Due: 9/30/2013
Organization: For this speech I will be utilizing the topical pattern.
Audience analysis: Provide a description of your audience (e.g., its demographics like age, gender, ethnicity, etc. as well as any other information about them that impacts the way you plan and present the speech (see the textbook, pp. 618–628).
Topic: In this speech, I am going to describe why accountants have a bad reputation as being both boring and dishonest, and also expound on what accountants actually ‘do’ in our world/why we need them. Finally, I am going to explain how accounting, as a profession, can be used for the greater glory of God.
Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about accounting, as a profession, and how it can be utilized for the greater glory of God.
Redemptive Purpose: To inform my audience how the professional vocation of accounting can serve as a platform for promoting honesty, good stewardship, and upright actions. something that God values according to Scripture (Leviticus 19:35-37, Proverbs 24:26, Deuteronomy 8:17-18, Titus 1:7, Philippians 4:8, Titus 2:7-8).
Introduction:
I. Attention-getter
A farmer sends his accounting sheepdog, Spot, off to gather in his 8 sheep.On returning the farmer is astonished to find he now has 10 animals in his pen and asks the dog to explain.
"Woof! You asked me to round them up, woof", barks Spot. (The Alternative Accountant, 2013)
II. Motive for Listening
Accounting is an extremely misunderstood profession/vocation which gives an individual a number of different ways in which to serve both their fellow man, and God.
III. Credibility Statement
The qualifications which give me insight into the world of accounting and/or accountants is that I am a student who is actively in school to attain my Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
IV. Purpose or Thesis Statement
The accounting field is often misunderstood by its critics, the purpose of this speech is to
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