The Outline

Please listen to this part really carefully.

If you’re good at organizing your thoughts whether in your mind or on paper it’s going to be a lot easier for you to speak clearly if you’re trying very hard to think about what to say and how to say it.

And you know the pronunciation and all that stuff it’s going to be really hard for you to express yourself clearly.

You’re probably going to make a lot more mistakes because you’re going to exceed your bandwidth your ability to focus on everything.

But if you’re able to organize your thoughts at the very least on paper everything gets a lot easier when you’re doing a presentation.

The outline is so important.

If if you make a clear outline and you really get the ideas you really feel the ideas you have your mind around the ideas in the outline.

All you have to do is go through it.

One two three four five.

It’s easy.

So in this part of the lesson we’re going to talk about how to make an outline.

We’re going to make one together and then we’re going to actually after this do a presentation I’m going to do a presentation based on the outline just to be clear the outline is the basic structure.

The a done be done done see that.

That tells you what to say next and then and then and then and then it’s nothing more than that.

If you write down all of the words you want to say in your outline it’s not really an outline anymore.

It’s more like a script and it’s going to be really hard to read through and you’re going to get confused.

It’s truly going to be a mess.

So keep it really simple.

I try to keep outlines to just a couple words really like a skeleton a basic basic structure that reminds me of what to talk about next.

Then I let the words come out of my mouth as they would like to pretty much.

I mean I try to.

I try to say things clearly but I’m not too focused on what what should I talk about next.

And that makes things a lot easier.

So keep it simple.

And that will help you a lot too.

Let’s actually do it.

Our topic will be the value of travel the value of travel.

Yes that will be our topic.

That’s more than just by the way travel itself.

But why is travel something that’s actually important.

That’s what I want to talk about.

Now what’s my hook kind of hook do I want to use.

Let’s let’s just go with something very basic.

By the way go with if I haven’t explained that before I often say that go with means choose let’s go with something very basic very simple very basic.

Let’s just ask for a show of hands for our hook.

Keep it simple.

OK.

And I’m gonna write down the hook because it’s so short.

Who here.

Who here sees travel as as more than just a vacation.

Hands up.

OK.

So that’s one of the hooks that we talked about earlier.

Just one of the hooks hands up one the interaction one of course we could do a rhetorical question if we wanted to.

Have you ever been on a trip and had a really profound experience.

I’d like you to think about that experience as I begin my presentation that one time.

OK.

So I’m going to use this one just because it’s so simple and I am going to write it down only because it’s so short.

Normally as long as you have the basic idea of it in your mind that is totally fine.

Now how about the introduction.

What about the introduction.

Do we always need an introduction.

Well I like to do something really simple.

I usually just say today today I would or I’d like to share with you.

I usually say something like this today I’d like to share with you.

It’s just a way to say hey this is my topic after my hook so I’ll give my hook first and then I’ll give my basic basic introduction doesn’t have to be anything too long or too serious pretty simple.

Then we get into the actual outline itself.

So let’s break down and build together the outline of our presentation on the value of travel.

My basic structure for doing an outline is a there’s going to be a point here then.

Example example or detailed detail B.

The main point here.

Second main point example here.

Detail here could be an example or a specific detail about it depending on the topic.

Then sometimes not always see main point.

Example example for example detail or whatever.

And then so comma and I’ll say one last thing and there are many ways to do that.

You don’t have to use so I generally like to use so when I’m doing a presentation.

So this is our basic our basic structure and of course here we have our of course our basic hook and our intro so hook Intro A B C so at the very end a exposure to new ideas exposure to new ideas.

All right.

That’s a good one.

Let’s see.

Example number one.

Oh OK.

Trip to India then I’m gonna write shock here to remind myself to talk about the sort of culture shock of going to India for the first time very different than America.

Good experience.

Next let’s see.

Eating traditions eating traditions.

OK I’m just gonna write eating traditions because I know what I want to share when I talk about eating traditions.

I have something in my head but this helps me remember what I’m going to talk about.

I’m going to talk about how on my many trips I like to sample local food especially street food because then I feel like I can get a deep feeling for the history of each place.

I’m going to talk about that but I’m just going to use eating traditions to help me remember what I’m going to talk about.

All right.

So this is part A the main idea why is travel valuable.

Well because you get exposure that means you get to see new ideas and that makes you reflect and think about who you are where you come from be.

Get get.

Oh no let’s not use get.

I want to make it even shorter.

A break from routine.

So for this one I’m going to talk about why it’s so important to not do the same thing every day and how travel can really break you out of doing the same thing and give you a lot of new fresh ideas and improve the quality of of your life.

Explore inner self who you are on the inside.

And I’m going to give a detail on that.

The next one I want to really make it pretty short.

I’m gonna write normal life fresh eyes and then I’m going to talk about how when you come back from traveling for maybe two weeks or even a month when you come back to your own life you can appreciate it in a totally new way.

You realize that it is maybe interesting you can see the value in it whereas before when you left you are sick and tired and everything was dumb and boring.

I want to talk about that now see let’s do global network again.

We’re talking about the value of travel.

We have three main ideas one is about exposing yourself to new ideas and new ways of life and the value of that be.

Point being number two is about breaking away out of your normal routine.

Why that’s so important to do and then see is about your Global Network who you know around the world.

And I’m gonna give an example.

Staying in Japan I know what that means.

I have a little story for that.

Your outline is for you.

You don’t have to show it to everybody else.

I’m showing it to you because I’m showing you the process for making it.

It’s so easy but it really it’s for me.

It reminds me of the story I want to talk about my example of staying in Japan.

Then I’m going to say unexpected adventures unexpected adventures and then I’m going to talk about how when I meet people when I am traveling I think maybe oh I’m going to go to this place I’m going to visit this this and this.

But I end up meeting people and we do things together and that makes the experience much more interesting.

I have a deeper experience and a deeper appreciation for the place I’m visiting because I’ve met people and my my growing network is making my travels more valuable all the time.

So next time you’re planning that’s my beginning I’m gonna say planning a trip just helps me remember.

All right.

So let’s just review this a exposure to new ideas.

Talk about my trip to India and the culture shock me that I’m going to talk about eating traditions.

OK so those are new things that are adding value b get away from my normal life.

Get out of my routine and learn more about myself but also when I come back see my own life with fresh eyes see my network around the world and stay with my friend in Japan for example and unexpected adventures valuable experiences that I never planned to have.

So next time you plan or you’re planning a trip I’m going to talk about how if you stay in a hotel by yourself it’s probably not good.

So next time you’re planning a trip don’t stay in a five star resort a resort is a resort is a very nice place.

Of course it’s good to do that.

If you really just want to relax.

But if you really want to meet people maybe go out and explore the local area.

All right.

So I’ve got my ideas down I’m going to do my presentation.

This is a promise I’m going to do my presentation.

One time I have not prepared this presentation before.

I have not given this presentation before.

This is real.

OK I might cut little pieces to make it shorter.

If if I need to just to save you some time watching but I’m only going to do this presentation one time I want it to come across as natural I want it to be natural because I want to show you that you can make an outline and then do the presentation five minutes later it’s not a big deal.

People get this big idea about well I got to work on my presentation for weeks and I guess if you have to prepare all of the slides and pictures in your PPE that’s true.

But the basic ideas in your presentation you can get down in a simple outline and you could give the outline without a PBT with very few minutes of planning.

We’ve done this in just about I don’t know how many minutes 10 10 minutes.

Right.

So it’s actually not a big deal.

Here we go.