Discussion #1 - 9/7

Speech #1 - Demonstration of Making Guacamole

We've already determined that public speaking can be much more interesting and easier to do if the topic we speak about is close to our hearts. I know from personal experience that if my speech topic is about something that I am interested in I will probably have a much easier time researching and presenting it. For this reason, I have chosen my Speech #1 topic to be "How to make Guacamole". As is obvious, I LOVE cooking and find it to be very therapeutic. Guacamole is one of my favorite things to prepare and have come up with numerous variations on the original recipe. For the speech, however, I will present the tradition Guacamole recipe.

For my demonstrative speech I will present information on the origin of Guacamole and demonstrate how to prepare/eat it! I've begun the information-gathering process by looking up facts about the cultural background of Guacamole. So far, I have collected some valuable nutrition information and am currently in search of how Guacamole was originally invented. Since I already know how to prepare this tasty dip, I will write down the recipe and practice narrating it while I simultaneously make the dip. Since I will demonstrate how to make Guacamole, my visual aids will be the vegetables and other ingredients I use for my recipe.

The main points of my speech will be:
Background Information on Guacamole (origins, nutrition, etc)
Ingredients
Procedure
Conclusion (popularity today, eating!)

Hopefully, I will be ready to demonstrate how to make Guacamole by our presentation day!