A mayor speech is a public presentation that involves a city leader sharing his or her vision for the future of the city. Often, this includes discussing key community issues and announcing new initiatives. In recent years, many cities have focused on combatting climate change through programs such as solar power and ridesharing, while others have been working on blight elimination programs or improving high school graduation rates.
Before delivering a mayor speech, it is important to develop a detailed preparation outline. This outline may include a title page, specific purpose statement, thesis statement and list of visual aids. Developing this outline will help you, the speaker, create an organized and persuasive presentation that proves your thesis.
Your preparation outline should also include a logical hierarchy and a format that will make it easy for the audience to follow your points. For example, you should organize your main ideas with Roman numerals and use indenting to separate each level of subordination from the preceding one.
You should also add any bibliographic information for outside resources that you reference during your presentation. These should be cited using whatever citations style your instructor requires. Finally, you should include any transitional statements that will alert audiences to your change in direction as you move from one point to the next. For example, if you are going from talking about the climate to talking about education, you should use a transitional statement such as “From the environment to the classroom” or “From teaching kids to reading to helping them save money.” This will let the audience know that you are switching gears and will help them stay engaged.