One advantage of early and quick access to information systems is to help you further define and refine your speech’s central focal point: the thesis. Your thesis is the “bottom line” of your speech. When you strip away all the words and the superstructure, the thesis is the essence. Generally, you should be able to express a thesis in one simple, well-thought-out declarative sentence, and it should flow from the topic in a directional manner. For example, let’s say you were speaking on the topic of public relations, but you wanted to address a particular aspect such as how to handle a hostile television interview. Your thesis for an informative speech might be: To be successful in a hostile television interview, you need ...
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