Teach the Cast
Some of SpeakForge’s cast are still learning. When you teach them, YOU learn it best — catch what they get wrong, then quiz them.
Teach Hark
You be the teacher — Hark is still learning. Helping Hark figure it out is the practice. (Only for you; nothing is saved.)
Teach the connections
Show how the speaking ideas connect
You've helped them one at a time. The real understanding is how the ideas CONNECT — teach that next.
Truss (argument structure — claim, then evidence, then reasoning) × Waypoint (signposting — the verbal roadmap ("first, next, finally"))
Your argument is perfectly organised on paper. Why do listeners still get lost without Waypoint?
Truss then says: “As long as my argument is well-structured, I don't need to signpost it.” — is that right?
The link: Truss builds the shape; Waypoint makes the shape hearable.
Build the argument, then announce its map.
Hark (active listening — listen all the way through) × Mosaic (building on others — "you said X, and building on that…")
Why can't you do Mosaic's "building on what Sam said" if you spent Sam's turn planning your own reply?
Hark then says: “I'll plan my point while others talk, then jump in — building on them without really listening.” — is that right?
The link: listening comes first; building on others is what you do with what you heard.
Hear it fully, then build on it.
Capstone — give one talk + discussion together
Three moves of a strong talk. Bring in the cast member for each.
Organise your point: claim, then evidence, then reasoning. Who?
Who do you bring in?
Guide listeners with 'first, next, finally'. Who?
Who do you bring in?
In discussion, add to a classmate's point: 'building on what Sam said…'. Who?
Who do you bring in?
The synthesis: a clear structure, signposted aloud, then woven into others' ideas — that's a talk that persuades AND connects.
Structure, signpost, build on — a talk that lands.
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