Best Practices for Verbal Citations in Public Speaking, Speeches and Pitches
Why Cite during a speech?
- Gives credibility to your argument and shows that you are engaging in the wider conversation
- Avoids plagearism
- Gives credit where credit is due to ideas not your own
Best Practices
Include information about :
- Author
- Author Credentials (what university, institution, or business are they from?)
- Title of work, article, report, research study, etc.
- Date of work
Use an introductory phrase to indicate you are paraphrasing or direct quoting someone. Some examples:
- According to Professor John Doe at Princeton in his 2003 research on environmental legislation....
- A 2019 report from the Department of Education indicates...
- Jane Doe, a journalist with the New York Times, explains in her 2024 article, and I quote...."direct quote"
- As Jane Doe discusses in the 2024 New York Times article [pause] "direct quote"...
- 58% percent of Americans are in favor of promoting mental health resources in K-12 schools, according to a 2020 report in the Journal of Mental Health.
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