I have put together a short animated video with 8 persuasive tools. Have a look http://video214.com/play/WKIBFPHAnwNcwvTpU8vymA/s/dark

YouTube and TED provide examples of young people presenting (in the case of TED, they are big audiences and high quality recordings). A good example is Birke Baehr http://www.ted.com/talks/birke_baehr_what_s_wrong_with_our_food_system.html
This is a god presuasive presentation containing all the components on an appropriate topic. As such, it is an excellent exemplar to show students - especially those in years 6/7.

It was great to meet such enthusiastic educators at the VATE Conference on 7 December. We promised you the slides with the formulae - they are attached. I hope this helps with teaching persuasive communication - both spoken and written.

I was thrilled recently to hear fronm Anette Fritsch in Germany who said she has been using the Speak Well Student Handbooks for some time.
Greetings, if you're reading this, Anette - hope you're enjoying the Teacher's Kit.

Congratulations to Sue and all her team for the organisation of the gifted and talented program for Yrs 5-8 in Mackay. The students were just brilliant and seemed to really thrive in the presentation skills workshops I ran. I have since received some lovely feedback from the students - they are a brilliant bunch of kids!
They loved the exercises...further evidence that the only way to build confidence in this area is to get them doing it.

I spoke to the English Department at Ferny Grove State High School last week and was very impressed with their approach. They recognise the benefit of presentation skills to their students and have a great commitment to helping their students achieve in this area with clearly focussed speaking assignments.