Create the complete bibliography entry for the speech. The entry needs to be in a specific format: "Name of Speaker, "Title of Speech" (Title of conference/meeting speech was given, Location of speech, Date of speech). A sample entry would look something like, "Barack Obama, "The American Promise" (Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado, August 28, 2008).
Place a footnote number after the area of your text where you reference the speech, use information from it or quote it. Your word processing program will allow you to add a footnote number. For example, if this is the first footnote in your paper, you would add a number 1.
Add the footnote for the speech at the bottom of your page. Again, your word processing program will allow you to add a footnote, which is separate from the rest of your text. The first time the speech is referenced, include the entire bibliography reference in the footnote.
Include a separate footnote each additional time the speech is referenced or quoted. Number the footnotes accordingly. At the bottom of the page, add a shortened version of the bibliography entry for each footnote after the first one for the speech. The shortened form includes the author's name. If you're using a paper copy of the speech, also include the page number where the information was found within the speech in the footnote.