Informative Speech
A speech designed to convey knowledge and understanding
Types of informative speeches (4)
Speeches about objects, processes, events, and concepts
Speeches about objects
Anything visible, tangible, and stable in form
Speech about processes
Systematic series of actions that leads to a result
Speeches about events
Anything that happens or is regarded as happening
Speeches about concepts
A belief, theory, idea, notion, principle, or the like
Guidelines for informative speeches (6)
Don't overestimate that audience's knowledge, relate the subject to the audience, don't be too technical, avoid abstractions, personalize your ideas, be creative
Don't overestimate the audience's knowledge
Break it down
Relate the subject to the audience
Use words we, you, your
Don't be too technical
Avoid technical words or jargons (specific language)
Avoid abstractions
Comparison, contrast, personlize
Be creative
Make it memorable, attention
Comparison
A statement of similarities among 2 or more people, events, idea
Contrast
A statement of differences among 2 or more people
Personalize
To present one's ideas in human terms that relate in some fashion to the experience of the audience