This document outlines the key aspects of effective informative speaking, including communicating information accurately, clearly, and in a meaningful and interesting way for the audience. It discusses the four main types of informative speeches which are about objects, processes, events, and concepts. Guidelines are provided such as not overestimating the audience's knowledge, relating the subject directly to them, avoiding being too technical, using description and comparison, and personalizing ideas to connect to the audience's experience.
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INFORMATIVE SPEAKING
Criteria for Effective Informative Speaking
This document outlines the key aspects of effective informative speaking, including communicating information accurately, clearly, and in a meaningful and interesting way for the audience. It discusses the four main types of informative speeches which are about objects, processes, events, and concepts. Guidelines are provided such as not overestimating the audience's knowledge, relating the subject directly to them, avoiding being too technical, using description and comparison, and personalizing ideas to connect to the audience's experience.
This document outlines the key aspects of effective informative speaking, including communicating information accurately, clearly, and in a meaningful and interesting way for the audience. It discusses the four main types of informative speeches which are about objects, processes, events, and concepts. Guidelines are provided such as not overestimating the audience's knowledge, relating the subject directly to them, avoiding being too technical, using description and comparison, and personalizing ideas to connect to the audience's experience.
Make info meaningful and interesting to the audience
4 Types of Informative Speeches (pg. 341-350)
Speeches about:
Objectsanything visible, tangible, and stable (can include
people, places, & things)
Processesseries of actions that leads to a specific result or
product
Eventsanything that happens
Concepta belief, theory, idea, notion, or principle
5 Guidelines for Effective Informative
Speaking (pg. 350-359) Dont overestimate what the audience knows Relate the subject directly to the audience Dont be too technical Avoid abstractions use description; compare & contrast Personalize your ideaspresent ideas in human terms to relate to the experience of the audience.