Informative Speaking

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InformativeSpeaking

• Chapter 15

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Informative Speech

• Communicates knowledge understanding about a
  process, an event, a person or place, an object
  or a concept

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Informative Speaking Environments

• Environments in which speaker has expertise or
  knowledge that audience needs but doesnt already
  have

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Types ofInformative Speeches

• Speeches about
• Processes
• Events
• Places People
• Objects
• Concepts

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Speeches about Processes

• Show how to perform or understand a process

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Speeches about Events

• Help an audience understand
• what happened
• why it happened
• what effect it had

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Speeches aboutPlaces People

• Help audience understand
• importance, nature, appeal, charm or integrity of
  a place or person
• contributions person has made to an organization
  or community

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Speeches about Objects

• Describes components or characteristics of
  something
• Audience better understand why important or valued

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Speeches about Concepts

• Helps audience understand
• a concept
• its history
• its characteristics
• its effect on societies or individuals

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Student Video Example
Informative Speech by Chelsey Penoyer (partial
35 sec.) Switch to 'Show' mode then click image
to play video. Media Player required
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OrganizingInformative Speeches

• Chronological
• Spatial
• Causal
• Topical

See Rachael Rotas Informative Speech on p. 329
or on the Interactive Student and Professional
Speech Videos Website.
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Tips for Giving Effective Informative Speeches

• Bring topic to life
• Tailor information to audience
• Use clear unbiased language

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Bring Topic to Life

• Engaging material
• Relevant
• Stay audience centered
• Share human side of topic

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Engaging Material

• Draws audience in excites or interests them

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Relevant

• Useful or something for jobs, life in community,
  or informed decisions

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Tailor Information to Audience

• Stay audience centered
• Include information most educational
• Adjust content to match level of knowledge,
  expertise experience

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Use Clear Unbiased Language

• Define new terminology
• Break complicated processes into steps
• Explain terms or phrases specific to particular
  field or activity

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EthicalInformative Speaking

• Based on careful research
• Unbiased information
• Honest presentation of information