Informational Speaking

1
Informational Speaking

• Your First Primer

2
Two Things Everyone Should Know

• Your subject
• Your audience

3
Three Things to Insure a Great Speech

• Preparation
• Preparation
• Preparation

4
Whats the Difference?
Informational
Persuasive
Humorous
5
(No Transcript)
6
Got Butterflies?

• Know the subject
• Know the audience
• Know the room
• Relax
• Visualize
• Realize people want you to succeed

• Dont apologize
• Concentrate on Message, not medium
• Turn nervousness into positive energy
• Gain experience

7
Speaking to InformJudging Criteria

• Is the information communicated accurately?
• Is the information communicated clearly?
• Is the information made meaningful and
  interesting to the audience?

8
Speaking to Inform

• Can be about
• Objects
• Processes
• Events
• Concepts

9
Speeches about Objects (visible, tangible and
stable in form)

• The Stock Market
• Cars
• The Human Eye
• General Norman Schwartzkopf
• Sea Lions
• Personal Digital Assistant

10
Speeches about Processes (a systematic series of
actions leading to a specific result or product)

• CPR
• How Oriental Rugs are Made
• How to Create Your own Web Page
• How Tsunamis Develop
• How to Dance the Tango

11
Speeches about Events (anything that happened)

• WW II
• The Civil Rights Movement
• The Olympics
• The Civil War
• The Hindenburg Disaster
• The Iditerod

12
Speeches about Concepts (beliefs, theories,
ideas, principles, etc.)

• Principles of Feminism
• Freudian Psychology
• Hinduism
• Theories of Learning
• Reagans Trickle Down Theory of Economics
• The Big Bang Theory

13
Lucass Guidelines for Informative Speaking

• Dont overestimate your audience (explain with
  examples)
• Relate subject to your audience (get and keep
  them involved)
• Dont be too technical (avoid jargon)
• Avoid abstractions (use comparisons)
• Personalize your ideas (dramatize in human terms)

14
Lets Critique an Example