Chapter 16 Speeches to Inform

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Chapter 16Speeches to Inform

• Obviously, a mans judgment cannot be better
  than the information on which he has based it.
• Arthur Hays Sultzberger, publisher New York
  Times

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Types of Informative Speeches

• Public Lecture
• Status Report
• Briefing
• Fireside Chat
• Chalk Talk

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Types of Informative Speeches

• Public Lecture
• Special interest or expertise, invited to speak
• Conventions, Organizations
• Status Report
• Update on project
• Business and social groups

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Types of Informative Speeches

• Briefing
• Changes in policy or procedure
• Coaches, editors, politicians
• Fireside Chats
• Addressing concerns
• FDR, can be used by heads of organizations to
  discuss policies and goals
• Chalk Talk
• Use visual aids to give directions
• Coaches, directors with blocking, drivers ed

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What may follow Informative Speeches?

• Question and answer period

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The Six Cs of Informative Speaking
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• Be Clear
• Will everyone understand?
• Be Concise
• Will I waste anyones time?
• Be Complete
• Have I defined the major points (advance
  organizers)?
• Be Correct
• Have I checked facts?
• Be Concrete
• Do I have examples?
• Connect
• Will my audience relate?

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Finding a Subject

• Personal Experience
• You are an expert on something
• Observations
• Read, attend a meeting, interview
• Surveys
• Find out what people want to know
• Then narrow

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How to Narrow

• Time - period
• Space - geography
• Extent covered
• Divide - single elements

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How to Narrow a Thesis

• Thesis is the goal of a speech or the thought
  on which the speech is based
• Examples
• Teenagers and Fads
• Slang used often comes from movies.
• Healthy lifestyles
• Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables
  reduces chances of getting cancer.
• Famous Musicians
• Beethovens hearing loss may have helped him
  compose.

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Supporting the Thesis

• Use Facts
• Statistics
• Evidence
• Also use
• Anecdotes
• Quotations
• Definitions
• Descriptions

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Audio and Visual Aids

• Sight is our most dominant sense.
• We pay 25 times as much attention to visual
  information
• than to other types.

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Two-Dimensional Aids

• Charts
• Diagrams
• Maps
• Graphs
• Drawings
• Photographs
• Cartoons

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Specific Purpose

• Chart
• List information
• Diagram
• Show how something works
• Map
• Show routes, locations, relationships
• Graphs
• Make numbers tangible - show relationships in
  data
• Drawings, Photos and Cartoons
• Pictures are worth a thousand words

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Means of Developing

• Chalkboard
• Weakness is you turn your back and quality
• Handouts
• Weakness is the distraction
• Projections
• Overhead - weakness is quality, noise, and cant
  build
• Slides/Powerpoint - Vivid, professional, but can
  be overused with too many and dark slides
  require a dark room
• Video
• Create your own or use a clip, but can make an
  awkward break

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Three-Dimensional Aids

• Models
• Cutaways
• Just use them!
• And Sound Recordings

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Guidelines for Using Aids

• Large enough
• Master mechanics
• Make sure it contributes
• Dont stand in front of it
• Talk to audience not visual
• Keep out of sight until ready to use
• Dont over do
• Make sure you have backup
• Practice, practice, practice

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Recalling the Facts

• Why are each of the 6 Cs of informative
  speaking important?
• Why is it often difficult to imagine what our
  listeners are thinking?
• Where can you get ideas about what subject to
  speak on?
• Why is it important to narrow your topic?
• What will help you decide what material belongs
  in your speech and what doesnt?
• What purpose do audio/visual aids serve?
• What are some guidelines for using visual aids?

Look Back on Page 467 of textbook
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Vocabulary

• public lecture
• status report
• Briefing
• fireside chat
• chalk talk
• advance organizer
• cultural literacy
• Narrowing
• thesis
• anecdote

• quotation
• definition
• map
• diagram
• graph
• handout
• overhead projector
• model
• cutaway

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