Chapter 16 Informative speaking

Ideas

- Theories, principles, beliefs, or values

Process

- A sense of steps - process can be at the micro or macro level - explain the process to enhance audience understanding

events

-Notable or exceptional occurrences from the present or past - Blend narrative and description - Look at event or audience consider exciting, newsworthy, interesting, etc.

Reduce quantity of information

-less is more -pore down details

analyze your audience

-look for common ground - examine audience demographics

reiterate your message

-refers to your message multiple times - use different words each time

Informative Speaking

-shares information or ideas - Increases understanding & awareness of a topic - Give listeners new knowledge - keep information audience-centered

make the complex familiar

-use definition and analogies - avoid jargon and an overabundance of technical terminology

Definition

explains the essence, meaning, or purpose of something such as a(n): object, person or group, event, process, idea or concept

repeat your message

use the same words each time

description

use words to paint a mental picture. Use: vivid language, presentation aids, details that evoke the audience's senses.

Techniques for Informing

1. Definition 2. explanation 3. description 4. demonstration 5. narrative

Types of Objects include

1. Mechanical/ technological (motorcycle) 2. natural ( elephant, planet ) 3. culture ( painting, book ) 4. personal (jacket)

Developing Your Informed Speech

1. analyze your audience 2. select a technique

Clarifying and Simplify your message

1. move from general to specific 2. reduce the quantity of information you present 3. make the complex familiar 4. use presentation aids 5. reiterate your message 6. repeat your message

Four types of definition

Dictionary, expert, etymological, functional

Types of Informative Speech

Objects, Individual/groups, events, process, idea

Demonstration

Teach how a process or a set of guideline works. Require confidence and practice.

Select a Technique

choice of technique helps you decide how to develop main points and supporting materials

Move from general to specific

keep the information simple to help your audience understand. Ask yourself; what message do you want your audience to take away?

narrative

present a story that entertains while it informs. Stories can humanize speakers & improve their credibility.

explanation

providing an analysis of something to clarify it, or tracing a line of casual connections between events. Works well on speeches that: present a process, trace the emergence of an event, illustrate how something works