Informative Speech
The goal of informative speaking is to teach an audience something using objective factual information.
Choosing an Informative Speech Topic
Your topic choices may be influenced by the level at which you are speaking.
Formal informative speeches occur when an audience has assembled specifically to hear what you have to say.
Vocational level of informative speech is like teachers who spend many hours lecturing, which is a common form of informative speaking.
Impromptu informative speech is when we all convey information daily in our regular interactions.
Researching an Informative Speech Topic
Since informative speaking is supposed to convey factual information, speakers should take care to find sources that are objective, balanced, and credible.
Organizing and Supporting an Informative Speech
Organizational Patterns - to organize a speech topically, you break a larger topic down into logical subdivisions.
Speeches organized chronologically trace the development of a topic or overview the steps in a process.
Methods of Informing
Informing through definition entails defining concepts clearly and concisely and is an important skill for informative speaking.
Informing through description entails creating verbal pictures for your audience.
When informing through demonstration, a speaker gives verbal directions about how to do something while also physically demonstrating the steps.
Informing through explanation entails sharing how something works, how something came to be, or why something happened.
Effective Informative Speaking
Avoiding Persuasion
Avoiding Information Overload
Engaging Your Audience