An informative speech, as the name suggest, provides an information to the audience. The purpose of the informative speech is to inform your audience on the topic that they might find relevant, or help them understand something that they find relevant, but need more information to understand it better. There are as many informative speeches as the topics to talk about; it could be an informative self-development talk, or a seminar on how to improve your life by mindful-thinking, or it might be a talk or a seminar on topic of real-estate investment, teaching the audience how investing in certain properties will reduce your taxes. It might be rather significant that the speaker selects a topic, which they are not only familiar with, but enthusiastic, and even passionate about. …show more content…
The audience can’t be fooled into believing something by a dilettante. (McLean, 2010). To write a good informative speech, you have to follow certain fundamental rules, it might be wise to apply all the information we have learned so far in this course, and furthermore I would apply additional steps: Choose your topic. Analyze the occasion. Diagnose the audience. Gather your material. Organize and support your main points with evidence. Word your speech by writing it out Practice aloud. Additionally, there are six way to organize the informative speech: (Denton, 2015). 1. Chronological order, arranges details chronologically. 2. Topical order, topic is being broken down into subtopics. 3. Spatial order, details are arranged according to their position in space, used mostly for description e.g. “Nearer, perhaps ten miles distant, and on a lower level than the main valley, he made out the village of Tomalin, nestling behind the jungle, from which rose a thin blue scarf of illegal smoke, someone burning wood for carbon.” (Nordquist, 2015). 4.
Climactic order, arranges items according to their orders of importance. 5. Cause and effect order, information is arranged to show causes or conditions and the effects or results of those causes or conditions. 6. Comparison and contrast order, items of information are arranged to show the similarities and differences between the items. Did you achieve the desired outcome of your speech? Did you accomplish what you set out to do? As per my own experience with an informative speech; a several years back, while taking an IT course at the Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, it was a part of my assignment to write and deliver an informative speech on the topic of “The Evolution of CPU”, which covered the development and history of Central Processing Unit, organized in chronological order, from the early models to the latest and most advanced products. I have developed a concise and comprehensive presentation which met my desired outcome of delivering an interesting, and not excessively long message. I did accomplish what I set out to do, for the simple reason that I had to, since the audience was composed of people who were as much proficient on the subject matter as was I; my
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...a well defended argument, and was able to reinforce it well with factual evidence, rhetorical devices, and tone.
I choose the ted talk of journalist Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test. His speech had various strong points and personal experiences. He uses various strategies to hook his audience and get his point out. He engages with the audience and gets them to listen he keeps them engaged by having humor and telling stories. He uses statistics to infom the audience and even tries to calculate how many psychopaths there is in the audience. He has verbal and nonverbal cues that connect is main points.
Ariel Kaplan is a South African-born Australian actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her role as Imogen Willis in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She is also popular for her role as Lisa Atwood in the children's series The Saddle Club.
This section allows attendees to note something important that they learned, what they liked most and least about this programme and any other general comments.
A good speech, they say, should be like a mini-skirt - short enough to be interesting, yet long enough to cover the essentials! So here goes........
Over the recent four months in Communication 1402 class, I have addressed three formal speechs and completed a number of chapters in the corresponding textbook “Communication Works”. This course of Communication aims to provide general information what public speaking is and how to address a public speaking. Recalling back the experience during the processes of completing the Speech to Imform, Speech to Persuade, and Group Presentation, I will draw a conclusion about this course and these three presentations in five aspects, comprising my previous perception of public speaking before this course; learning from the Speech to Inform; the goal and evaluation of Speech to Persuade; learning from the Group Presentation; the most important thing learned from this course.
While presenting, my leg began shaking! It took me by surprise because this has never happened before. I spoke with no signs of nervousness, but my leg shook like I was. I do not know if it was noticeable to my peers, but it was something I could evidently tell while bestowing information upon my classmates. The informative speech has been different than my SHIELD speech because my the informative contains more historical facts rather than personal information. My topic was also over something I was not truly passionate about. I know I should have done something that came from my heart, but I felt like I overanalyzed multiple topics that I had in mind doing. So, I concluded that each would be better for a different kind of speech. The SHIELD speech was definitely something that placed closer to my heart, making it easier to share with my class. Something I will do differently next, is practice more. I mentioned that earlier in my other journal, but I am saying it again in this one. Practicing more is one of my goals for oral communications so, I will continue to pursue it until I reach it. Finally, a few types of situations where you would have to give a detailed informative speech would be in places such as work or
I have also learned about different types of audiences and speeches including persuasive, informative, entertaining and delivering special occasion speeches. It came to my attention that whenever I was making these presentations or speeches, I needed to do so with confidence, consistence and practice before the actual presentation and completely eliminate the element of panic. It was also clear that capturing the attention of the audience and engaging them in the whole process, it was necessary to have a very strong introduction and also try and use visuals to deliver the message. It was therefore vital to respect each person’s diversity and cultural values (Lucas, 2011).
Unless you’re a performer or have experience at putting together a show, unless you’re one hundred per cent confident in your ability to pull it off and to pull it off well, think very hard before you go down the road of the novelty speech. If you don’t have the time to write and rehearse a ‘bit’ properly, walk away!
This speech did not make me nervous nor did it stress me out. I felt comfortable talking about color blindness because I had a good understanding of what it was, making it super easy to talk about. The informative speech stuck out in my mind because it was one of the speeches that I made really good eye contact, and I felt like I was saying very useful information unlike many of my other speeches. I am so glad we did an informative speech because it help me gain more confidence in my speaking abilities. I remember during the speech, I looked at the crowd and I actually saw them being attentive, and seeing my classmates like that made me feel like I was presenting my speech very well while being
Did I contribute significantly to the discussion? What was my single most important contribution to the discussion? Why?
In order to successfully deliver an oral presentation such as a speech, the speaker must follow certain procedures to ensure his message can be conveyed clearly. Vast amounts of research are essential in order to acquire the knowledge necessary to be able to speak about a topic comfortably and answer any questions the audience might have during the course of the presentation. After acquiring such knowledge about the topic of the presentation the speaker will feel more confident, confidence is key in delivering speeches and other oral presentations because it makes the speaker look more credible and trustworthy. Lastly, the speaker must be fluid and eloquent with his words, the speaker must be able to sound clear and crisp while delivering their
Analyzing Cause and Effect: Helps think what might or could happen. Cause is the future, while effect is the past. Analyzing cause is a crucial strategy.
In public speaking I learned many types of concepts, theories and terms of communication. In concepts of publicly speaking there’s, relaxation, practice, credibility, attention getters, attire, organization, volume, emotion, audience relation, and movement. In my first speech, “The any old bag speech” I quickly learned the do’s, don’ts and concepts of my speech performance.
Nathan also commented that I was really good at articulating the responses to the questions. Therefore I was amazed by the comments I received from the interviewer and the observers. I felt like I could have been even better if I overcame my