Speaking To Inform [PDF]

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Speaking to inform--the goal •



To teach



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Not to persuade



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Choose a topic where you’re the expert



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Choose a topic that can interest audience



Speaking to inform-steps to perform 1.



Analyze audience.



2.



Choose topic.



3.



Narrow topic.



4.



Gather information.



5.



Prepare visual aids.



6.



Organize speech.



Analyze your audience. 



What is relevant & interesting to them?



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How can I keep their interest?



Choose your topic. 



Something know well,



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are enthusiastic about,



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& have had experience with.



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You have to be the expert!



Gather information. 



Class notes



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Textbook



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Library research (Reference desk on 2nd floor)



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Internet research



Prepare visual aids. 



Why?



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Help you organize



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Help audience understand & remember



Prepare visual aids. 



Pictures



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Clip art



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Graphs, diagrams, charts, maps



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Give source when appropriate



Planning your speech. 1. Body 2. Summary 3. Memorable



concluding remark 4. Preview 5. Attention-getting



opener



Prepare the body.



(Organization)



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Past-present-future



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Steps in time (first, second, third)



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Problem-solution



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Location



Prepare the body. 



Cause-effect or effect-cause



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Grouped subtopics



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Advantagedisadvantage



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Pages 76-77



Prepare a summary. 



Review the main points.



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Keep it brief!



Prepare the final remark. 



Memorable: surprising fact, quotation, reminder of story introduction or body



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Slow, clear



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Strong eye contact, confident!



Attention-getting opener 



Same type of content as conclusion



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Tell an example (personal experience).



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State a surprising fact.



Attention-getting opener 



Share a well-known quotation.



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Ask interesting question: 



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“What can cost $10 dollars or $1,000?”



Then, preview.



Model speech 



Chapter 4, pp. 81-85: “Stage Fright” 



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Note the transitions.



Criteria for evaluation: p. 252



Review: Speaking to inform 



Analyze your audience.



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Choose your topic.



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Narrow your topic.



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Gather information.



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Prepare visual aids.



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Organize your speech.