Speaking To Inform
Do you want to tell others about a new product, an important discovery, ways to enhance the uality of one's life? By completing the projects in the Speaking To Inform manual, you'll learn to effectively communicate your ideas.
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1. The Speech to Inform
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5-7 minutes |
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- Select new and useful information for presentation to the audience.
- Organize the information for easy understandability and retention.
- Present the information in a way that will help motivate the audience to learn.
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2. Resources for Informing
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8-10 minutes |
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- Analyze the knowledge level of your audience regarding your chosen subject.
- Focus your presentation at the audience's level of knowledge.
- Build a supporting case for each major point through use of explanation, examples and information gathered in research.
- Effectively use at least one visual aid to enhance the audience's understanding.
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3. The Demonstration Talk
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10-12 minutes |
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- Prepare a demonstration speech to clearly explain a process, product, or activity.
- Conduct the demonstration as part of a speech delivered without notes.
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4. A Fact Finding Report
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10-12 minutes |
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- Prepare a report on a situation, event, or problem of interest to the audience.
- Deliver sufficient factual information in your report so the audience can base valid conclusions or a sound decision on it.
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5. The Abstract Concept
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10-12 minutes |
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- Research and organize the thought of experts on an abstract concept, theory, historical force, or social/political issue.
- Present the ideas in a clear and interesting manner.
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