chapter15 Speaking to Inform lesson of public speaking

Speaking to inform

1. PART FIVE:
VARIETIES OF
PUBLIC SPEAKING
LECTURE BY SAY SOKUNPHAROTH, M.Ed.
February 27, 2024
PANHA CHIET UNIVERSITY
1SAY SOKUNPHAROTH

2. Speaking to Inform
CHAPTER 15
LUCAS
KELLY SOCZKASTEIDINGER

3. Informative Speech
A speech
designed to
convey
knowledge &
understanding
“A speech to teach”

4. Types of Informative Speeches
1. Objects
“Includes anything visible, tangible or stable
in form”
1.Includes places, structures, people, &
animals
2.Uses Chronological, Spatial or Topical
Organizational Patterns

5. Types of Informative Speeches
2. Processes
“A systematic series of actions that leads to a specific
result or product”
2 Types:
1.To understand the process better
2.Listeners can do the process
-Chronological or Topical Organizational Patterns

6. Types of Informative Speeches
3. Events –“Anything that happens”
1. Narrow your focus
2. Chronological, Topical or Cause/Effect
4. Concepts
1. Can be tricky!
2. A belief, theory, idea or principle
3. Topical

7. Types of Informative Speeches
5. Speeches about Issues
1. Problems or Disputes
2. Do not advocate

8. Caution!
Caution: Sometimes topics fit into more than
one category and can be organized using various
patterns
Speech Topic -Hurricane Katrina
Is this speech topic a process, object or
event??
Pick onetype of informative speech topic and
oneorganizational pattern! Then use each option
consistently throughout your speech.

9. How can you explain
information?
1.Use analogies to build on prior
knowledge
2.Use visualization (presentation aids)
3.Check for understanding
-Ask questions

10. How can you explain information?
4. Avoid Abstractions
1. Be Descriptive
2. Use Comparisons
3. Use Contrasts

11. Tips for Informative Speaking
Don’t be too technical
-Avoid Jargon
Don’t over or
underestimate what
your audience knows
Relate the subject of
your speech to the
audience