HAVE YOU DELIVERED A SPEECH IN FRONT OR ANY AUDIENCES?
The main purpose of informative or expository communication or writings is to simply convey information factually. Its goal is to put new learning, enhance prior knowledge, confirm a concept, and alleviate comprehension of an idea or a process or procedure. INFORMATIVE
Gives details about a topic, this includes all types of communication that aim to obtain, provide, and disseminate information. Informative Communication involves giving than asking. As an informative communicator, you want your receiver to pay attention and understand. By sharing information, ignorance is reduced or better yet eliminated.
5 Concepts of Informative Communication .
1. YOUR AUDIENCE Who are you going to communicate your information with ? Consider analyzing your audience in order to make your informative speech communication effective.
2. TOPIC Big topics should be broken down into smaller topics. Be specific!
3. SUFFICIENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION The best place to start is with the tool you know the best- The Internet. Consider some other sources for your information gathering like interviews. If you are sharing information , be sure to check the facts .
4. EFFECTIVE VISUALS Use visual representation of the information that you are going to share to make communication more effective. If the information is complex, simplify with a visual representation. Add humor to your speech presentation by way of visual representations.
5.ORGANIZING YOUR SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION “Good organization and practice can only lead to success .” Step 1: Prepare the body Step 2: Prepare a Preview Step 3: Prepare an attention- getting opener Step 4: Prepare a Summary Step 5: Prepare a memorable conclusion
TIPS IN DOING AN INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION
1. STICK TO THE FACTS 2. AVOID REPITITION 3 . MAKE IT CLEAR 4. USE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
I t is pushing across an idea and convincing people or readers to support the idea you want to convey. Used to convince people to change their attitudes or behaviors, revise their opinions, ideas or beliefs. PERSUASIVE
Three Essential Tips in Effective Persuasive Communication
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY
CONVEY BENIFITS
EXAMPLES OF PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATIONS These may include : striking a deal with a new client. persuading a customer to purchase a product. advertising a brand, product or service. making group decisions. coming up with new design concepts. making company policy changes. making a speech.
TIPS IN DOING PERSUASIVE PRESENTATION 1. Be Objective, but Subjective 2. Use your Brain, not your Heart 3.Cite, cite, cite
Tries to make listeners/readers to believe that your idea is better based on the various reasons that you have at hand. It is logical and reasoned way to demonstrate one’s point of view, belief, conclusion on position. ARGUMENTATIVE
DEBATING Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often including a moderator and an audience . In a debate , arguments are put forward for common opposing viewpoints . The aim of a debate is to convince the opposition that you are right.
COMMON TYPES OF DEBATES
TEAM POLICY DEBATE Team policy debate is the oldest, and still probably the most popular , format of debate practiced in American high schools . Policy debate is a two-on-two debate where an affirmative team proposes a plan and the negative team argues why that plan should not be adopted . The affirmative begins the debate by offering a plan, a specific example of the year’s topic or resolution, and arguing that it is a good idea. The negative has a wide variety of strategies available to respond to the affirmative case. The presumption in policy debate is that if the negative can win one of the aforementioned stock issues, they win the debate.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE Lincoln-Douglas (or L-D) debate began as a reaction to the excesses of team policy debate in high school. The idea was to have a debate focused on discussing the merits of competing ethical values in a persuasive manner. The famed debates between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the 1850s inspired the name and format for this style of debate . Lincoln-Douglas debate (more commonly referred to as LD) is a competitive speaking activity that involves two debaters arguing for and against a resolution that is selected by the NFL (National Forensics League) and voted on by coaches.
Example: RESOLVED: Burger King is better than McDonalds Affirmative Case 1st Negative Rebuttal (also part of the Negative Construction) 1st Affirmative Rebuttal 2nd Negative Rebuttal 2nd Affirmative Rebuttal Burger King is better than McDonalds because the Whopper is made with better quality meat. Actually, McDonalds meat is of better quality because it isn’t frozen for weeks before cooked. Burger King’s meat isn’t frozen any longer than McDonalds, and their patties are made with a higher quality meat McDonalds and Burger King get their meat from the same source, which means that this argument is neither a reason to vote affirmative or negative since it doesn’t offer a unique justification to eat at Burger King. Burger King’s meat is still of higher quality than McDonald’s because Burger King takes more steps to ensure that their burgers are kept in environments that keep the meat as fresh as possible.
NDT DEBATE NDT stands for National Debate Tournament. This is the oldest, and probably most popular, form of debate at the college level . The National Debate Tournament is one of the national championships for collegiate debating in the United States, seeking to exemplify excellence in scholarship, research, and argument. The Tournament originated at the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1947, where it grew out of a dual desire among the Academy's leadership for extra-curricular activities for the cadets and for expanding offerings in the liberal arts.
CEDA DEBATE The Cross Examination Debate Association ( CEDA ) is the largest intercollegiate policy debate association in the United States. Throughout the school year, CEDA sanctions over 60 tournaments throughout the nation, including an annual National Championship Tournament that brings together over 175 individual debate teams from across the nation to compete on the basis of research, persuasive speaking, argumentation, and philosophy . CEDA is a two-on-two debate, with a structure very similar to that of NDT and team policy debate.
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE Parliamentary debate is a formal contest featuring critical analysis and rhetorical skill. Participants represent the advocates for and against a motion for debate (also known as a resolution or topic). One or more judges deliberate on the outcome of the contest. This form of debate is called "parliamentary" because of its resemblance to the debates that take place in the British parliament. The proposition team is called the "Government," and the opposition team is called (appropriately) the "Opposition." The Government team consists of two debaters, the Prime Minister (PM) and the Member of Government (MG). The Opposition team also consists of two debaters, the Leader of the Opposition (LO) and the Member of the Opposition (MO).