speaking to inform in public speaking

2. An Information speech

4. • Age range
• Sex distribution
• Occupation (job)
• Economic level
• General background

5. “What should I talk about?”
Think about your special interest, hobbies, or
personal experiences.
You can also talk about objects, events, process,
or concepts.

6. • Is your topic specific?
Scholarship => how to get scholarship in abroad
• Does your topic contain only one idea?
The story of Hawaii and Alaska => the story of
Hawaii or the story of Alaska
• Is your topic achievable?
X => how to fly an airplane
V => the best way to lose weight

7. • Within yourself. Write down what you already
know about the topic.
• Outside yourself. Interview people who know
something about your topic or do research in
the library or in the internet.

9. • Visual aids (objects, models, pictures, charts,
diagrams, physical demonstration) help you
making a speech clear and interesting.
They help in three ways :
Help the speaker get organized
Help the audience understand the information
Help the audience remember the speech

10. A good informative speech includes the steps
Body
Preview
Attention-getting opener
Summary
Memorable concluding remarks

11. PREPARE THE BODY
8 Organizational Pattern
• Past-present-future
• Time
• Problem-solution
• Location
• Cause-effect
• Related subtopic
• Advantage-
disadvantage
PREPARE THE PREVIEW
• You should tell your
audience what you’re
going to cover before
you begin the body of
your speech

12. Prepare an attention-
getting opener
 Ask your audience a
series of rhetorical
questions.
 Tell a story
 State a surprising fact
 State a well-known
quotation
Prepare the
summary
 The best way to
summarize your speech
is to remind your
audience of what you
said by repeating the
main points covered
your speech.

13. oBe What You Are
Because You Were Not
Born To Impress
Someone 
o Rhetorical questions,
stories, surprising facts,
or quotations.
o Say your memorable
concluding remarks
slowly and clearly,
maintaining eye
contact.
o Be as dramatic and
confident as possible