Chapter 14: Informative Speaking

She was an animal behavior expert and a compassionate spokesperson for autism

• Michelle Obama

• Barbara Jordan

• Temple Grandin

• Jane Goodall

Primary goal of speaking to inform

• to provide a new point of view or new information to an audience

• to change beliefs, attitude, and values of the audience

What are the differences between informing and persuading?

Select all that apply

• Objectivity

• Biased information

• Persuading means to communicate new data, and informing means to convince someone to believe something

• Persuading means to convince someone to believe something, and informing means to communicate new data

Examples of an informative speaker

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• Politician

• Teacher

• Leader

• Reporter

Examples of a persuader

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• Leader

• Teacher

• Reporter

• Politician

Without this, you speech may seem biased and unbelievable

• Subjectivity

• Objectivity

Types of informative speeches

Select all that apply

• Objects

• Lectures

• Events

• Concepts

• Personal Opinion

Select all the informative strategies

• Description

• Definition

• Explanation

• Demonstration

• Narration

What's the K.I.S.S. rule?

• Keep it simple, students

• Make your speech unique

• Make your speech personally relevant

Your speech should be relevant to...

• you only

• Dr. Braddy

• the audience and yourself

• the audience only