1. GATHERING MATERIALS Chapter 7 Lecture/Recap

2. Personal Knowledge and Experience  Is it okay to use personal knowledge and experience in your informative speech?  Yes; must frame in non-persuasive way  Cannot rely entirely on personal knowledge for this speech  Must be relevant

3. Library Research  References Works  Newspaper and Periodical Databases  Academic Databases  Can you cite an abstract?  http://www.gordonstate.edu/library/index.asp http://www.gordonstate.edu/library/index.asp

4. Internet Research  Experts advise speakers/researchers/students to use internet research as a supplemental source; not as the only source. Why?  Search engines  “docusoaps”  What does this mean?  “docusoaps” + “effects”  What does this mean?  Specialized research resources (Example:.gov)  Wikipedia  Cannot be used as a source  Can be used as a starting point. How so?

5. How to Evaluate Internet Sources  Author?  Sponsoring organization?  Recent?

6. Will discuss and do activity next week Interviewing

7. When Researching….  Take notes  Include the citations  Note paraphrase vs. direct quote  Draft of your reference list/works cited page  Consider relevance and reliability

8. Remember: For Speech 2…  2 sources required  Must cite within speech  Must include reference list/works cited at end of outline  Use MLA or APA  Examples on pg. 135  Reference guides  Purdue Owl website

9. SUPPORTING MATERIALS Chapter 8 Recap

10. Examples  Types  Brief  Extended  Hypothetical  Tips (Ask…)  Do they clarify?  Do they reinforce ideas?  Do they personalize ideas?  Are they vivid? Valuable?  Practice delivering your examples

11. Statistics  Combining statistics (not adding the stats; combining when discussing)  Make sure:  You understand the statistics  They are used correctly  They are from a reliable resource  They are recent No date? Don’t use.  Explain  No overloading  Round off complicated stats  “nearly…”  “over…”

12. Testimony  Types  Expert  Peer  Which is more appropriate?  Quote vs. paraphrase  Be accurate and ethical  Consider context  Qualified and unbiased testimonies  Know the person’s name!

14. Speech Workshop #8