2. Informative speech:
communicates knowledge and understanding about a process, an event, a person or place, an object, or a concept.

3. Creating an Informative Speaking Environment
The speaker has expertise or knowledge
Illustrate the importance and relevance of a topic

4. Types of Informative Speeches
Speeches about processes
Speeches about events
Speeches about places and people
Speeches about objects
Speeches about concepts

5. Speeches about processes:
describe how something is done, how something comes to be, or how something works.

6. AKA:
“how to” speeches, or demonstration speeches.

7. Speeches about events:
describe or explain significant, interesting, or unusual occurrences.

8. Speeches About Events What happened? Why did it happen?
What was the effect?
Mini history lessons about key moments

9. Speeches about places and people:
describe significant, interesting, or unusual places or people.

10. Speeches about objects:
describe or explain anything that is tangible, that can be perceived by the senses.

11. Speeches about concepts:
describe or explain an abstraction, such as ideas, theories, principles, world views, beliefs.

12. Goals of Speeches about Concepts
Understand the concept
Its history
Its characteristics
Its effect on society or individuals

13. Organizational Patterns for Informative Speeches
Chronological: main points are organized to trace a sequence of events or ideas over time.
Spatial: main points are organized to address topics according to location or direction.

14. Organizational Patterns for Informative Speeches
Causal: main points are organized to describe a cause and effect relationship.
Topical: main points are organized to describe different aspects of a topic.

15. Tips for Giving Effective Informative Speeches
Bring topics to life
Tailor your information to your audience
Use language that is clear and unbiased

16. Ethical Informative Speaking
Conduct careful research
Present an unbiased perspective
Present information honestly

17. A Good Example “The Rare Phobia” (Bekah Diehl)
“Night Terrors” (use of visual aid)