The purpose is to provide information the audience does not already have.

Even if the audience does have some general knowledge of your topic, an informative speech will give them new knowledge or more indepth information on that topic. The informative speech does not advocate one idea over another, but remains nonpartisan.

Speeches about objects, people: These types of informative speeches are about things in our sensory and physical world - A speech on a country, an important person, an animal, a building, would all be a speech about objects. Speeches about events: These type of speeches are about anything that has or will happen. It can be something like Mardi Gras or the current volcanoes in Hawaii, WWII, or even current disasters throughout the world.

Speeches about processes: These type of speeches take the audience through a series of events which lead them to a specific result or product. How to succeed in a job interview, how to learn a foreign language and how to tune a guitar are all speeches about processes. Speech about concepts: These type of speeches are dealing with theories, ideas, beliefs and other abstract principles. Explaining democracy, music theory or Martin Luther King, Jr.'s principle of peaceful revolution would fit into this category.

This will help you prepare a speech that is relevant and interesting to your listeners. Age range Gender Occupation Economic level Ethnicity General background

To avoid nervousness, you can choose a topic about something you know a lot about or that really interests you. An experience you remember vividly Something you care a lot about Something in which you are skilled or experienced Something about which you are knowledgeable

If its too general then youll have 2 problems: 1) Its impossible to say everything there is to say about a topic in 5 minutes, and 2) Your audience cant remember too many details after a 5 minute speech. To narrow your topic ask yourself: Is your topic specific? (only 1 aspect of the topic) Does your topic contain only one idea? Is your topic achievable? (not very hard to do, understand or remember)

 Interviews

Library research
Internet research: on-line journals and

magazines, databases, google scholar

They help your audience to actually see and experience what you are talking about.

Slides Pictures Videos Audios Objects Charts

Diagrams Model Demonstrations

Step 1. Prepare the body: Decide on an organizational pattern and write an outline Arrange the points of your speech in a clear, logical manner. To do that choose an organizational pattern: a) b) c) d) e) Past-present-future Time Problem-solution Location Cause-effect f) Effect-cause g) Related subtopics h) Advantagesdisadvantages

Step 2. Prepare a preview. You should tell your audience what youre going to cover . This should be easy, since you have already determined what you will cover in your outline

Step 3. Prepare an attention-getting opener. Ask rhetorical questions Tell a story State a surprising fact State a well-known quotation

Step 4. Prepare a summary. Repeat the main points covered in the body of your speech

Step 5. Prepare a memorable concluding remark. Repeat the main points covered in the body of your speech