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PART FIVE:
VARIETIES OF
PUBLIC SPEAKING
LECTURE BY SAY SOKUNPHAROTH, M.Ed.
February 27, 2024
PANHA CHIET UNIVERSITY
1
SAY SOKUNPHAROTH
Speaking to Inform
CHAPTER 15
LUCAS
KELLY SOCZKA STEIDINGER
Informative Speech
A speech
designed to
convey
knowledge &
understanding
A speech to teach
Types of Informative Speeches
1. Objects
Includes anything visible, tangible or stable
in form
1. Includes places, structures, people, &
animals
2. Uses Chronological, Spatial or Topical
Organizational Patterns
Types of Informative Speeches
2. Processes
A systematic series of actions that leads to a specific
result or product
2 Types:
1.To understand the process better
2. Listeners can do the process
- Chronological or Topical Organizational Patterns
Types of Informative Speeches
3. Events  Anything that happens
1. Narrow your focus
2. Chronological, Topical or Cause/Effect
4. Concepts
1. Can be tricky!
2. A belief, theory, idea or principle
3. Topical
Types of Informative Speeches
5. Speeches about Issues
1. Problems or Disputes
2. Do not advocate
Caution!
 Caution: Sometimes topics fit into more than
one category and can be organized using various
patterns
Speech Topic - Hurricane Katrina
Is this speech topic a process, object or
event??
Pick one type of informative speech topic and
one organizational pattern! Then use each option
consistently throughout your speech.
How can you explain
information?
1. Use analogies to build on prior
knowledge
2. Use visualization (presentation aids)
3. Check for understanding
- Ask questions
How can you explain information?
4. Avoid Abstractions
1. Be Descriptive
2. Use Comparisons
3. Use Contrasts
Tips for Informative Speaking
Dont be too technical
-Avoid Jargon
Dont over or
underestimate what
your audience knows
Relate the subject of
your speech to the
audience

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chapter15 Speaking to Inform in public speaking

  • 1. PART FIVE: VARIETIES OF PUBLIC SPEAKING LECTURE BY SAY SOKUNPHAROTH, M.Ed. February 27, 2024 PANHA CHIET UNIVERSITY 1 SAY SOKUNPHAROTH
  • 2. Speaking to Inform CHAPTER 15 LUCAS KELLY SOCZKA STEIDINGER
  • 3. Informative Speech A speech designed to convey knowledge & understanding A speech to teach
  • 4. Types of Informative Speeches 1. Objects Includes anything visible, tangible or stable in form 1. Includes places, structures, people, & animals 2. Uses Chronological, Spatial or Topical Organizational Patterns
  • 5. Types of Informative Speeches 2. Processes A systematic series of actions that leads to a specific result or product 2 Types: 1.To understand the process better 2. Listeners can do the process - Chronological or Topical Organizational Patterns
  • 6. Types of Informative Speeches 3. Events Anything that happens 1. Narrow your focus 2. Chronological, Topical or Cause/Effect 4. Concepts 1. Can be tricky! 2. A belief, theory, idea or principle 3. Topical
  • 7. Types of Informative Speeches 5. Speeches about Issues 1. Problems or Disputes 2. Do not advocate
  • 8. Caution! Caution: Sometimes topics fit into more than one category and can be organized using various patterns Speech Topic - Hurricane Katrina Is this speech topic a process, object or event?? Pick one type of informative speech topic and one organizational pattern! Then use each option consistently throughout your speech.
  • 9. How can you explain information? 1. Use analogies to build on prior knowledge 2. Use visualization (presentation aids) 3. Check for understanding - Ask questions
  • 10. How can you explain information? 4. Avoid Abstractions 1. Be Descriptive 2. Use Comparisons 3. Use Contrasts
  • 11. Tips for Informative Speaking Dont be too technical -Avoid Jargon Dont over or underestimate what your audience knows Relate the subject of your speech to the audience