0:04 so what is informative speaking here
0:05 we're just going to talk a little bit
0:09 about what is expected of you and the
0:12 requirements for an informative speech
0:17 so let's begin by talking about what the
0:20 goal of an informative speech is and if
0:22 you understand that you're really trying
0:24 to teach your audience about something
0:26 that will help you narrow things down
0:28 you're not trying to persuade us about
0:29 something and get us to change our
0:32 actions or our values you're just trying
0:34 to teach us about something so it's more
0:39 narrow your challenges though are a
0:42 couple the first is you've got to find
0:44 something that's interesting and you
0:45 need to find something that's
0:47 interesting to you so that you'll be
0:49 interested to research it and present it
0:52 and also something that was is
0:54 interesting and relevant to your
0:56 audience and so you really need to think
0:58 about how you can make your interests
1:00 interesting and relevant to your
1:02 audience why is this something that they
1:04 need to hear about and that's going to
1:05 be one of the first things that you're
1:07 going to need to address a second
1:09 challenge is that you'll need to find
1:12 information that is substantial and new
1:15 on your topic if you for example are an
1:18 expert rodeo rider and you've competed
1:20 in a lot of different rodeos that does
1:23 not mean that you don't need to research
1:26 the topic so even if you have a lot of
1:27 experience in the topic you're going to
1:30 need to find outside information to
1:33 support your ideas because honestly no
1:35 one is the only expert out there and
1:37 your job will be to find then
1:40 information that is new to you because
1:42 you're researching it and you're
1:44 presenting information oh I didn't know
1:47 that and to the audience because they
1:50 need to be motivated to listen and if
1:51 you provide them new information that
1:53 will happen so it needs to be
1:58 substantial and new in addition you'll
2:00 need to organize the information in a
2:03 way that is manageable and that we can
2:06 follow one of the main tasks for this
2:08 informative presentation is
2:10 understanding and utilizing
2:12 organizational strategies you can give
2:14 us a laundry list of 50 things
2:16 but we'll never be able to remember that
2:18 so you need to chunk the information and
2:21 organize it and that's really what this
2:23 assignment is about teaching you those
2:25 organizational strategies which you will
2:30 then use for the rest of your life so
2:32 what can you do speeches about now
2:34 there's a separate brief lecture on
2:36 coming up with topics but you can do
2:38 speeches about all kinds of things and
2:40 if you understand these are different
2:41 angles for an informative speech it
2:44 might help you start to generate some
2:46 ideas of what you might want to cover so
2:48 you could do speeches about people so
2:50 who are interesting people to you I'm
2:53 Alexander the Great Alfred Hitchcock and
2:56 you could do speeches about objects you
2:58 could talk about the largest ball of
3:00 string you could talk about the features
3:02 of windchimes you could talk about
3:07 places Stonehenge or Machu Picchu or
3:10 where you grew up you could talk about
3:13 activities or events you could talk
3:15 about the career fair that's happening
3:18 next week you could talk about hiking in
3:20 Glacier ok so there's a lot of
3:23 activities and events you could talk
3:25 about different processes are you
3:30 planting an herb garden learning to ride
3:34 a unicycle you could talk about concepts
3:38 what is Kaymer ism what is param Nisha
3:41 also known as deja boo' you could talk
3:44 about conditions wharf ism on
3:49 hypothermia you could talk about issues
3:53 ageism the role of women in the military
3:55 ok so there are many and these are just
3:58 examples but these are ways to start to
4:01 break down where can I start to think
4:03 about informative speeches and as I said
4:05 there's a separate brief lecture about
4:08 how to find a topic so one of the
4:09 guidelines for your informative speech
4:12 well the first is you shouldn't assume
4:14 that your audience knows what you know
4:16 we are asking you to do additional
4:18 research so you certainly are going to
4:20 end up knowing more than your audience
4:23 knows but you should understand and meet
4:25 them at the level of information that
4:27 they have don't be too technical for
4:28 them don't
4:31 to basic for them so that will require
4:33 some understanding about who it is that
4:34 you're talking to and what they might
4:38 know the second is to be objective here
4:40 you're going to talk about what I mean
4:42 by being objective is if you're talking
4:45 about for example the issue of the role
4:47 of women in the military you're not
4:49 arguing that women should or should not
4:51 be allowed to serve in them in combat
4:54 for example you're saying that over the
4:56 years for instance these are the ways
5:00 that women have come into having
5:02 different roles in the military right so
5:04 you're just giving us information so
5:07 that you want to find information that
5:13 is from solid objective sources second
5:15 thing or the next thing is that you
5:17 should be specific but this means that
5:19 you shouldn't talk in general terms so
5:22 in you know the role of women in the
5:26 military is that that they had to learn
5:28 how to use weapons I mean what are you
5:30 talking about are you talking about in
5:33 the US military are you talking about
5:36 Roman military what are you talking
5:38 about can you be specific and then
5:41 develop that information specifically
5:43 and sort of the more detail that you get
5:46 the more specific you get the more news
5:47 that you're going to create if you talk
5:50 in general abstractions it's not going
5:52 to be that interesting and it's also
5:54 going to be difficult to follow so we
5:58 like as audiences concrete examples
6:00 you'll also want to be clear and this
6:02 means presenting the information in a
6:06 way that is illustrative right um that
6:07 you illustrate your ideas that you
6:09 support your ideas that you use language
6:11 that we understand that's not too
6:14 technical that you're very clear in
6:15 terms of what it is that you're
6:18 presenting um and obviously you'll want
6:20 to be accurate and this will require you
6:22 to do research if for instance you
6:23 decide that you're going to talk about
6:26 how to make a lemon meringue pie and you
6:30 you always just wing it when you do it
6:32 presenting a speech about winging making
6:37 pie is not going to be very effective so
6:41 you'll need to find other recipes about
6:44 about that pie and you'll need to put
6:46 together information from a variety of
6:50 sources that helps you explain why or
6:52 for how long you beat meringue for
6:55 example so you'll need to be accurate
6:57 with the information that you present
6:59 and there's no winging it that those are
7:01 double terms in this class right winging
7:03 it so you'll need to be prepared and
7:05 you'll need to be accurate with the
7:08 information and finally you'll need to
7:10 be relevant you'll need to explain why
7:12 this matters to your audience why do we
7:14 need to know about how to make a pie why
7:16 do we need to know about women in the
7:19 military or spider-man or Firebird
7:22 convertibles why do we need to know this
7:25 information and so that being relevant
7:27 to the audience will be is something
7:29 that you'll need to consistently think
7:32 about so generally speaking that's what
7:35 the goal of your informative speech is
