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Speaking to Inform Types of Informative Presentations Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Clear Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Interesting Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Memorable

Speaking to Inform The purpose of a message to inform is to share information with others to enhance their knowledge or understanding of the information. When you inform someone, you assume the role of a teacher by defining, illustrating, clarifying, or elaborating on the topic. Chapter 14: Speaking to Inform

Types of Informative Presentations Presentations About Objects Presentations About Procedures Presentations About People Presentations About Events Presentations About Ideas Chapter 14: Speaking to Inform

Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Clear A message is clear when it is understood by the listener in the way the speaker intended.  be aware of what you intend to communicate  select appropriate words that are reinforced with appropriate nonverbal cues  adapt your message to your audience

Strategies for Making Your Informative Speech Clear Simplify Ideas Pace Your Information Flow Relate New Information to Old

Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Interesting Relate to Your Listeners’ Interests Use Attention-Catching Supporting Material Establish a Motive for Your Audience to Listen to You Use Word Pictures Create Interesting Presentation Aids Use Humor Chapter 14: Speaking to Inform

Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Memorable Build In Redundancy Use Adult Learning Principles Reinforce Key Ideas Verbally Reinforce Key Ideas Nonverbally

Strategies for Making Your Informative Presentation Memorable Adult Learner Preferences  To be given information they can use immediately  To be actively involved in the learning process  To connect their life experiences with the new information they learn  To know how the new information is relevant to their busy lives  To receive information that is relevant to their needs

Strategies for Informative Presentations Chapter 14: Speaking to Inform RECAPStrategies for Informative Presentations MAKE YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR MAKE YOUR MESSAGE INTERESTING MAKE YOUR MESSAGE MEMORABLE