1. Informative Speech
An informative speech is one that presents or describes information. It helps an audience understand a topic and remember details about it.

2. Make your information interesting…
Compelling contrasts: Use compelling contrasts to highlight the differences in how the countries in your region make or use energy differently.
Ex. “In Germany, a mildly sunny area, almost 10% of energy from solar panels while Greece only gets 5% of it’s energy from solar even though it is much sunnier there.

3. Make your information interesting---
Humor: Be careful to keep humor to a minimum and make sure that any puns or jokes relate to the point you are trying to get across.
Clever comparisons: Making a clever comparison is an excellent idea!
Ex. “Electricity is really just organized lightning.” George Carlin

4. Make your information interesting and refer to your group poster…
Visual aids: “Our graph shows you…”
“You can see here on our poster the differences in the amount of renewable vs. non-renewable resources in each country.”

5. Make your information interesting…
Movement: “As I step over to this chart…”
Voice: Talk enthusiatically. Use different volumes to highlight certain facts or important points.

6. Methods of Presenting Information
Start with Description: A description gives a vivid word picture of something, such as a building, a place, an object, an animal, or a person. A description can include details such as size, weight, shape, color, age, condition, and arrangement. Use description to help the audience picture your region.

7. Organizing the Body of the Informative Speech
Order of importance: This starts with the least important information and ends with the most important.

8. Organizing the Body of the Informative Speech
Cause-and-effect: Information is arranged to show causes or conditions and the effects or results of those causes or conditions.

9. Organizing the Body of the Informative Speech
Comparison-and-Contrast order: Items of information are organized to show similarities and differences between the items.

10. Principles for Informing
Repeated information is more easily understood and remembered, so choose two or three of the most important ideas in your speech and use repetition to emphasize those points.

11. Principles for Informing
Too much information reduces understanding, so avoid information overload. Most people can understand and remember only five to nine pieces of information at one time. You will pick 5 topic questions from your job checklist to talk about in your speech

12. Outline for Informative Speech
Introduction
A. Begin with an attention-getter
(Don’t say, “Today I’m going to tell
you how to…”
B. State exactly what your job is and
why it is important.

13. Outline for Informative Speech
Body
A. Topic 1
i. Give a fact or example
B. Topic 2
C. Topic 3
i. Share a chart or graph, give a fact or comparison

14. Outline for Informative Speech
Conclusion
Close with a memorable statement. Summarize what you think is the most important fact or piece of info
for the audience to remember.

15. Questions to Ask Yourself Before Giving an Informative Speech
Have I selected good parts from my job checklist?
Have I written a clear specific purpose?
Do I share enough facts and information so that the audience understands my region?
Is my material well organized?

16. Self Evaluation Questions for Informative Speeches
Does my introduction pique my audience’s interest in learning more about my topic?
Can I use comparisons or humor to make my delivery more effective?
How can I use my poster to help my audience understand?

17. Informative Speech Grading Rubric
Delivery
Does student use humor to make delivery more effective?
Does student use audiovisual aids to help audience understand and remember?
Does student seem confident and enthusiastic?

18. Informative Speech Grading Rubric
Does the speaker have good eye contact?
Are the speaker’s facial expressions, gestures, and movements natural?
Are the speaker’s articulation, enunciation, and pronunciation correct?
Does the speaker use “um,” “like,” “and stuff,” “and everything,” or other vague expressions?