INFORMATIVE SPEECH:

Remember you are educating your audience, not persuading them to whatever your opinion on the topic is. Simply provide information. To do that ethically and credibly, you need to have research and references. You also need to have a visual aid. You will be handing in an outline and you should have a list of the references/sources you used. A good rule of thumb to finish this sentence: at the end of my speech, the audience will ____. This can help guide you on what your goal is and what information you will provide and how you will organize it.
PRACTICE YOUR SPEECHES. When you practice, ask yourself these questions:

Does the way your presenting it capture the audiences attention?
Are you providing them with information or persuading them?
Am I providing the information that the audience will need to be able to ____.
Am I just talking to fill the time. Come up with concise ideas, and then speak slowly and clearly, you will fill the time.
Remember look in your textbook about proper outline format.

INTRODUCTION do not get up and say your name and your topic, do not get up and say how you chose your topic/theme. DO NOT DO THIS. The very first thing you will say is as follows:

Capture the audiences attention aka attention grabber. How do you do this? Be creative, some suggestions are: a compelling fact or statistic, a meaningful/powerful quote, an anecdote/story, expert opinion, hypothetical question, startling statement, sound effect etc Remember, your attention getter should relate to your topic/theme
Next state your purpose/THEME – please also have your theme be present throughout your speech.
Next is your thesis or outline of what you will say.
BODY – Typically you will then organize 3 different supporting subtopics to your theme.

CONCLUSION Summarize what you said, relate it back to your attention grabber and theme for full circle experience for the audience. What is the most important thing you can leave your audience with?

please include: 1. attention grabber

2. theme

3. thesis sentence

4. 2/3 body paragraph supports with transitions (hopefully involving your theme)

4. compelling conclusion/recap

5. at least 2 credible references/resources that you are citing in your speech.