EPP Intro to Public Speaking

Informative Speech

Speaker:_______________________________________________________

Topic__________________________________________________________

Introduction

Was the introduction interesting, did it catch the listener’s attention?

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Was the central idea presented clearly in the introduction?

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Body

Were the main points relevant and clear?

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Did the supporting points make sense and clearly support the main ideas and the whole topic?

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Conclusion

Did the conclusion briefly summarize the main points and relate to the body and/or the intro?

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Organization

Did the speech flow well, did the intro, body, and conclusion relate to each other?

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Was there a clear organizational pattern, such as chronological or problem-solution?

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Preparation

Was there evidence of practice and preparation?

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Was the speech within the time limit?

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Overall Delivery

Did the speaker have good volume and intonation, and did they attempt to make eye contact?

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Comments:

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TEAM PROJECT OBJECTIVES & INSTRUCTIONS

Objectives:

1. Develop, practice, and improve your group communication skills.

2. Apply effective research and organizational skills in preparing information.

3. Create understanding in your audience.

4. Develop an effective means of disseminating your information to your audience.

5. Learn how to successfully develop a web page, and/or a PowerPoint and/or video presentation.

6. Motivate your audience to take action in response to your message.

 

Purpose:

The general purpose is to convince or move your audience to action; you must select a topic/issue and develop a specific purpose that your group feels strongly about – one that you feel passionate about. You cannot convince others if you are passive or apathetic toward a topic, issue, subject or purpose. You can convince others if you are committed and passionate about your topic. You can bring about change if you knowledgeable and have experience with the topic. You can gather a great deal of knowledge as a group. Once your group has selected and developed a topic you feel strongly about, you need to conduct an audience survey and an analysis to discover the audience's predisposition (attitude) toward your topic and their knowledge of the topic. There are five general pre dispositions to a topic that your audience might hold:

 

Favorable but not aroused to act.

Apathetic toward the situation.

Interested but undecided what to do or think about it.

Interested but hostile to the proposed attitude, belief, or action.

Hostile to any change from present state of affairs.

For your Team Project you will select a topic/issue that will require some sort of change on the part of your audience. To convince your audience to use the computers on campus does not (most likely) involve change; however, to convince them to report problems they have with computers anywhere on campus to computer services could potentially involve a change in attitude and/or action. If you do a thorough audience analysis about your topic, then you can avoid an embarrassment such as trying to convince your audience not to smoke cigarettes near the doors of buildings on campus when no one in your audience smokes. Your survey of the audience's attitude toward, and knowledge of your topic will be essential in shaping a message that seeks change. Your message must deal directly with your audience's predisposition toward your topic and must seek a change and some type of action from them.

 

Essential Characteristics of Persuasive Messages:

The essential characteristics of persuasive messages are the qualities or standards you should strive to achieve in the preparation and presentation of your persuasive message:

 

Logical and emotional appeals adapted to the audience.

Change by degrees.

Credibility and sincerity.