The document provides guidelines for informative speaking, which aims to increase the audience's knowledge by focusing on informing them through presenting facts objectively and meeting their needs and interests. Successful informative speaking involves choosing an appropriate topic, behaving ethically by providing reliable information respectfully, and conveying information through descriptive, demonstrative, definitional, or explanatory approaches.

1. INFORMATIVE SPEAKING
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2. PURPOSE OF
INFORMATIVE
SPEAKING
increase audience knowledge
to learn
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3. BE OBJECTIVE
focus on informing
present facts evenly
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4. MEET
AUDIENCE
NEEDS
✓what do they know already?
✓choose a good topic
✓make topic relevant to them
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5. BEHAVE
ETHICALLY
provide relevant and
reliable information
be respectful, honest,
truthful, and appropriate
avoid plagiarism
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6. TOPICS
• people
• places
• objects
• events
• processes
• concepts
• issues
• plans and policies
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7. APPROACHES TO
CONVEYING INFORMATION
• descriptive presentation
• demonstration speech
• definitional speech
• explanatory speech
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8. GUIDELINES
• Create informational hunger
• arouse curiosity
• make it interesting
• make it easy to listen to
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