This document provides guidance for choosing an informative speech topic and organizing the speech. For the topic, it recommends speaking about a personal experience, something you are passionate about, skilled in, or knowledgeable in. It then lists various ways to organize the speech, such as using a past-present-future, time, problem-solution, location, cause-effect, related subtopics, or advantage-disadvantage structure. Examples are provided for each organizational structure.

1. INFORMATIVE SPEECH

2. CHOOSING A TOPIC
Talk about something you know!
• An experience you remember vividly
• A student who took a trip to Thailand wanted to talk about their incredible
adventures.
• Something you care a lot about
• A student who was passionate about animal rights talked about cruelty on farms.
• Something at which you are skilled or experienced
• A student who worked for her father selling gold spoke about the gold trade.
• Something at which you are knowledgeable
• A student who loves playing League of Legends describes the game, who plays it,
and how to play it.

3. WAYS TO ORGANIZE
 Past-Present-Future
I. The history of the Olympics
II. The Olympics Today
III. The future of the Olympics
 Time
I. Choosing a topic
II. Gathering Information
III. Making an outline
IV. Presenting the speech
 Problem-Solution
I. Read the different college catalogues
II. Visit campuses of different colleges
III. Talk to teachers at colleges you are considering

4. WAYS TO ORGANIZE
 Location
I. Marriage customs in Japan
II. Marriage customs in Saudi Arabia
III. Marriage Customs in the USA
 Cause-Effect
I. Effects of smoking on pregnant women
II. The effects of secondhand smoke
III. The effects of smoking on people with allergies
 Related Subtopics
I. Effects of smoking on pregnant women
II. The effects of secondhand smoke
III. The effects of smoking on people with allergies
 Advantage-Disadvantage
I. Advantages of capital punishment
II. Disadvantages of capital punishment