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GUIDELINES FOR INFORMATIVE SPEAKING
There are five points that may help us to make a success in delivering an
informative speech.

1) Do not overestimate what the audience knows.
Many speakers have discovered that it is easy to overestimate the audience’s stock
of information. In most informative speeches, the audiences will be only vaguely
knowledgeable (at best) about the details of our topic. A speaker cannot assume
they will know what he/she means. He/she must be sure to explain everything
clearly so that they understand. So, in delivering informative speech, it is
important to consider and make sure whether it will be clear to someone who is
hearing about the topic for the first time.
2) Relate the subject directly to the audience.
Informative speakers have one big challenge
to overcome. They must try to make the
speech fascinating for their audiences. Once
a speaker has chosen a topic that could
possibly be interesting to the audiences,
he/she should take special steps to relate it
to them or tie it in with their interests and
concerns. Research shows that using
personal terms as “you” and “your” in

informative speech significantly increases
audience understanding of the speaker’s fronsight.com
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