Description
Assignment 4.2: Delivering Your Informative Speech
Delivering Your Informative Speech
Objectives
Prepare an informative speech
Perform an informative speech
Assignment Overview
In this assignment, you will create a delivery outline and deliver an informative speech.
Deliverables
A one- to two-page (250- to 500-word) paper
Prepare a four- to seven-minute informative speech that is to be submitted with video and audio. You will use You Tube. Here is a helpful video to assist you and you may search for more like this on You Tube. You can do this! Just Google this and find all you need: “how to use YouTube to record a speech for a college class.”
Step 1 Use an outline you have created.
Step 2 Practice your speech.
Practice using your delivery outline to deliver your informative speech. Print your delivery outline so you can use it as your speaker notes.
Before you begin your practice delivery, imagine that you are standing in front of your target audience and think about the specific purpose you identified for your speech.
Remember that your speech should last between four and seven minutes.
Keep track of the total time it takes you to deliver your speech to stay within this time frame.
Deliver your speech at least once all the way through.
Step 3 Present your speech in front of a camera.
Remember to pay attention to the audience’s nonverbal communication and adjust as necessary.
Upload your Video to YouTube.
Submit the URL to me so I can view it. Just include it on the same page with the questions and your answers in Step 4 below. I am the only person viewing your speech. This is 50% of your grade for this assignment. See the link above to help you.
Step 4 Answer the questions.
In a one-page (250-word) paper, address the following. Be sure to copy and paste the bolded questions and then respond to each one separately. Thank you!
Describe any issues you encountered during the delivery of your speech.
How many times did you practice delivering your speech before you felt comfortable presenting it?
What aspects of your speech delivery improved the most as a result of your practice?
