Informative Presentations

Question 1

• To prepare an informative presentation

Answer 1

1- What is your goal?
2- What is your purpose?

Question 2

1- What is your goal?

Answer 2

a- increase what listeners know
b- help the audience learn useful information ( which they choose to use or not)
c- clarify complex issues
d- demonstrate something useful
e- show how things relate in space
f- arouse interest in topics that seem boring

Question 3

2- What is your purpose?

Answer 3

• what you want your audience to know or do as a result of your presentation.

Question 4

• Audience will understand more when they know exactly what the speaker wants them to learn/ understand:

Answer 4

a- define words, objects, or concepts.
b- describe objects, people, or issues
c- distinguish between different things
d- compare and/or contrast items.

Question 5

• Immediate Behavioral Purposes:

Answer 5

• the actions expected from an audience during and immediately after a presentation

Question 6

• In order to effectively present information to an audience:

Answer 6

1- creating information hunger:
2- demonstrating information relevance
3- reveling extrinsic motivation
4- designing informative content
5- avoiding information overload
6- organizing content

Question 7

1) Creating information hunger

Answer 7

information hunger: the audiences’ need for the information contained in the presentation

rhetorical questions: questions asked for effect, with no answer expected

Question 8

2) Demonstrating information relevance:

Answer 8

• information relevance:
  the importance, novelty, and usefulness of the information to the audience

Question 9

3) Revealing extrinsic motivation:

Answer 9

• extrinsic motivation:
  a method of making information relevant by providing the audience with reasons outside the presentation itself for listening to the content of the presentation

Question 10

Extrinsic vs Instrinsic

Answer 10

• Extrinsic: external rewards or to avoid punishments
• Intrinsic: for its own sake or personal rewards

Question 11

4) Designing informative content:

Answer 11

• informative content: main points & subpoints, illustrations, and examples used to clarify and inform.

Question 12

4) a- audiences tend to remember:

Answer 12

• they tend to remember and comprehend generalizations and main ideas better than details & specific facts.

Question 13

b- simple words & concrete ideas:

Answer 13

• simple words and concrete ideas are significantly easier to retain than more complex materials.

Question 14

c- Humor

Answer 14

• Humor can make a presentation more interesting, but it does not seem to help in retaining information

Question 15

d- early remarks

Answer 15

• early remarks about how the presentation will meet the audience’s needs can create anticipation and increase the chance for listening and understanding.

Question 16

e- calling for overt audience

Answer 16

• calling for overt audience response, or actual behavior, increases comprehension more than repetition does

Question 17

5) Avoiding Information Overload:

Answer 17

• information overload: providing much more information than the audience can absorb in amount, complexity, or both.

Question 18

5) Organizing content:

Answer 18

a- tell an audience what you are going to tell them, then tell them what you told them.
b- use transitions & sign posts to increase understanding.
c- tell your audience which points are most important
d- repeat important points for better understanding.

Question 19

1) Skills for Informative Speaking:

Answer 19

1) defining
2) describing
3) explaining
4) narrating
5) demonstrating

Question 20

1) defining:

Answer 20

• defining can be achieved by:
  a) comparison: showing similarity between something well known and another that is les known
  b) contrast: clarifies by showing differences
  c) synonym: defines by using a word close or similar in meaning to the one you are trying to define.
  d) antonym: defines the idea by opposition

Question 21

2) describing:

Answer 21

a- imagery: use of words that appeal to the senses, that create pictures in the mind.
b- metaphor: figure of speech that likens one thing to another

Question 22

3) explaining:

Answer 22

• explaining a means of idea development that simplifies or clarifies an idea while arousing audience interest.

Question 23

4) narrating:

Answer 23

• oral presentation and interpretation of a story. ( description of a story or event, includes dramatic reading)

Question 24

5) demonstrating:

Answer 24

• showing the audience what you are explaining.