No presentation can be effective if the audience can’t hear you. Nor will your presentation be successful if you overwhelm your listeners with a voice that is too loud. When you speak before a group, you usually need to speak louder than you do in general conversation. The size of the room, the presence or [...]
On many issues, individual action is not enough. It may take people acting together to bring about or resist change. The Jesse Jackson example, while it aroused strong feeling, also reminded listeners that they were part of an important larger group. Only if they acted together—as Democrats rather than as individual interest groups—would they have [...]
Informative speaking is defined by its function. In the same speech, you might introduce yourself, provide information, urge action, and celebrate values. But if your main purpose is to share knowledge, then we call the speech informative.
Sharing knowledge can be vital in four ways. First, informative speaking can empower listeners by giving them new ideas [...]