P.C. Informative Communication

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  • It is a written or spoken communication that conveys knowledge or ideas to audience in order to develop understanding about a specific topic.
    Informative Communication
  • Advantages of informative communication
    • offers you the chance to utilize your researching, writing, organizing, and speaking skills.
    • allows you to provide thought –provoking, valuable and unique information
  • Some Tips for Informative Communication
    1.Analyze the audience.
    2. Use appropriate language.
    3. Explain the importance of the topic.
    4. Express interest in the subject material.
    5. Show, don't tell.
    6. Be specific.
  • four primary methods of informing
    1. definition
    2. description
    3. demonstration
    4. explanation
  • definition entails defining concepts clearly and concisely using synonyms and antonyms, use or function, example, or etymology.
  • description entails creating detailed verbal pictures for your audience.
  • demonstration entails sharing verbal directions about how to do something while also physically demonstrating the steps.
  • explanation entails sharing how something works, how something came to be, or why something happened.
  • Four Methods of Speech Delivery
    1. Impromptu Speaking
    2. Extemporaneous Speaking
    3. Speaking from a Manuscript
    4. Speaking from Memory
  • Impromptu speaking is the presentation of a short message without advance preparation
  • Impromptu speeches often occur when someone is asked to “say a few words” or give a toast on a special occasion.
  • Extemporaneous speaking is the presentation of a carefully planned and rehearsed speech, spoken in a conversational manner using brief notes.
  • Speaking from a Manuscript - is the word-for-word iteration of a written message.
  • Speaking from Memory is the rote recitation of a written message that the speaker has committed to memory.