Informative Speech Assignment

Prompt: You will deliver an informative speech to the class. An informative speech seeks to educate, demonstrate, teach, or expand one's knowledge on a topic. You can discuss a person, event, object, concept, idea, process, or place. You will have to research this topic, so it should be something you are interested in; it should also providenewinformation to the audience and must berelevantto them in some way.

Details:

• Your speech should be5-7minutes in length.
• This speech should be deliveredextemporaneously. You cannot read from a manuscript; rather, you should create notecards or a keyword outline (different from the outline you turn in) of one page to deliver the speech from.
• You will present aPowerPointalong with your speech. While there is not a specific number of slides, it should be appropriate to the length of the speech. DO NOT put your whole speech text on the PowerPoint. You should use a variety of words and images, ensure your text is large enough to read (24 point or larger).
• You must citequality, academic sources within your speech(Peer-reviewed journals, books, newspapers, news reports, trade journals, academic and government publications, etc.). Four (4) sources are required for a score of "good" (4/5 points); six (6) are required for full credit.
• Professional dress(business casual) required: no hats, hoodies, clothing that is distracting from your message (t-shirts with words or messaging), athletic apparel, etc.