INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

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Demonstration Speech:

NSDA Webinar Recordings AND
Other Lessons:

Below you will find a series of Webinars from the National Speech & Debate Association. Think of a webinar as a lesson that a coach would teach. The people who lead these webinars are either coaches or former national qualifiers. They are very useful. Get the help you need quickly...use your resources!
  • Introduction to Informative Speaking (Presented by Andrew Eilola)
  • Lessons from Informative's First Year: How to Prep, Pick Topics, and Make it Rock (Presented by Bob Ickes)
  • Adding Nuance to Your Informative Speech (Presented by Harrison Postler)
  • Creating Effective Visual Aids (Presented by the College of DuPage)

​WHERE CAN I FIND A TOPIC?

With informative topics...the sky is the limit. Just about anything can be made into an informative speech. However, what I would consider competitive is a little more limited. However, I do think there are some general guidelines that can be applied to any topic to give it the test of competitiveness:

1. Your informative topic must have far-reaching implications, meaning that the topic has to affect life in some major way (For example: The topic of black hair, at first glance may not seem interesting enough, but a lot of information can be found about how the stigmatization of black hair has led to the oppression of an entire group...BAM! Now you have a reason to listen)

2. Your informative topic must have a "Hmmmm" or a "Wow" moment. At the end of the day, your speech needs to intrigue and interest me. You cannot give me information I already knew. Your topic must challenge and enlighten me.

3. Your informative topic must be specific enough that it has direction, but not too specific that it confuses the audience.

Listed below are various websites that you can come across good informative topics:
Scientific American
National Geographic
Time
Discover Magazine
Wired
Science News
Live Science
Rolling Stone
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  • Home
  • Why Join?
  • About Jay Debate
    • Meet the Head Coach
    • Hall of Fame
    • Academic All American
    • Results
    • The Forensics Class
    • NSDA
    • MSHSAA
  • Team Resources
    • Debate Event Resources >
      • Policy Debate
      • Lincoln-Douglas Debate
      • Public Forum Debate
    • Speech Event Resources >
      • Original Oratory
      • Informative
      • Extemp
      • Congressional Debate
    • Interpretation Resources >
      • Humorous Interp
      • Dramatic Interp
      • DUO/Duet
      • Program Oral Interp
      • Prose/Poetry
      • Storytelling
  • Judge Resources
    • Judging Interpretation Events
    • Judging Original Oratory
    • Judging Extemp
    • Judging Congress
    • Judging Policy Debate
    • Judging Lincoln Douglas Debate
    • Judging Public Forum Debate
  • Parent Booster Info
  • Student VIP