Find two podcasts that would make good informative speeches.  For each topic, do the following:

Informative Speech

You will educate the audience on a specific topic. You can discuss a current trend, phenomenon, recent discovery or anything else that would be informative. This should be something the audience is not already aware of and relates to them. The speech is 4-6 minutes and requires a minimum of three sources.

Topic 1

Goal (what do you want your audience to understand once they have heard the speech):

Thesis (complete SINGLE sentence summarizing topic as you would say it in speech):

Source (include the MLA/APA citation OR specific web address to a source that discusses your topic):

Topic 2

Goal (what do you want your audience to understand once they have heard the speech):

Thesis (complete SINGLE sentence summarizing topic as you would say it in speech):

Source (include the MLA/APA citation OR specific web address to a source that discusses your topic):

Extra Credit Opportunity: A Real World Informative Speech

This extra credit opportunity will add 5 percentage points to your informative speech grade.

If choosing to do this option, fill out the information below. You will not have to fill out the front page.

• List chosen major/career pathway:

• Informative Context: What is a common situation in your future career in which you would need to inform clients, patients, colleuages, or another group about an issue. Make sure you identify the (1) career, (2) the audience (who you are speaking to) and (3) the context or goal of the messaage.

1. Example: As a (1) nurse, I would need to educate a (2) patient about his/her (3) treatment plan and effective implementation of the plan after being discharged.
2. Example: As a (1) Certified Public Account, I would need to educate my (2) client on (3) options for investments that meet their financial needs.
3. Example: As a (1) teacher, I would need to inform a (2) parent about (3) the academic struggles of a student and an action plan that will help.
4. Example: As a (1) neurologist, I need to educate colleagues at a conference about new surgical technique I am using.

List Informative Conext (label career, audience and context/goal as is demonstrated in the examples):

Requirements of this speech that will differ from traditional informative speech:

• One of the three required sources will be an interview with an industry related professional or professor in chosen career pathway.

Extra Credit Opportunity #2: NPR Podcast Inspiration

Hand in the following assignment with your topic approval for two extra credit percentage points on your informative speech grade.

National Public Radio showcases a number of interesting podcasts that could yield excellent speech topics.    You can find a large variety of podcasts covering many topics here: http://www.npr.org/podcasts/organizations/1 If you have a subject area in mind, search under the categories button.

For this assignment, find two podcasts that would make good informative speech topics.

 Assignment:

Find two podcasts that would make good informative speeches.  For each topic, do the following:

1. Cite the source:  Name of podcast, date of original broadcast.

Podcast # 1:

Podcast # 2:

2. Use the podcast as your topics on the front sheet, failure to do so will result in no extra credit being received.