Education
How to Write an Informative Speech as a Professional
Students compose different pieces of writing. However, they likewise have assignments that should be executed orally. Of course, you have already understood what we mean. This is the making of a speech. Speechmaking is one of the pretty tough challenges. It combines at least two learning skills – writing and speaking. Firstly, you should compose a speech and only afterward, perform before the public. In addition, we should mention reading comprehension. It’s better to read several books, guides and samples about speechmaking and topics related to your theme. Therefore, this kind of academic assignments is quite complicated.
Many people experience great fear before the public. Therefore, even a well-planned speech may get messy due to overly high nervousness. We understand this issue and believe that you can overcome it. Firstly, you should win over your own fears. Secondly, if you compose a perfect speech your fears will fade away just because you know that your speech is actually great.
This guide provides effective tips and recommendations used by professional speechwriters. We have chosen an informative speech. This assignment is commonly given for speaking classes as one of the first speeches. The definition is very simple. You should choose a certain topic and provide interesting information to cover it. In most cases, teachers and professors allow their students to make their own choice. Therefore, this part is beneficial. You are welcome to discuss whatever you wish. Even some fun themes will do.
The Main Things to Consider
In order to write a professional informative speech from scratch, you should undertake several essential steps.
- Select a speech topic. You’re free about topic selection. This is a huge advantage because you will be able to select a topic, which is well-known to you and thus, will be more enthusiastic about. Your topic should be interesting and informative. You may some humor as well. If you struggle with your topic selection, we have a few ideas for you: my favorite hobby, the food we should consume, the best sport for me, why we need pets, how to protect our environment, effective measures to reduce the number of crimes, the importance of technology in our life, how to strengthen relations with parents, the influence of social media on teenagers, how to get rid of bad habits etc.
- Research your topic. The next step is to decide what exactly to cover. For example, you wish to write about technology in our life. This is a very broad topic. Narrow it. Research your topic. Review it from different angles and note all the ideas that occur to your mind. Afterward, make a choice among them. For example, “Main Advantages of Technological Progress”. This variant is a great choice because it is interesting for most audiences, especially for young people.
- Write a good attention-grabbing line. Begin your speech with a great opener. Grab the attention of your readers with something captivating and original. Don’t write that technology provides us with multiple conveniences. This is quite obvious. Instead of such boring sentences write something like this “Technology can make us better and smarter. We won’t be so smart and quick if it is taken away from us instantly”. After you get the attention, implement a thesis statement. It should be brief and informative. Discover the main purpose of your project. “With this project, I wish to prove how helpful technology is and why it has become an inevitable part of our everyday life”.
- Fill the main plot with effective key points. The main plot develops your thesis. It should contain several key points that prove your idea. Make your speech like the one which flows. Make smooth transitions and connect them to one another. Depending on our topic, we should operate with facts that are closely related to the main question. You may highlight advantages of technology for our convenience, self-development, improvement of life in general, enhancement of knowledge, productivity at work, and simple entertainment. Yes, technological progress also serves as a great medium of fun to help us unwind from time to time. A stress-relieving option improves our mental health. Don’t forget about the examples. Thus, you may write “Thanks to technological inventions factories and plants throughout the globe create products in a record period of time. This helps to satisfy the needs of customers and improves economic conditions”. Afterward, you may add some statistics about how the general well-being of Japan or China improved now compared to 1950-ies.
- Make a brief synopsis. Make a concise conclusion. Restate your main viewpoint and interpret the results you’ve received. Give your personal evaluation to your research. “I think, technology is our friend and we should never deny its importance…”
Additional Points to Consider
There are some other important prompts we wish to share with you. Take into your consideration the following points:
- Consider your style. Learn all the demands of the assigned style. Typically, this is APA or MLA.
- Revise your paper. Reread your speech several times to make sure that there are no mistakes. Ask other people to read too for more dependable results.
- Practice. Make a speech in front of the mirror, as well as ask somebody to listen to it.
Stick to our tips and you will sufficiently enhance your chances to receive the highest grade. They are not that difficult to follow. Dedicate time, craft a plan and follow it.
The Executive Chairman of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board, Alabo David Briggs and his Post Primary Schools Board, counterpart, Dr. Sam Emejuru recently embarked on a joint visit to Model Girls Secondary School, Mbodo Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Arera of Rivers State.
Speaking to newsmen shortly after interacting with the students, Alabo Briggs said both of them were in the school to know how the students are faring, how happy they are, and to also know their areas of need and then take pragmatic decisions that would enhance the wellbeing of the students.
Describing the school as the only boarding school in Rivers State made up of Senior and Junior Secondary, the UBE boss said the visit has actually afforded them the opportunity to know what is lacking in the school, and promised that every machinery would be adequately put in place to ensure that the school is made more attractive and students well taken care of.
He further maintained that the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and staff of the school must rise to the occasion so as to bring back the lost glory of the school and ensure that the students are treated and well handled like their own children.
Corroborating the UBE boss, Dr. Sam Emejuru of the Post Primary School promised that everything possible would be done to reposition the school, and appealed to all concerned to be patient.
During the visit, the two Board chairmen and their members met with the school authorities wherein issues bordering on the school were discreetly ironed out and some good changes made.
Alabo Briggs also gave cash to some of the students that performed well in the essay competition that took place in Port Harcourt.
The students were also given cartons of sanitary pads to mark the International Day of the Girl Child which was celebrated all over the world recently.
By: Akujobi Amadi
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) support programme on report writing for Chief Supervisors and Evaluators of the Local Government Areas took place recently at the UBE Board Headquarters in Port Harcourt.
Addressing the participants, the Board member in charge of Supervision/Monitoring, Chief Nwuke Anucha, described the programme as very interesting and educative as it is aimed at broadening the knowledge of the Chief Supervisors and Evaluators on report writing.
While thanking UBEC for the initiative, Chief Anucha also commended the resource persons who came from UBEC Abuja for doing a good job and appealed to the participants to see the support programme on report writing as an opportunity to do better.
Also speaking, the Board member, Project/Technical, Dr. Walson Ominini described the programme as a good one that all the participants must take seriously for the good of Rivers State.
Ominini used the medium to announce the personnel audit for staff of the Local Government Education Authorities in the three Senatorial zones coming up next week at the Board Headquarters adding that any staff of the LGEA who does not take part in the Audit should regard himself or herself as not being a staff of UBE.
In her vote of thanks, the Director, Quality Assurance, Mrs. Nnenna Osumenya thanked UBEC for the programme, and described it as a welcomed development.
She particularly thanked the Executive Chairman of the Board, Alabo David Briggs and the Board members for giving the programme the needed attention.
By: Akujobi Amadi
In cognizance of the value of reading in educational, career and knowledge pursuits, TotalEnergies Joint Venture(JV) Asset has committed itself to instilling the habit in students of secondary schools to enable them succeed in their academic pursuits and become good leaders of tommorow.
This, it is achieving through its Annual Book Reading and Open Day programme.
This year’s event, organised for Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State,with the theme, ‘The World Is A Maze; Navigate It — Read’ and held at the Event Centre, TotalEnergies Office, PortHarcourt, explored the book, ‘Unexpected Joy At Dawn’ by Ghanaian author, Alex Agyei Agyiri.
Participating schools chosen across Port Harcourt included Government Technical College, PortHarcourt; Bishop Crowther Memorial Secondary School, Rumuobiakani; Oginigba Comprehensive Secondary School; Community Secondary School, Rumuomasi, and Hilltop Prime International College.
Others were Community Secondary School, Amadi-Ama; Government Senior Secondary School, Elekahia; Community Secondary School, Nkpogu; Dietams International Schools; and Community Secondary School, Abuloma.
In his address, the Deputy Managing Director, Joint Venture Asset, TotalEnergies EP, Nigeria Limited, Olivier Cassassoles, said reading habit remains a major essential needed for life’s development in information, direction and character building, and stressed the need for the students, many of whom he said would grow to become leaders to cultivate and sustain the culture.
Cassassoles, who was represented by the Executive Director, JV Asset, PortHarcourt, Obi Imemba, quoted former American President, Barack Obama’s words, “reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible” and stated that “this clearly aligns with the theme of the day and implies that in order to successfully navigate the complexities of life, one needs to read”.
Cassassoles said “as students, many of you will grow to be leaders and leaders need a lot of information to stay relevant. The books you read will shape your future and through them you will find wisdom to make a difference”.
According to him, the book reading event is one that the company holds dear to heart as it promotes the culture of reading among students in Nigeria.
While encouraging the students to make conscientious effort to research good books with themes and characters that align with what they intend to do in future, Cassassoles expressed the hope that the students would commit themselves to a life of reading, adding that “I expect that you will be leaving here with a clearer idea of the career path you want to pursue “.
Also speaking, the State Commissioner for Education, Dr Ovy Chinedum Chukwuma, described this year’s theme as ‘most appropriate’ at a time when students have abandoned the text book for not only the phone – Whatsapp, Twitter etcetera but other vices.
Represented by the Technical Adviser to the Commissioner, Dr Joy Nwamaka Joseph, Chukwuma noted that reading is an effective tool for engaging students in critical thinking, saying “a student that reads focuses attention on the task at hand, immersing them in information and improving his/her concentration and memory”, insisting that students must read in order to navigate this maze-like world successfully.
The Commissioner commended TotalEnergies for “always seeking to improve the educational standards of our pupils, students, under/post graduates in our institutions and for inspiring them to develop the habit of reading as a life style”.
Earlier, the Country Communications Manager, TotalEnergies, Charles Ebereonwu, revealed that the annual reading event is part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) targeted at making the best of future leaders.
In his closing remarks, the Special Adviser, People and Talent Management, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited, Samuel Nkwo, lauded the students for going beyond reading the book to taking lessons there from.
“What has happened here today has given us encouragement that this is a good thing to do and that we should continue to do it” Nkwo said.
Highlights of the event included reading and discussion of the book, ‘Unexpected Joy At Dawn’, questions and answers session and presentation of gift items including school bags, solar lamps, books among others to the students.
By: Lady Godknows Ogbulu