COMM 107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Poster Session, Microsoft Powerpoint, Technical Report
13 Aug 2016
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Informative speaking: a discourse that imparts new information, secures understanding, or reinforces accumulated information. Speeches about objects describe a particular thing in detail. Speeches about processes instruct the audience about how something works, is made, or is done so that they can apply the skills learned. Speeches about events inform the audience about something that has already happened, is happening, or is expected to happen: works well in a chronological, comparison-contrast, or spatial arrangement. Speeches about concepts examine theories, beliefs, ideas, philosophies, or schools of though. Informative briefing: presents information to a specialization, followed by the exchange of data, ideas, and questions among participants. Team briefing: a presentation by a series of speakers rather than a single speaker. Technical report: a statement describing a process, explaining a technique, or discussing new elements to people within a business or industry or to people outside of it.
