Informative Speech topic.   

Submit this plan to the Audience Adaptation Assignment Box.

Your topic  Alicia Keyes- Keep a Child Alive

The Audience Adaptation plan asks 6 questions.

1. What is my audience’s initial disposition toward my topic? What can I do to enhance audience interest?

2. What common ground do audience members share? How and Where can I use personal pronouns, rhetorical questions, and common experiences to enhance the perception of common ground?

3. How relevant will the audience find this material? How can I demonstrate that the material is timely, proximate, and has a personal impact for the audience?

4. What can I do to enhance my credibility? How did I develop expertise on this topic, and how can I share that with the audience? How can I demonstrate my trustworthiness as I speak? What will I do to help the audience perceive me as personable?

5. What can I do to make it easier for audience members to comprehend and remember the information? What types of materials can I use to appeal to different learning style preferences?  What key terms will I need to define? What new concepts might I develop with vivid language and examples/ What new ideas might I want to compare to ones the audience is already familiar with?

6. What language or cultural difference will my audience have and how will I address them. If I am speaking a second language, how will I increase the likelihood that the audience will understand me?  What cultural differences do I need to be sensitive to, and what culturally appropriate material might I search for and use?

This is discussed in Chapter 5 in your book.