COM 115 Week 4 Assignment

COM 115 Week 4 Assignment | Indiana Wesleyan University 

Instructions

You will be presenting a five-minute informative speech. Because this is an online class, you will arrange your own speaking situation and gather at least five people to be in your audience. Your speech must be recorded, and the audience must appear on the recording at some point for verification.  However, the recording should focus on your delivery, not the audience.  Additionally, you should record your speech without stopping or editing.

Remember the following as you prepare your speech:

1.   Your speech must be informative in nature.

2.   The speech must inform your audience of an organization that is working to make a difference in the lives of people in your community or region.

3.   Include statistics, facts, and examples of how this organization is making a difference. Remember, this is an informative, not a persuasive speech.

4.   The speech is to be approximately five minutes in length, give or take 30 seconds.

5.   You will be graded on organization, content, and delivery, according to the information presented in the textbook and identified in the rubric below. Note that outlining is worth 10% of the speech grade.

6.   Be extemporaneous (don't read your speech word-for-word).

7.   Find a reasonably quiet environment - e.g. turn off the TV, put out the dog, etc.

Have an audience of at least five people (this creates a very important speech environment).

Follow these instructions for recording and making the recording available to your instructor:

First: Record your speech using a tool such as a video camera, your webcam, or a smartphone.

·         It is recommended that you submit your speech to your instructor by using YouTube.  Set the recording to "unlisted," so that only the person you send the URL link to can view it; and place the URL link in the comment section where you submit your final outlines.

·         In addition to YouTube, you may save your speech to places like Google Drive, a personal Dropbox account, or OneDrive. If you use this option, be sure to include authorization to view the speech to your instructor in the comment section where you submit your final outlines.