INTERVIEW & INFORM SPEECH

OBJECTIVE: The objective for this assignment is two-fold. The first part of the assignment is to have you find a person who is worthy in some respect of being interviewed. Also involved in this part, is the development of appropriate and meaningful questions that bring out the uniqueness of the person being interviewed. The second part includes the organization of the data for an informative speech to the class about the person you interviewed. Hint: Many informative speeches about people follow a chronological pattern as well as a thematic pattern: early life, college, adult life.

STEPS TO THE SPEECH...

1. Choose an appropriate person to interview, which does not include fellow prop/speech students and should limit many of your personal friends unless they are extremely talented in some respect. Interview a person who has led a full life with many experiences and will be interesting to you. If you’re not interested, how can we be interested in your speech? Examples of people to interview may be: a grandparent who was in a war, a cousin who is an Olympic athlete, a famous aunt or uncle, or an acquaintance who has some special talent.

2. Create a list of at least twelve various questions (i.e. open, closed, neutral,etc) to ask your interviewee. Use these items to create a roadmap of your interview which will help you organize your speech.

3. Try to schedule and complete your interview as soon as possible because that is the most critical part of the speech process. Speeches will begin ________________ .

4. This is a formal speech and will be graded with more scrutiny than the first speech. The speech has a minimum time of three minutes and a maximum time of seven minutes. Please come prepared and well organized!

GRADING:

Nonverbal Communication - 20 possible _________ Total Received

a. Eye Contact - 5 ___

b. Gestures - 5 ___

c. Posture - 5 ___

d. Enthusiasm - 5 ___

Presentation - 25 possible _________ Total Received

a. Preparedness - 10 ___

b. Quality of Info - 10 ___

c. Time - 5 ___

Packet - 25 possible _________ Total Received

a. Questions/Answers - 10 ___

b. Written Speech - 15 ___

Interview Speech Evaluation Form

Nonverbal Communication - 20 possible _________ Total Received

a. Eye Contact - 5 ___

b. Gestures - 5 ___

c. Posture - 5 ___

d. Enthusiasm - 5 ___

Presentation - 25 possible _________ Total Received

a. Preparedness - 10 ___

b. Quality of Info - 10 ___

c. Time - 5 ___

Packet - 25 possible _________ Total Received

a. Questions/Answers - 10 ___

b. Written Speech - 15 ___

Comments:

Interview Speech Evaluation Form

Nonverbal Communication - 20 possible _________ Total Received

a. Eye Contact - 5 ___

b. Gestures - 5 ___

c. Posture - 5 ___

d. Enthusiasm - 5 ___

Presentation - 25 possible _________ Total Received

a. Preparedness - 10 ___

b. Quality of Info - 10 ___

c. Time - 5 ___

Packet - 25 possible _________ Total Received

a. Questions/Answers - 10 ___

b. Written Speech - 15 ___

Comments: