Media Writing: Informative Research

Informative speeches at ISU require that you choose/describe a community or civic process, idea, theory, issue, event or problem, in an interesting manner.

Goal: Teach, explain, help audience understand; share important information

BUT DO NOT TRY TO 'PERSUADE'; that comes later

Utilize the resources found in other LibGuides to help you find resources on many topics that you would be writing about.

Topic Selection Helper from University of Hawai'i - Maui'sCommunity College Speech Department:

• General Subjects
• Popular Themes
• Topics Based on Students' Own Lives
• Topics for "How-to" Speeches