It is critical to the success of an informative speech that the audience remember the speakers ...

(1 ) Use adult learning principles to provide information listeners can use immediately,
involve them actively in the process, connect their life experiences with the new
information, and provide and explain the relevancy of the information. (2 ) Build in
redundancy. Tell them what youre going to tell them, tell them, tell them what youve
told them. The use of previews and summaries helps accomplish this. (3 ) Reinforce key
ideas verbally. Use phrases such as the key idea or the most important idea is... (4 )
Reinforce ideas nonverbally: use gestures, pauses, vocal inflections, and movement to
emphasize major ideas.