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Examples of information in the following topics:

• Subjects of Informative Speeches

  • Informative speeches can cover many subjects as long as they can be discussed without persuading or altering the perceptions of the audience.
  • There are many different subjects that can be used in informative speeches.
  • College lectures about an event in history or a historical figure would be considered informative speeches
  • Each of these examples lends itself to multiple types of information.
  • The choice of visual aids depends on what information the speaker wants to inform the audience of.

• Persuasive vs. Informative Speaking

  • Informative (or informational) and persuasive speaking are related, but distinct, types of speeches.
  • The goal is always to supply information and facts to the audience.
  • Informational speeches do not tell people what to do with the information; their goal is for the audience to have and understand the information.
  • Like informational speeches, persuasive speeches use information.
  • Journalists, like Walter Cronkite, generally use informational speeches to inform their viewers of news events.

• Information and Knowledge

  • Knowledge is acquired through the use of and access to information.
  • Retrieving information is an integral part of information gathering and with today's technology it can involve searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents.
  • Information management (IM) is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences.
  • Knowledge is acquired through the use of and access to information.
  • An area of research known as information access aims to automate the processing of large and unwieldy amounts of information and to simplify users' access to it.

• The Goals of an Informative Speech

  • An effective informative speech should be driven by a series of goals.
  • An effective informative speech requires the speaker to aim for a series of goals.
  • One of the goals, perhaps the most essential goal that drives all informative speeches, is for the speaker to inform the audience about a particular topic.
  • To make sure that the information contained in a speech is remembered by the audience, the deliverer of an informative speech should combine organization, repetition and focused visualizations to increase the effectiveness of the speech and the likelihood that the audience will leave informed.
  • The challenge of an informative speech is delivering information in a neutral way that does not bore the audience.

• Information Costs and Bond Prices

  • If investors need time and money to acquire information on securities, then they pay a greater information cost.
  • We can use the demand and supply analysis to create two markets for the high and low information- cost bond markets.
  • Investors pay a greater cost to acquire information for the high information cost bonds.
  • Thus, investors are attracted to the low-information cost bonds, boosting their demand for low information cost bonds, increasing the market price and decreasing market interest rate.
  • Therefore, low-information-cost bonds pay a lower interest rate.

• Defining an Informative Speech

  • An informative speech is one that one that intends to educate the audience on a particular topic.
  • An informative speech is one that intends to educate the audience on a particular topic .
  • Instead, an informative speech might rely on visual aids, for example, in order to give the audience a visual representation of important information contained in the speech.
  • Providing the information in multiple forms during the speech increases the likelihood that the audience will retain the information included in the speech.
  • An informative speech is one that aims to inform the audience about a given topic.

• Make It Memorable

  • Making your speech memorable is a way to improve its ability to inform the audience.
  • Remember that the goal of an informative speech is to inform the audience .
  • Ideally, not only are they informed while you are speaking, but they actually retain that information after you have left the podium.
  • Remember, the goal of making an informative speech memorable is to increase the likelihood that your audience will walk away informed.
  • Making your informative speech memorable increases the likelihood that your audience will retain its information.

• Signaling

  • A dividend decision may have an information signalling effect that firms will consider in formulating their policy.
  • Signaling took root in the idea of asymmetric information, which says that in some economic transactions, inequalities in access to information upset the normal market for the exchange of goods and services .
  • When investors have incomplete information about the firm (perhaps due to opaque accounting practices) they will look for other information in actions like the firm's dividend policy.
  • Miller and Rock pointed out that this is likely due to the information content of dividends.
  • Describe what information a shareholder can obtain from a company issuing dividends

• Informed Decisions

  • Effectively transforming data into actionable information is the key to using information technology to improve decision making.
  • Business organizations utilize management information systems (MIS), which combine the use of information technology, people, and data/information to provide tools used in making decisions .
  • Management information systems are distinct from other information systems in that they are designed to be used to analyze and facilitate strategic and operational activities in the organization.
  • Technology enables fast access to vast quantities of information, which can lead to better decision-making.

• Managerial Accounting

  • Managerial accounting focuses on internal users who use accounting information to make important decisions.
  • Managerial accounting information need not conform with U.S.
  • GAAP may be a deterrent to getting useful information for the internal decision-making purposes.
  • In contrast to financial accountancy information, management accounting information is usually confidential and used by management, instead of publicly reported; forward-looking, instead of historical; and pragmatically computed using extensive management information systems and internal controls, instead of complying with accounting standards.
  • You will not need to be terribly concerned about financial accounting when your business is just beginning, inasmuch as the kinds of information you will need falls into the category of internal management information rather than information for external stakeholders.