Chapter One

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Chapter One

• Speaking in Public

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The Power of Public Speaking

• We have a small window of opportunity, and a
  proficient public speaker can make the most of
  the opportunity.
• Management Trainee
• School Board Meeting
• Retirement Party

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Similarities Between Public Speaking and
Conversation

• Organizing your thoughts logically
• Directions to your house
• Tailoring your message to your audience
• Describing Speech Communication to Jordan vs. a
  grown-up
• Telling a story for maximum impact
• Punchline first or building up the story for
  maximum impact?
• Adapting to listener feedback
• Awareness of facial,verbal, and physical
  reactions.

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Differences Between Public Speaking and
Conversation

• Public speaking is more highly structured.
• Time limits/No interruptions-immediate
  commentary/planning preparation
• Public speaking requires more formal language.
• Slang/jargon/bad grammar have little place in
  public speaking.
• Public speaking requires a different method of
  delivery.
• Posture/nonverbal communication/language/

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Developing Confidence Your Speech Class

• Speaking in public is scary. Why?
• Nervousness is Normal
• Athletes/Actors/Musicians

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Managing Nervousness

• Acquire Speaking Experience
• Fear of the unknown
• Prepare, Prepare, Prepare
• Topic selection (familiar)
• Organization/Research/Audience Analysis/Introducti
  on Conclusion/Practice
• Think Positively
• Self-fulfilling prophecy

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Managing Nervousness (continued)

• Visualization
• Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly
  pictures him/herself giving a successful
  presentation
• The key to visualization is creating a vivid
  mental blueprint in which you see yourself
  succeeding in your speech.
• Most nervousness is not Visible
• Dont expect perfection
• The audience does not know what the speaker plans
  to say, they only hear what the speaker does say.
• Your audience is not looking for an academy award
  performance, but for a well-though-out address
  that communicates the speakers idea clearly and
  directly.

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Other Tips Managing Speaker Apprehension

• A good nights sleep
• Breathe
• Develop a strong introduction
• Make eye contact with members of your audience.
• Concentrate on communicating with your audience
  rather than on worrying about your stage fright.

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Public Speaking and Critical Thinking

• Critical thinking- focused, organized thinking
  about such things as the logical relationships
  among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the
  differences between fact and opinion.
• Organization- if the structure of your speech is
  disjointed, odds are that your thinking is also
  disjointed and confused.

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The Speech Communication Process

• Speaker
• Your success as a speaker depends on you, and
  your personal credibility, knowledge of the
  subject, preparation of the speech, manner of
  speaking, and your audience analysis.
• Enthusiasm
• Message
• Your goal in public speaking is to have your
  intended message be the message that is actually
  communicated
• Achieving this depends both on what you say (the
  verbal message) and how you say it (the nonverbal
  message.)

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The Speech Communication Process (continued)

• Message (continued)
• Narrow your topic to something you can discuss
  adequately in the time limit allowed.
• You must do the appropriate research and develop
  supporting ideas to make your ideas clear and
  concise.
• Organize your ideas so listeners can follow them
  without getting lost.

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The Speech Communication Process (continued)

• Channel
• The channels is the means by which a message is
  communicated. (Television/Radio/Telephone)
• Listener
• The listener is the person who receives the
  communicated message.
• Everything a speaker says is filtered through a
  listeners frame of reference- the total of his
  or her knowledge, experience, goals, values and
  attitudes.
• To be an effective speaker, you must be
  audience-centered.
• When you make a speech that causes listeners to
  say, That is important to me, you will almost
  always be successful.

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The Speech Communication Process (continued)

• Feedback
• Feedback, the messages, usually nonverbal, sent
  from a listener to a speaker.
• Interference
• Anything that impedes the communication of a
  message.
• External interference, for example would be
  static on a phone line or noise outside a
  classroom.
• Internal interference, comes from within your
  audience.

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The Speech Communication Process (continued)

• Situation
• The situation is the time and place in which
  speech communication occurs.
• Certain occasions-funerals, church services,
  retirement parties-require certain kind of
  speeches.
• Physical setting is also important, is your
  speech inside, outside, large auditorium, or a
  small classroom?