What are the basic principles of successful Public Speaking

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What are the basic principles of successful
Public Speaking?

• Processes and Principles

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The Speech Communication Process
MESSAGE
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Your Responsibilities as Speakers (book)

• Make sure that your goals are ethically sound.
• Fully prepare for each speech.
• Be honest in what you say.
• plagiarism
• Avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive
  language.

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What you said about Speakers

• a person needs confidence in themselves to be a
  good public speaker
• the speaker needs to know the topic wellor be
  an expert at it
• they need to believe in what theyre talking
  about.
• need to appear confident (even if you arent)
• communicate trust and authority
• passionate and sincere
• genuine

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Question

• Business people report spending the most time
  engaged in which type of communication activity?
• A. Making speeches and presentations.
• B. Writing or dictating letters and emails.
• C. Reading.
• D. Listening to advisors, employees, customers
  and competitors.

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How Business People Spend Communication Time
Bovee and Thill Business Communication Today
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Your Responsibilities as Listeners/Audience

• We take on ethical obligations as listeners
• Be courteous and attentive during the speech
• Listeners should avoid prejudging the speaker.
• Listeners should maintain the free and open
  expression of ideas.
• In this class our responsibilities include
  talking/writing to speakers after their
  presentations.

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What you said about audiences

• The person needs to know the audience.
  Connecting with them is key and understanding
  them helps with that.
• needs to know their audience (age, level of
  learning, etc.)
• the demographics they are reaching
• how to interest a lot of rowdy people

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The Rest of the Speech Communication Model

• Message the meanings we share verbal and
  non-verbal
• Share the topic
• What is my body saying that I am not aware of?
• Channelwhat carries the message to the listener
  Air? T.V.? Radio? P.A.?
• Feedbackthis makes communication transactional
• needs to know what they are doing well or not so
  well.
• judge audience involvement and understanding

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The Rest of the Speech Communication Model

• Situationthe immediate event and surroundings
• facilities/location
• speech context and what is expected in giving
  the speech
• environment and possible distractions
• Interferenceanything external or internal that
  blocks or clouds the message (or feedback)
• I want to know how to speak clearly not have
  anything that gets in the way of the idea I am
  trying to get across
• Culturethe larger culture within which the
  situation takes place
• I want to learn to adapt to different audiences

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The Speech Communication Process
Situation Culture
MES SAGE
CHAN NEL
Situation Culture
Situation Culture
FEED BACK
Interference
Situation Culture
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What do you need to know to be a successful
public speaker?
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Invention

• How to think of a topic and talk for a long
  period of time
• The speaker needs to know enough about the
  subject that they are speaking about so they can
  am authoritative knowledgeable presentation
• How to expand a topic
• Deep understanding of subject matter
• proper research techniques what sources are
  good sources

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Arrangement

• learn good ways to organize presentations
• How to become more organized
• how to outline a speech
• is there an order of things to talk about?

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Style

• a decent vocabulary and grammar
• how to use humor
• does spelling count?
• how to share what I am feeling
• organizing intelligent thoughts into intelligent
  words

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Delivery

• confidence, loud, exciting voice, good body
  language,
• good eye contact vs. creepy eye contact
• control of the breath
• Speed at which to speak
• proper vocal tones and speaking clarity
• pronunciation
• how to use hand gestures properly
• good posture body language
• use visual aids better

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Memory

• I want to learn how to not start of good then
  forget something and freeze up.
• memorization
• how to make yourself calm and not lose your
  train of thought
• find a way to mentally keep track
• how to not need a word for word script
• how to avoid too many notecards!

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The Five Rhetorical Canons

• Inventionthe material, ideas, content
• Arrangementthe structure and organization
• Styleword choice and expression
• Deliveryverbal and non-verbal
• Memoryhow to prepare and remember to share what
  you prepared

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Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective
Speakers Exercise
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On Friday Go to Lab sections over in Pearson

• Ill see you back here in lecture a week from
  Friday.