Welcome to SpCm 212

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Welcome to SpCm 2124 Week Session(AKA Public
Speaking Boot Camp)

• Talking and eloquence are not the same to
  speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool
  may talk, but a wise man speaks.
• Ben Johnson (c1573-1637)

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Why?
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Why?
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Why?

• You can have brilliant ideas, but if you cant
  get them across, your brains wont get you
  anywhere.
• - Lee Iococca (former chairman of Chrysler
  Corp.)

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WHY?

• Even in a technological age, public speaking is
  important.
• Broadcast increases audience size
• Information overload
• We value human interaction

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WHY?

• Job Outlook 2007
• Survey of employers by the National Association
  of Colleges and Employers
• 1 quality/skill they look for is Communication
  Skills!
• Ironically, communication skills not only top
  employers' list of most-desired skills, but also
  their list of the skills most lacking in new
  college graduates.
• http//www.unr.edu/career/docs/outlook_student.pdf
  

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Top 15 Qualities Employers Want

• Communication Skills 4.7
• Honesty/integrity 4.7
• Interpersonal skills (relates to others) 4.5
• Motivation/initiative 4.5
• Strong work ethic 4.5
• Teamwork skills (works well with others) 4.5
• Computer skills 4.4
• Analytical skills 4.3

• Flexibility/adaptability 4.3
• Detail-oriented 4.2
• Organizational skills 4.0
• Leadership skills 4.0
• Self-confidence 4.0
• Friendly/outgoing personality 3.9
• Tactfulness 3.9
• http//www.unr.edu/career/docs/outlook_student.pdf

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WHY?

• Public Speaking can make a difference!

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WHY?

• Each of us can improve.
• Jo Sprague and Douglas Stuart discuss skill
  building in The Speakers Handbook
• Unconscious incompetence
• Conscious incompetence
• Conscious competence
• Unconscious competence

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Todays Agenda

• Intro to course staff and goals
• Look at the syllabus and policies for the course
• Intro to fundamental concepts
• Roman Rhetorical Canon
• Speech Communication Model
• Assignments for Tomorrow
• WebCT, etc.

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Reflection Whats your own Why?

• What does a person need to know to be a good
  public speaker?
• What do you want to learn about public speaking?

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Staff For SpCm 212 Dr. Amy Slagell

• 310A Carver Hall 294-3596
• All speech office are on the 3rd floor of Carver
• speechlady_at_iastate.edu
• Web Site http//www.public.iastate.edu/aslagell
• Office hours
• before and after lecture on Lecture Days
• by appointment on Lab Days

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Lab Instructors for SpCm 212 teach in Pearson Hall

• Stuart Weston
• Lab sections 1 and 2
• Brian Burmeister
• Lab section 3
• Kathy Norris
• Lab section 4
• Katie Fulton
• Lab sections 5 and 7/8

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How do we learn what we learn?
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Cone of Learning Dale and Hyland

• We remember
• 10 of what we read reading
• 20 of what we hear hearing words
• 30 of what we see looking at pictures
• 50 of what we watching a movie
• hear and see watching a demonstration
• 70 of what we say participating in discussion
• giving a talk
• 90 of what we simulating the real experience
• both say and do doing the real thing

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Organization of Course

• Lecture/Lab Schedule
• Calendar
• Regular Application Activities
• Apply what you read and what we talk about in
  lecture
• Assignments and Course Policies
• We build the course to help you succeed
• Pace of the 4 week is fast
• Need to get onto WebCT tonight
• Give introductory speech tomorrow in Lab!

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Texts and Supplies

• Required
• Lucas, The Art of Public Speaking, 9th ed.
• Slagell, Speech Communication 212 Workbook, 10th,
  ed.
• Recommended
• A blank video tape or way to record delivery of
  your speech

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Effective and Ineffective Characteristics of
Public Speakers

• An exercise in building
• on what we know

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BREAK
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Roman Rhetorical Canon

• What do public speakers
• need to know?

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Invention

• know detailed information that you are talking
  about
• how to prepare You need to know what you want
  to say.
• Knowledge of the subject know the info
  knows material
• know your audience

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Arrangement

• Know how to present ideas in an organized
  fashion
• How to structure a speech to keep peoples
  attention
• how can I organize my ideas better?
• how to write a good outline

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Style

• so it makes sense to the person listening, the
  same way it makes sense to me
• a decent vocabulary and grammar
• how to use humor
• how to get ideas and concepts across with well
  chosen words and sentences
• how to share what I am feeling

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Delivery

• confidence, loud, exciting voice, good body
  language, good eye contact
• Speed at which to speak
• pronounce clearly no ums and ers
• good posture body language
• how to use gestures appropriately
• touch emotions

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Memory

• An easy way to remember my speech
• how to make yourself calm and not lose your
  train of thought
• not rely on notecards so much learn how to
  memorize without actually memorizing!

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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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The Miracle of Communication The Speech
Communication Model

• Parts 1-5 of the model
• Speakerencoder
• Messageverbal and non-verbal intended and
  unintended
• Audiencedecoder
• Channelair? T.V.? Radio? P.A.?
• Feedbackthis makes communication transactional
  and challenging!

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The Speech Communication Process
MESSAGE
CHANNEL
FEEDBACK
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Your Role as Speakers

• 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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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 Role as Listeners

• You will do more listening than speaking.
• There are ethical obligations that we take on 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.

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Speech Communication Model (parts 6-8)

• Situationthe immediate event and surroundings
• Interferenceanything external or internal that
  blocks or clouds the message (or feedback)
• Culturethe larger culture within which the
  situation takes place

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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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The Introductory Speech Assignment, W, p. 9.

• 2 minutes
• Introduce yourself by
• doing an object speech
• doing a what the world was like on my birthday
  speech
• doing a narrative about a time you were proud of
  something you accomplished or some action you
  took that you remember as representing the best
  you have to offer

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Need to THINK as you Speak

• Extemporaneous speaking is the goal.
• Able to respond to feedback.
• Able to adjust to situation.
• Achieve conversational delivery.
• Have fun as you go.
• But FEAR inhibits thinking.

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I believe anyone can conquer fear by doing
things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing
them until he gets a record of successful
experiences behind him.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

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First, adjust your thinking.

• A little nervousness can HELP
• Increases adrenaline
• eyes shining
• gives edge and excitement - lends drama to
  performance
• Its not about you!
• Its about the audience

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Eloquence is the power to translate truth into
language perfectly intelligible to the person to
whom you speak.

• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)

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Some things you should know about your audience

• Want you to succeed!
• Feel your anxiety
• Eager to listen and learn
• Hope to be taken by your enthusiasm and
  excitement about the topic

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Tips for Controlling Nervousness

• Think positively
• Use visualization
• Know that most nervousness is not visible
• Dont expect perfection
• Focus on the message you want to communicate
• Prepare
• Work on content early
• Be at your best physically/mentally
• Work especially hard on introduction
• Talk through your ideas, even the whole speech,
  with others

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Tonight and Tuesday

• Get the course materials
• Get the required texts
• Lucas, The Art of Public Speaking, 9th ed. With
  CD-ROM
• Slagell, Speech Communication 212 Workbook, 10th
  edition
• Read the workbook (W), pp. 4-9 and do the
  introductory speech from p. 9.
• Go onto WebCT Assignments fill in the background
  survey and submit it.
• In the textbook, read ch. 1 and pp. 73-83
• Attend your Lab section in Pearson on Tuesday.

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Also by Tuesday

• Review the syllabus so that you can ask questions
  about it.
• Write down your lecture/lab schedule in your
  planner.
• Take a deep breath and assure yourself that you
  can succeed in this course if you invest your
  time wisely.

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WHY?

• Job Outlook 2007
• Survey of employers by the National Association
  of Colleges and Employers
• 1 quality/skill they look for is Communication
  Skills!
• Ironically, communication skills not only top
  employers' list of most-desired skills, but also
  their list of the skills most lacking in new
  college graduates.
• http//www.unr.edu/career/docs/outlook_student.pdf