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SPEECH 111 Public Speaking

SPEECH 111 Public Speaking. Welcome!. Today’s Preview. Go over Syllabus Question and Answer Information from me Information for me. 3 X 5 cards. Your official College name Your nickname or chosen name Best way to contact you (email? Cell phone?) Why are you in this class?

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SPEECH 111 Public Speaking

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  1. SPEECH 111 Public Speaking Welcome!

  2. Today’s Preview • Go over Syllabus • Question and Answer Information from me Information for me

  3. 3 X 5 cards • Your official College name • Your nickname or chosen name • Best way to contact you (email? Cell phone?) • Why are you in this class? • Anything else I should know?

  4. 4 X 6 Cards • 1. Your chosen name for class • 2. What is your concern regarding public speaking? • (Can be anonymous)

  5. Introductions • Tell us your name • What is your major? • Why are you in this class? • Tell us your most embarrassing moment…

  6. Communication • “Speech is the way for our thinking to express itself aloud. Our thoughts are no longer our private possessions. We give earphones to others and allow them to hear the audio tape that is playing in our minds.” • Tich Nhat Hanh

  7. What is communication? • “The sharing of meaning by sending and receiving symbolic cues” (Grice & Skinner) • Sending / Receiving Messages • Can be Verbal • Can be Nonverbal

  8. Types of communication • Intrapersonal • Interpersonal • Group • Public • Mass

  9. Elements of Communication (terms you should know!) • Source/Encoder/Speaker • Receiver/Decoder/Listener • Message • Feedback • Channel • Environment • Noise-physical/physiological/psychological

  10. Why Study Public Speaking? • Personal Benefits • Increase success in college • Increase knowledge • Increase confidence

  11. Why Study Public Speaking? • Professional Benefits • Increase job success • Being hired • ON the job

  12. Why Study Public Speaking? • Public Benefits • As a member of society • As a leader • As a listener/critical thinker • As a working member of society

  13. Effective Communication • Was message understood as the speaker intended? • “Panda mating fails; veterinarian takes over.” • “Include your children when baking cookies.” • “Cops begin focus to run down jaywalkers.”

  14. Effective Communication • Did message achieve it’s intended effects? • Mental • Physical • Emotional

  15. Effective Communication • Was message ethical? • Ethical • Being honest, sensitive to others, giving choices, citing sources • Unethical • Being dishonest, insensitive, demeaning, forcing own view on others, NOT citing sources (plagiarism)

  16. Speaker Credibility • Definition: • An audience’s perception of a speaker’s competence, trustworthiness, and dynamism. • Importance: • Motivates the audience to listen

  17. Types of Credibility • Initial • Listener’s impression BEFORE you start speaking. • Derived • Listener’s impression AS you are speaking. • Terminal • Listener’s impression AFTER you have finished speaking.

  18. Activity • Form a dyad • Pick partner #1 and partner #2 • Partner #1 come to the front • Partner #2 don’t peek! • Partner #1 will instruct #2 • Have fun!

  19. Preparing Your Speech • General Purpose • To Inform • To Persuade • To Entertain (or Move Emotionally)

  20. Preparing Your Speech • Specific Purpose- “what you want the audience to do with the information AFTER your speech” • State general purpose • Name your intended audience • State the goal of your speech

  21. Preparing Your Speech • Thesis Statement/Central Idea • A one sentence summary of your speech.

  22. Preparing Your Speech • 1. Determine General Purpose • 2. Choose Topic • 3. Write Specific Purpose • 4. Write Thesis • 5. Generate Main points/ideas • 6. Edit and Repeat #3-#5!

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