Everyday Public Speaking

1. Everyday Public Speaking Chapter 13

2. After completing this chapter, you will be able to • explain types and functions of social-ritual speeches • create and deliver social-ritual speeches • describe the purposes of an informative speech and a training speech • prepare scripts or notes for informative and training presentations • deliver a short informative speech and a training speech • respond effectively to audience questions • determine if audience members are learning what you intended to communicate • critique social-ritual, informative, and training speeches

3. Everyday Public Speaking • Social-Ritual Speeches • have a specific function and follow a short, predictable pattern • Informative Speeches • intended to tell an audience about a topic • Training Speeches • teach an audience new skills

4. Social-Ritual Speeches, or ceremonial speeches, are short presentations that follow a set pattern and have a very specific goal.

5. Social-ritual speeches are important because they bring people together.

6. Types of Social-Ritual Speeches • Announcements • Welcomes • Awards Presentations • Acceptance Speeches • Introductions • Nominations • Storytelling • Toasts • Eulogies

7. Critiquing a Social-Ritual Speech • Did the speech meet its intended goals? • Did the speech contain the necessary parts? • Did the nonverbal messages support the tone of the speech – for example, funny, warm, excited, sad? • Was the speech well-adapted to the audience.

8. Types of Informative Speeches • Description • describes a person, place, thing or experience • Definition • explains a word or concept in great detail • Demonstration • explains or demonstrates a particular concept or thing • may need a visual aid

9. Principles for Informing • The audience must have a need to know the information. • The information must be connected to something your audience already knows. • The information must be well organized. • The information must be repeated. • The information must be tied (in some way) to values and feelings.

10. The Three Learning Styles • Listening • Watching • Doing

11. Formal feedback given by a critic is called a critique.

12. Reasons for Learning to be a Competent Critic • It will help you become a better listener. • It will help you improve your own speaking. • It will help others become better speakers.

13. Critique Guidelines • Be specific. • Establish some criteria. • Describe what you saw and heard. • Limit your points. • Discuss both strengths and weaknesses. • Recognize improvement.

14. Summary • Many everyday public-speaking opportunities occur in school, in the workplace, and in social situations. • Social-ritual speeches include announcements, welcomes, award presentations, acceptance speeches, introductions, nominations, storytelling, toasts, and eulogies. • Informative speeches are intended to describe, define, or demonstrate. • Training speeches are intended to teach listeners how to do something. • In addition to speaking, a competent communicator provides careful critiques that evaluate others’ speeches thoughtfully.