Chapter 13: Planning Public Speaking

1. Chapter 13: Planning Public Speaking

2. Content • Question to be answered • Defining Public Speaking • Choosing and Refining a topic • Analyzing Your Audience • Question to ponder on

3. Question • How is public speaking different and similar to everyday conversation?

4. Defining Public Speaking • Basic communication skill that we all need if we want to have a voice in what happens in our work places, communities and society. • Need time to prepare • Bigger audience

5. Choosing and Refining a Topic • Limited Topic • Clear Purpose • Concise thesis statement

6. Choosing a Topic • Select a topic that matters to you • Select a topic appropriate to the speaking occasion - physical setting, occasion, etc. • Select a topic appropriate to your audience - It is your chance to affect others

7. Choosing a Topic • Narrow your topic • Focus on a particular angle of a topic • Mind-map • Brainstorm

8. Defining General and Specific Purposes in Public Speaking • General purpose of speaking - 3 recognized purposes • Entertain • Inform - new knowledge • Persuade - call to action

9. Developing a Thesis Statement • Defining a thesis statement • Main idea of the entire speech • Should be short and precise for the audience to grasp easily • Good thesis statement?

10. Analyzing the Audience • Demographic Audience Analysis • Useful in two ways: • Can help you adapt your speech to your listeners • Speaker can make inferences about what listeners are likely to believe and what values and attitudes are likely to have

11. Situational Audience Analysis • Listeners’ orientation toward the topic • Listeners’ orientation toward the speaker • Listeners’ orientation toward the speaking occasion

12. Question to ponder on • Who’s the most effective speaker for you and why?