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Anxiety

Learn how to overcome the fear and nervousness associated with public speaking. Gain confidence, deliver a powerful speech, and effectively communicate with your audience.

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Anxiety

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  1. Anxiety

  2. What are you afraid of? • At the top of your notes packet write down one thing you are afraid of and give a reason for it

  3. What do these people have in common?

  4. Nervousness is normal • Public speaking makes most people nervous • Consistently one of the top fears of the public • 2005 Gallup Poll • 42% terrified of public speaking • 28% scared of dying

  5. “Given a choice, at a funeral most of us would rather be the one in the coffin thanthe one giving the eulogy” - jerry Seinfeld

  6. Answer these questions in your notes: Am I nervous about speaking in public? How will I deal with the nerves?

  7. Dealing with nervousness • Gain experience • Prepare • Think positive/use power of visualization • Know that most nervousness is not visible • Don’t expect to be perfect

  8. tips for nervousness • Be at your best physically/mentally • Quietly tighten/relax legs or hands to help release adrenaline • Use deep breathing before starting • Develop a strong introduction • Make eye contact • Concentrate on communication • Use visual aids--distract audience attention from you

  9. Speech communication process

  10. Speaker • Person who is presenting a message

  11. message • Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else

  12. channel • Means through which the message is communicated

  13. Listener • Person who receives the message • Impacted by Frame of Reference • sum of a person’s knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes • different people have a different frame of reference

  14. feedback • Messages sent from a listener to a speaker • usually nonverbal

  15. interference • Anything that impedes the communication of a message • External- outside your audience • Internal- within your audience

  16. Situation • Time and place in which speech communication occurs • occasion • physical setting

  17. Delivery

  18. what is good delivery • Conveys ideas clearly, interestingly, and without distracting • Some formality with attributes of good conversation • Delivery is different for everyone- different styles

  19. methods of delivery • Reading from a manuscript • Reciting from memory • Speaking impromptu • Speaking extemporaneously • not memorized, uses note cards for key points; remains conversational

  20. speaker’s voice • Volume • Consider acoustics, size of room/audience • Pitch • Rate • How fast/slow you speak • Pauses • Are beneficial; make them deliberate

  21. Speaker’s voice cont... • Vocal Variety • Don’t sound like a robot • Pronunciation • Make sure pronunciation is correct • Articulation • Speak as clearly and distinctly as you can • Dialect

  22. How would you say these words? • Genuine • Arctic • Nuclear

  23. Speaker’s body • Kinesics: study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication • Personal appearance • dress for occasion, follow hygiene, grooming standards

  24. speaker’s body cont... • Movement • Gestures • should not be distracting • should appear natural and spontaneous • Eye contact • make eye contact with whole audience • do this by scanning the audience

  25. practicing delivery • Read speech aloud • Prepare notecards with delivery cues • Practice several times • Polish and refine- consider practicing in front of mirror • “Dress rehearsal”

  26. Answering questions • Formulate answers to possible questions • Practice delivery of answers

  27. Questions cont... • Managing Q & A • approach with positive attitude • listen carefully • direct answers to entire audience • be honest and straightforward • stay on track

  28. Works Cited • http://www.freegreatpicture.com/cat/photo-30723 • http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gFddK11vf8s/So8APm5vlHI/AAAAAAAAAAU/lgyf451X--c/s320/interview-attire.jpg • http://sr.photos2.fotosearch.com/bthumb/CSP/CSP620/k6204694.jpg • http://moneyandtravel.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/self-confidence-public-speaking-skills.jpg • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UC2ZQ-Q-rYc/UOB0LIqZjfI/AAAAAAAAAIo/G2A78rliWOo/s1600/retro-tv-icon.jpg • http://www.clker.com/cliparts/4/3/d/G/y/v/blue-radio-hi.png • http://www.clker.com/cliparts/M/X/7/n/4/D/person-stick-blue-gradient.svg • http://likeateam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/are-you-a-good-listener.jpg

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