The Art of Public Speaking

1. The Art of Public Speaking

2. Assignment: Write and deliver a 5 to 6 minute speech.

3. Getting Ready

4. Choose a Topic • Brainstorm with family and friends • Search the Internet for ideas • Scan newspapers, magazines, & books • Choose a topic of interest to you • Choose a topic that your audience will enjoy • Choose a topic that is appropriate for you and your audience

5. Research Your Topic • Talk to people • Read about your topic and take notes (record sources) • Examine your thoughts and feelings about the topic.

6. Choose a Type of Speech • Persuasive: convince your audience to take action • Informative: tell your audience interesting facts and stories • Entertaining: amuse your audience with interesting information, humorous stories, and a light hearted style

7. Writing your speech

8. Organize your Speech • Introduction • Body • Conclusion • **What is the main point, central idea, or thesis statement of your speech?**

9. Create an Outline of Your Speech • Establish the main points of your speech • Support each point • Provide examples • Will you provide a supportive quotation, example, or story? • Think about effective transitions from one point to the next

10. Research Essays and Researched Speeches are not the same In a speech you may: - Tell a joke to make a point - Tell a story or make a personal reference - Use quick examples of common knowledge to make a point - Use sentence fragments - Use gestures and facial expressions

11. The Introduction of a Speech To help your audience focus on your topic and become comfortable with your style and voice you might: - tell a story that supports your thesis statement - give a quotation - ask a rhetorical question - give a surprising or shocking fact or statistic - give your thesis statement - use humour (this is not always easy)

12. The Body of a Speech • Make your main points • Support your main points with examples, explanations, stories, quotations (give sources)

13. The Conclusion of a Speech • To help your audience remember your message you might: - Summarize your main points - Restate your thesis statement - Challenge your audience to take action - Use one of the techniques discussed on the introduction slide

14. Practise

15. Practise Your Speech • Acknowledge your anxiety and fear if you are experiencing these normal feelings • Look and act confident: plant both feet on the ground stand up straight look your audience in the eye

16. Practise, Practise, Practise • Deliver your speech: • to your pet • in front of a mirror • with a tape recorder • to your family members • to a friend • with a stop watch • with cue cards • without cue cards • a classmate • Teddy

17. Did we mention that you should practise? • Visualize delivering your speech • Practise breathing • Practise controlling the speed of your words • Which words will you emphasize? • Check the proper pronunciation of words • Enunciate

18. Special Delivery

19. Presenting Your Speech • Walk calmly and confidently to the podium • Establish eye contact • Breathe and smile naturally • Deliver your introduction • Use effective eye contact and appropriate gestures throughout your speech • Pause when you have concluded and then walk calmly to your seat

20. Last Minute Tips • Project your voice so that the person in the back row can hear, but do not shout • Pause for effect • Avoid “fillers” (um, er, ah, like) • Pronounce words properly and enunciate • Keep movement to a minimum (don’t sway or shift, but do use effective hand gestures)

21. Enjoy the Experience