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SPC 1315 / SPC 1321 Fundamentals of Public Speaking / Business & Professional Speaking. Syllabus overview. Be here on time, ready to start at 9 am Reasonable break times each day Outline shows test and speech dates Tests-- no make ups without major, unexpected issue -- Test 1 Friday
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SPC 1315 / SPC 1321Fundamentals of Public Speaking / Business & Professional Speaking
Syllabus overview • Be here on time, ready to start at 9 am • Reasonable break times each day • Outline shows test and speech dates • Tests-- no make ups without major, unexpected issue -- Test 1 Friday • Speeches must be done on assigned days -- First Speech this week
Grading • Introductory Speeches • Interview Project • Informative Speech with Visual Aids • Persuasive Speech with Visual Aids • Participation/Attendance/Critiques/Impromptus • Three Exams and a Final Exam
Course schedule... • Tuesday at 9:00 -- Greg Shirley -- Career Development • Tuesday at 10:00 –Megan Beard, Gee Library • For tomorrow: • Read Chapters 1-3 • Make a list of three motivational topics • Make a list of three people you might talk about • Make a list of three or more Informative Speech Topics • Make a list of three or more Persuasive Speech Topics
Before the ‘big’ topics... • Your first planned speeches this week and next... • “Motivational, special occasion” • “The person I most admire” • Create a typed full sentence outline • Create a 4 x 6 typed notecard • Three main points plus an Introduction and Conclusion • Decide by tomorrow what you’ll talk about • Do some research about them
The two major speeches... • #1 -- Informative • 10 minutes • Tell us about something interesting to you • Find sources and cite them in the speech • Outline due next week • Speech two weeks from today • Persuasive • Continued...
#2 -- Persuasive • Convince us of something • Change a belief, move us to action, etc. • 10 minute speech • Requires more library research • Outline work starts next week • Speeches done next to last class day
Informative examples • (1) ‘How to play lead guitar’ • (2) ‘How the Internet works’ • (3) ‘How the 4G cell phone system is different from 1G, 2G and 3G’ • (4) Differences in major political systems (democracy, authoritarian, monarchy etc.) • (5) Developments in Artificial Intelligence • (6) Types of cars that might replace the internal combustion engine • (7) How to get started investing in the stock market
Informative examples • (8) How the Romanov family influenced Russian society • (9) How the Beatles changed popular music, • (10) ‘Understanding Iraq’ • (11) Differences in styles in artistic painting, (12) The process of mummification, • (13) Composing a symphony • ..... etc.
Informative... • Maybe take something within your major you expect to need to know more about, maybe that was in a class lecture, so you know some starting points, but you expect to be able to find out more about it. • Basically, tell us about something we would enjoy knowing more about and that you can speak about authoritatively • DO NOT make it to convince us of something – that will be the Persuasive Speech.
Informative • Pick something you’re interested in. • NOTE: You CANNOT modify another class project or someone else’s speech to create your speech—that is plagiarism. If your speech content is plagiarized, you fail the course. • After thinking of topics, see the discussion in the book about topic selection. • Otherwise, think about a particular skill or knowledge area you could find some sources on and share more about with the class in a 10-minute speech that uses ‘visual aids’ – also called ‘presentation aids.’
Persuasive • Takes greater work in finding ‘proof’ or ‘evidence’ • Depends on a sound logical analysis • Specific Proposition will be stated... • Specific Organizational pattern will be followed...
Propositions... • Proposition of fact • Draw inferences from available date • Is / is not • Proposition of value • Good or bad, right or wrong • Proposition of policy • Most common, most complex • Advocates specific course of action • Should / should not
Organizational Patterns • Problem-solution (p. 148) • Comparative Advantages (p. 324) • Refutation Pattern (p. 325) • Motivated Sequence (like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs) 1. Attention 2. Need 3. Satisfaction 4. Visualization 5. Action • You must use one of these -- list at top of outline • Sample outline will also be provided
Persuasive Examples • Violence on TV leads children to be more violent • All Americans should be required to be available for military service at the age of 18 • The U.S. should break all diplomatic and economic relations with China • You should only buy American-made products • Barack Obama is not an American citizen
More persuasive examples • George W. Bush should have been impeached • Soft drinks are killing you • Who really killed John F. Kennedy • Proof that extraterrestrials exist • Proof that ghosts exist • Etc.
Reminder on Speech Topics • Motivational speech & Minor Speech • Select by tomorrow, outline due Tuesday evening (email) and Wednesday (hard copy), deliver on Wednesday; Minor Speech Friday outline, Mon. • Informative - Major Speech 1 • 3 Topic ideas tomorrow, outline next week, speech on Monday 12/30 or Tuesday 12/31 • Persuasive - Major Speech 2 • 3 Topic ideas tomorrow, outline end of next week, speech in the final week
Tests • #1 over Chapters 1-8 this Friday at 9am • Monday 12/30 – Test 2 (Chaps. 9-14 and 30-35) • Test 3 the next Monday • See course outline, copy of syllabus, outline and note card samples, etc. at... http://www.tonydemars.com ... OR look under Faculty Web Pages
So what else? • Look back through syllabus today • Class this week M-F • Plan for library being closed • Class next week: Mon. the virtual meetings • Class week 3: Mon. & Tues, Thurs-Fri • Week 4: Test 2, Mock Interviews, Persuasive Speech, Final Exam
Break on the way • Resume in 10:00 -- be back and ready • Start writing down topic ideas • Notice the requirement of NOT using Google searches but instead looking for material using academic research • Be prepared to follow up with a library contact • Career Development • This is for the Interview Project • Pick a job, create or tweak a résumé and cover letter • Make initial visit, Schedule a mock interview
Break! • Welcome to the class • Uncertainties? Tony.demars@tamuc.edu • Be sure to have materials ready to turn in at the start of classes due • Start now on topic ideas and be ready tomorrow with your typed list of your proposed ideas • Back in your seat in 10:00 minutes