Introduction to Public Speaking
You can't learn to be a good speaker; you have to be born one.
Reading a speech is the best way to deliver it.
What are common misconceptions about public speaking?
Our tendency to judge and evaluate what we hear.
What Carl Rogers claims is the greatest obstacle to effective communication.
Raising or lowering the pitch of your voice to convey emotions.
What is inflection?
Speeches that attempt to set forth the meaning of concepts, theories, philosophies, or issues that may be unfamiliar to the audience.
What are definitional speeches?
The study and art of persuasive speaking.
What is rhetoric?
Attention
Attitude
Adjustment
What are the three As of active listening?
Hand movements
Smiles
Bodily movements
What are nonverbal elements of communication?
A speech that shows listeners how some process is accomplished or how to perform it themselves.
What is a demonstration speech?
The credibility of the speaker.
What is ethos?
Visualizing success
Knowing people want you to succeed
Meditation
Prepare, practice, and practice some more
What are some ways to reduce public speaking anxiety (PSA)?
Assuring that everyone in the room can hear you.
What is projection?
Intensity
Novelty
Humor
A story
What are attention getters?
Communication understood as a circular and ongoing process.
What is the transactional model of communication?
Listening to what someone has said and then repeating back to them your understanding of what they said.
What is the practice of empathic listening.
When a speech is carefully prepared and rehearsed, but delivered using notes of key words and phrases to support the speaker.
What is an extemporaneous speech?
Repetition
Engaging different ways of learning
Include visuals
What are some ways to make your speech memorable?
Useful topic
Engaging introduction
Clear organization
Adapted to the audience
Convincing persuasion
Suitable vocal expression
Corresponding nonverbals
What are seven of the eleven speaking competencies?
Feeling different
Past negative experiences
Concern that others will judge you
What are some causes of PSA?