General
Generating meaning by sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal symbols.
What is Communication?
Difference between Informative and Persuasive speaking.
What is to inform and educate vs. to change others' beliefs and actions?
Cohesiveness, Commitment and Culture
What are elements of an effective group/team?
Vocal variations such as Volume, Pitch and Rate.
What is Paralanguage?
3 Components of a Persuasive Presentation
What are Problem, Solution, Call to Action?
Culture, Relationships, Perspectives and Contexts
What are elements that affect Communication?
Credible, Unbiased, Knowledegable and Current
What are effective research sources?
Focus on the speaker, ask questions, take notes, avoid interrupting, and give feedback cues.
What is Active Listening?
The Rule of 3
What are three facts about a cited source?
Two elements needed for Persuasion
Evidence and Reasoning
Five Types of Communication
What are Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Group, Public and Mass?
Definition/Description, Expository and Demonstration
What are types of Informative Speeches?
5 Categories of Group Roles
What are Formal, Informal, Task, Social, Disruptive?
Arm movements that support and align to the verbal message being given.
What are Illustrator Gestures?
Aristotle's Persuasive Theories
What are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
Ability of words to evoke positive or negative responses.
What is Connotation?
5 Required Elements of a Speech Outline
What are Attention Getter, Topic Statement, Credibility, Preview of Points, Transitions, Cited Sources, Examples, Closing Statement?
Judging or Assessing what is heard
Know the presentation, Start Early, Practice, Don't Expect Perfection, and Focus on the Message.
What are ways to handle public speaking anxiety?
Insufficient, false, unsupported or misleading arguments.
What are Fallacies?
The Communication Transaction Process
What is the Sender sends a Message to the Receiver with ongoing Feedback?
4 Types of Supporting Material for a Speech
What are Explanations/Descriptions, Illustrations/Examples, Statistics and Testimonials?
5 Steps of Group Problem Solving
What are Define the Problem, Analyze the Problem, Brainstorm, Select Solution, Monitor and Evaluate the Solution?
Speaking from notes that use words, phrases and few sentences.
What is Extemporaneous Speaking?
What are true/false, should/should not, and right/wrong?