Speech Communication Process
Speaker's Responsibilities
Fear
Listening
"The Speech"
100
You are the source, or orginator, of a message that is transmitted to a listener.
What is a speaker?
100
The three main responsibilties of the speaker.
What is maintaining high ethical standards, enriching listeners' lives and taking speeches seriously?
100
Fear of being stared at, fear of failure, fear of rejection and fear of the unknown.
What are the reasons for being nervous.
100
The process by which sound waves are receieved by the ear.
What is hearing?
100
A statement of exactly what you want to achieve with your audience.
What is the specific purpose.
200
Is the recpient of the message by the speaker
What is the listener?
200
Changing facts and figures to persuade.
What is distorting information?
200
Visualizing yourself successfully giving the speech.
What is positive imagery?
200
The act of interpreting and evaluating what is being said.
What is listening?
200
The message of your speech boiled down to one sentence.
What is the central idea?
300
Is whatever the speaker communicates to the listeners.
What is message?
300
Not speaking in a scolding, condescending tone or being disdainful and arrogant.
What is respecting your audience.
300
The state you'll achieve by converting your anxiety into constructive energy.
What is positive nervousness?
300
Focusing on main ideas and evaluating support materials.
What is listening analytically?
300
Used to carry your listeners from one part of the speech to another.
What is transistions?
400
The message is sent in the form of ______________.
What is symbols?
400
A simplistic or exaggerated image that humans carry in their minds about groups of people.
What is a stereotype?
400
A hormone, triggered by stress, that stimulates the heart, lungs and muscles.
What is adrenaline?
400
Using cell phones, iPods, and/or laptops.
What is electronic intrusion?
400
Summarization of your key points, including a clincher.
What is the conclusion?
500
The medium used to communicate the message.
What is the channel?
500
A person or group unfairly blamed for some real or imagined wrong.
What is a scapegoat?
500
Illustrations that shift the audiences stares away from you.
What is visual aids?
500
Following the "Golden Rule" of listening, and rejecting electronic intrusion.
What is avoiding rudeness.
500
When a speaker uses words that are unfamiliar to the audience, or are interpreted in a way that the speaker did not intend.
What is speaker-generated interference?