1. Anxiety

2. What are you afraid of?
At the top of your notes packet write down one thing you are afraid of and give a reason for it

3. What do these people have in common?

4. Nervousness is normal Public speaking makes most people nervous
Consistently one of the top fears of the public
2005 Gallup Poll
42% terrified of public speaking
28% scared of dying

5. “Given a choice, at a funeral most of us would rather be the one in the coffin than the one giving the eulogy” jerry Seinfeld

6. Answer these questions in your notes:
Am I nervous about speaking in public?
How will I deal with the nerves?

7. Dealing with nervousness
Gain experience
Prepare
Think positive/use power of visualization
Know that most nervousness is not visible
Don’t expect to be perfect

8. tips for nervousness Be at your best physically/mentally
Quietly tighten/relax legs or hands to help release adrenaline
Use deep breathing before starting
Develop a strong introduction
Make eye contact
Concentrate on communication
Use visual aids--distract audience attention from you

9. Speech communication process

10. Speaker
Person who is presenting a message

11. message
Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else

12. channel
Means through which the message is communicated

13. Listener Person who receives the message
Impacted by Frame of Reference
sum of a person’s knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes
different people have a different frame of reference

14. feedback
Messages sent from a listener to a speaker
usually nonverbal

15. interference Anything that impedes the communication of a message
External- outside your audience
Internal- within your audience

16. Situation Time and place in which speech communication occurs occasion
physical setting

17. Delivery

18. what is good delivery
Conveys ideas clearly, interestingly, and without distracting
Some formality with attributes of good conversation
Delivery is different for everyone- different styles

19. methods of delivery Reading from a manuscript Reciting from memory
Speaking impromptu
Speaking extemporaneously
not memorized, uses note cards for key points; remains conversational

20. speaker’s voice Volume Consider acoustics, size of room/audience Pitch
Rate
How fast/slow you speak
Pauses
Are beneficial; make them deliberate

21. Speaker’s voice cont... Vocal Variety Don’t sound like a robot
Pronunciation
Make sure pronunciation is correct
Articulation
Speak as clearly and distinctly as you can
Dialect

22. How would you say these words?
Genuine
Arctic
Nuclear

23. Speaker’s body
Kinesics: study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication
Personal appearance
dress for occasion, follow hygiene, grooming standards

24. speaker’s body cont... Movement Gestures should not be distracting
should appear natural and spontaneous
Eye contact
make eye contact with whole audience
do this by scanning the audience

25. practicing delivery Read speech aloud
Prepare notecards with delivery cues
Practice several times
Polish and refine- consider practicing in front of mirror
“Dress rehearsal”

26. Answering questions Formulate answers to possible questions
Practice delivery of answers

27. Questions cont... Managing Q & A approach with positive attitude
listen carefully
direct answers to entire audience
be honest and straightforward
stay on track

28. Works Cited http://www.freegreatpicture.com/cat/photo-30723
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