1. Introduction to Public Speaking
UNIT ONE:
Introduction to Public Speaking

2. Today...
Objective: To compare and contrast public speaking and conversation

3. Think-Pair-Share
How are conversation and public speaking alike? How are they alike? Brainstorm and organize your ideas in the Venn Diagram in your packet.

4. Similarities Both require you to: 1. Organize your thoughts logically
2. Tailor your message to your audience.
3. Tell a story for maximum impact.
4. Adapt to listener feedback.

5. Differences 1. Public speaking is more highly structured.
2. Public speaking requires more formal language.
3. Public speaking requires a different method of delivery.

6. Apply
With this in mind, what will you plan to do in your speeches throughout the course?

7. Developing Confidence

8. Objective: To identify strategies that will help us build our confidence as public speakers

9. Why are so many people deathly afraid to speak in public?
Question:
Why are so many people deathly afraid to speak in public?

10. Top Ten Fears
10. Commitment

11. 9. Spiders

12. 8. Rejection

13. 7. Failure

14. 6. Death

15. 5. Intimacy

16. 4.The Dark

17. 3. Heights

18. 2. Public Speaking

19. 1. Flying

20. Public Speaking Anxiety
Thought Patterns/Ways to Change
Ways to Manage/Cope with Public Speaking Anxiety
Homework: Develop a list of tips for yourself. Explain why you decided this is an important thing to keep in mind throughout this course.

21. Oral Communication skills

22. Posture/Body Language Emphasis/ Inflection Diction
Skill
Effective
Ineffective
Volume
Clear, confident, appropriate volume
Tentative (shy), quiet, incoherent; difficult to hear or understand
Pace
Consistently steady pace; no hesitation/minimal hesitation
Speaking too quickly, too slowly, hinders comprehension
Eye Contact
Consistent/regular eye contact
Rare eye contact/no eye contact; facing powerpoint or reading directly from notes without looking up
Posture/Body Language
NODS (Neutral, Open, Defined Strong); Use of space
Slouched/poor posture; “closed” off
Emphasis/
Inflection
Vocal Variety used to emphasize important points/arguments
Monotone
Diction
Mature, precise language
Verbal fillers (Umm, like, ya know)

23. Impromptu Speeches
An impromptu speech is a speech that you deliver with little or no preparation.
For our purposes, these impromptu speeches will be 1-2 min.
Skill Focus for each speech.
Please submit the rubric to Mrs. Wells when you head to the front to deliver your speech. (This rubric is based on the Senior Exhibition Rubric which is also in this packet on the last page).

24. Ethics and Public Speaking

25. Objective: To understand ethics and how they apply to public speaking
Question: Define ethics. How do you think they may be relevant in a public speaking course?

26. Ethics are guided by… Your Values Your Conscience
Your Sense of Right and Wrong

27. Guidelines for Ethical Speaking

28. 1. Make sure your goals are ethically sound
What are you trying to accomplish through your speech?
Big Tobacco
Hitler

29. 2. Be fully prepared for each speech.
Obligation to audience and yourself.
Be fully informed on subject; RESEARCH

30. 3. Be Honest in What You Say.
Do not:
Make up statistics
Use a quote out of context
Portray a few details as the whole story

31. 2.Avoid Name-Calling and Abusive Language
Shoot for being politically correct.
Don’t damage your credibility

32. 1. Put ethical principles into practice.
Easy to talk about doing the right thing; following through on your word is not always so easy…

33. What is Plagiarism? Latin “Plagiarius” for “kidnapper”
To present another person’s language or ideas as you own
Story (Joe Biden)—page 38 in book

34. Global Plagiarism
Stealing an entire speech (or paper) from another source and passing it off as your own.
Buying papers online qualifies as global plagiarism.
Most deceptive, blatant, and unforgivable kind!

35. Patchwork Plagiarism
Stealing from a few sources and piecing it together into one paper/speech.

36. Incremental Plagiarism
Occurs when the speaker fails to give credit for particular parts—or increments– of the speech or paper that are borrowed from other people.

37. Avoiding Plagiarism Give credit for directly quoted information!
Say: “According to the Center for Disease Control….”
Say “Martin Luther Kind once said….”
Say “Dr. Stephen Lewis purports that …”

38. Avoiding Plagiarism Give Credit for Paraphrased Information
Paraphrase: Summarized info.
State where you obtained any information, even if you’ve put it into your own words.

39. Four Types of Listening
Type of Listening
Def/Example
Appreciative Listening
Listen for enjoyment; music, comedy, entertaining speech
Empathic Listening
Listen to provide emotional support; psychiatrist or friend listening to our problems and offering guidance
Comprehensive Listening
Listen to understand a speaker’s message; listening to a teacher’s lecture, listen to directions
Critical Listening
Listening to evaluate a message for the purpose of accepting or rejecting it; listening to a sales pitch or campaign speech

40. Causes of Poor Listening
Not concentrating
Listening too hard
Jumping to conclusions (putting words into a speaker’s mouth)
Focusing on delivery and personal appearance