Public Speaking

“occurs when one person addresses a group for a specific purpose”

What’s the Point? Inform Increase Knowledge of Listeners Persuade Convince Listeners to Believe or Act a Certain Way

Topics Something that will interest you Something that will interest your audience WARNING: Do not select a topic that your audience members are already experts.

Audience Goal “describes what the listeners should be able to do after the speech is completed” Begins with: “The audience will know how to…”

Writing a Speech Stay Organized – chronological order Use clear and descriptive words Understand your topic Keep it simple but thorough

Delivering a Speech Stage Fright: nervousness when talking to an audience Very common! Turn nervous energy into positive energy Delivery Methods Impromptu: no planning Extemporaneous: little planning Manuscript: reading from previously written script Memorized: completely memorized speech

Delivery Elements - Appearance No rips/tears No inappropriate skin or too tight Hair out of the face No noise No distracting colors/patterns Look professional but be comfortable

Delivery Elements - Voice Volume Rate Pitch Vocal Quality Clarity

Can you say… probably water especially for picture kind of have to

Delivery Elements - Body Facial Expression Eye Contact Gestures Movement

Practice Know the order of the speech elements Polish Delivery Practice in front of others

Digital Poster One PowerPoint Slide No Animation Visually Appealing Not distracting Don’t place words on top of photos Don’t use light colored or small font Balance – no big empty spaces On Topic with Speech Don’t stand in front of or stare at poster