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3. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Developing Your Speech An Overview of the Public-Speaking Process Understanding Speaker Anxiety Managing Speaker Anxiety Selecting and Narrowing Your Topic Identifying Your Purpose Developing Your Central Idea Generating Main Ideas Gathering Supporting Material Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

4. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon An Overview of Public Speaking The Public-Speaking Process –select and narrow topic –identify your purpose –develop central idea –generate main ideas –gather supporting material –organize presentation –rehearse presentation –deliver presentation

5. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon An Overview of Presentational Speaking Audience-centered presentational speakers are inherently sensitive to the diversity of their audiences. AwareAdapt Verbal Listen Non- verbal

6. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Understanding Speaker Anxiety Speaker anxiety results from your brain signaling your body to help with a challenging task. –blood flow –breathing rate –adrenaline Most speakers feel more nervous than they look.

7. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon AwareAdapt Verbal Listen Non- verbal Managing Speaker Anxiety Know How To Prepare a Presentation Be Prepared Focus On Your Audience Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

8. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon AwareAdapt Verbal Listen Non- verbal Managing Speaker Anxiety Focus On Your Message Know How To Prepare a Presentation Be Prepared Focus On Your Audience

9. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon AwareAdapt Verbal Listen Non- verbal Managing Speaker Anxiety Think Positively Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation Know How To Prepare a Presentation Be Prepared Focus On Your Audience Focus On Your Message

10. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Managing Speaker Anxiety Know How To Prepare a Presentation Be Prepared Focus On Your Audience Focus On Your Message Think Positively Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation Use Deep-Breathing Techniques Take Advantage of Opportunities to Speak See Available Professional Help

11. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Selecting and Narrowing Your Topic Who is the audience? What is the occasion? What are my interests and experiences? Silent Brainstorming Scanning Web Directories and Web Pages Listening and Reading for Topic Ideas Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

12. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Identifying Your Purpose General Purpose –inform, persuade, entertain Specific Purpose –concise statement of what your listeners should know or be able to do At the end of my presentation, the audience will be able to explain the causes and most successful treatments for anorexia and bulimia. At the end of my presentation, the audience will try Zen meditation. Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

13. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Developing Your Central Idea The central idea specifies the topic of the speech and makes some definitive statement about it. Criteria for Central Ideas: –audience-centered –single topic –complete declarative sentence –specific language Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

14. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Generating Main Ideas Use the Central Idea To Generate Main Ideas: –Does the central idea have logical divisions? –Can you think of several reasons the central idea is true? –Can you support the central idea with a series of steps or chronological sequence? Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

15. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Gathering Supporting Material Supporting Material Can Be Verbal and Visual –verbal illustrations, explanations, descriptions, definitions, statistics –visual objects, charts, graphs, posters, maps, models –audio music, CD-ROM, DVD

16. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Sources of Supporting Material You and People You Know Internet –Criteria For Evaluating Internet Sources accountability accuracy objectivity date usability Library

17. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Sources of Supporting Material Books Periodicals Newspapers Reference Resources Government Documents Special Services Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

18. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Types of Supporting Material Illustrations –hypothetical illustration Descriptions and Explanations Definitions –classification –operational definition Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation

19. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Types of Supporting Material Illustrations Descriptions and Explanations Definitions Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation Analogies literal analogy figurative analogy Statistics oral citation

20. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Types of Supporting Material Illustrations Descriptions and Explanations Definitions Analogies Statistics Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation Opinions expert testimony, lay testimony, literary quotations

21. Copyright © 2004 Allyn and Bacon Types of Supporting Material Illustrations Descriptions and Explanations Definitions Analogies Statistics Opinions Chapter 11: Developing Your Presentation Acknowledgment of Supporting Material