Public Speaking

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Public Speaking

• Getting Over the Fear!

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Question

• What are some common fears?

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Fears

• Top 5 Social Fears
• 5. First day on a new job
• 4. Meeting a dates parents
• 3. Personal Questions asked in public
• 2. Giving a speech
• 1. A party with strangers

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Another question..

• What makes a good speech?

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Two Types of Speeches (preparation)

• Prepared
• Extemporaneous

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Speaking to a Group

• Choose a topic
• Develop a general purpose
• a. To Inform
• b. To Persuade

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Speaking to a Group

• Develop a Specific Purpose
• More detailed
• to inform the audience about food additives they
  may be eating.

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Speaking to a Group

• Develop Central Idea
• A one sentence statement that sums up the major
  ideas of the speech.
• Usually 3 main points.

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Speaking to a Group

• Research your topic
• Cite your sources
• Become informed about your subject
  area

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Variables to Consider 1. Purpose of the speech
Why are you giving the speech? 2. Audience What
group is hearing the speech? 3. Occasion What
is the event? 4. Content What is in the
speech? 5. Composition How is the speech
written and organized?
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6. Oral delivery variables a. voice pitch,
quality, articulation, pronunciation, force b.
stage presence appearance, poise, attitude,
confidence, ease before audience, personality,
posture c. power of expression fluency,
sincerity, emphasis, directness, communicative
ability, conveyance of thought
and meaning.
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d. response to questions accurate, ability to
think quickly e. general effect interesting,
understandable, convincing, pleasing, holds
attention
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Speaking to the Group

• Analyze your audience
• Giving a speech about raising chickens at a
  cattlemans association meeting would not be
  appropriate to the audience.

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Now you are Ready!

• After all information has been gathered you are
  ready to begin your outline.
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Body
• 3. Conclusion

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The Speech
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• Introduction
• Used to catch the attention of the audience
• Presented first in speech, usually relatively
  short
• Should give audience taste of what is to come.

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The Speech

• The Body
• The main part of the speech presented after
  introduction.
• Contains the main points and information

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The Speech

• The Conclusion
• Last part of speech
• Restate main points
• Usually relatively short
• DO NOT SAY IN CONCLUSION
• Always evaluate yourself afterwards

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Example

• Topic Emergencies
• General Purpose To Inform
• Specific Purpose To inform the audience of the
  major steps in responding to an emergency.
• Central Idea The 3 major steps in responding to
  an emergency are surveying the scene, contacting
  a medical service, and starting CPR if needed.

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A good speech takes into consideration the needs
of the audience and why it is important to them.
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Assignment

• Give a Speech
• Select an animal science related subject
• Either INFORM or PERSUADE
• (Sorry no entertainment)
• Look at syllabus for topics
• See Rubric for specifics