Public Speaking 1
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- What is an orator?
- public speaker
- The oldest handbook on effective public speaking? When/Where?
- Egypt, 4,500 yrs ago
- 4 skills we already have?
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1. organize thought
2. talior to an audience
3. telling story 4 max.impact
4. adapt to listener feedback - 3 difference between public and conversational speaking?
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1. more structure
2. more formal language
3. Formal method of delivery - 6 steps to control nervousness:
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1. acquire experience
2. Prepare
3. Think positively
4. Visualize doing well
5. Nervousness= not visible
6. Don't expect perfection - What is critical thinking?
- Focus organized ideas & seeing relationships between ideas
- What are the 7 elements of the speech givin process?
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1. Speech
2. Listener
3. Message
4. Channel
5. Interference
6. Situation
7. Feedback - What is "situation"?
- Its the time & place which the speech is given
- What is "channel"?
- Its how the message is communitcated.
- What is "ethnocentrism"?
- Its the belief that one's culture or own group is superior to all other groups or cultures.
- How do you get feedback?
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Ask:
1. "Am I making this clear?"
2. "Did I explain this point fully?" - What do we spend 30% of our waking hours doing?
- Conversing
- How long has public speaking been used?
- Over 2,500 yrs
- Preparing can reduce nervousness up to....?
- 75%
- 7 Further tips?
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1. good sleep
2. tighten & relax muscles
3. communicate w/ audience
4. deep breaths
5. work on intro
6. make eye contact
7.use visual aids!