Introduction to Public Speaking

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Introduction to Public Speaking

• Define Public Speaking.
• Discuss Public Speaking Anxiety and related
  concepts.
• Assess your Communication Competence.
• Cultures effect on Public Speaking.

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Public Speaker

• A person who prepares and delivers a presentation
  to a group that listens, generally without
  interrupting the flow of ideas.

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Examples of Public Speaking

• Camp Counselor telling stories to kids
• Kayak Instructor teaching beginners
• Wedding Toast
• Announcements
• Reports
• Briefings
• Show and Tell
• Job Interview
• Client Presentation
• Family Gatherings

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What Will We Learn?

• Planning Speeches
• Presenting Speeches
• Evaluating Speeches
• Managing Anxiety

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Transactional Model of Communication
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Who is Clella Jaffe?

• Professor at George Fox University in OR
• 4th edition
• Author of two other books
• cjaffe_at_georgefox.edu
• Book has reviewers
• Book has editors
• Family involved

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Why Does Public Speaking Matter?

• 98 of personnel interviewers identified both
  verbal and written communication skills as
  significant factors in hiring decisions.

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What is Communication Apprehension?

• The fear or dread of negative responses you might
  experience because you speak out.

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What is Public Speaking Anxiety?

• Fear or dread specifically related to speaking in
  public.
• A National Communication Association poll found
  that 13 of 18-24 year olds feel confident about
  their public speaking skills.
• For a class of 25 that means 3 students.

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What are the Symptoms of Public Speaking Anxiety
(PSA)?

• Sweat
• Upset Stomach
• Stutter
• Hands shake
• Blotchiness
• Cotton Mouth
• Speech rate increases

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What Can I Do about PSA?

• Proper attitude
• Experience
• Preparation
• Body Movement
• Proper breathing
• Concentrate
• Audience wont notice all your symptoms
• Audience wants you to succeed
• Audience Analysis
• Visualization

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What is Process Anxiety?

• Fear due to lack of confidence in knowing how to
  prepare a speech.

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What is Performance Anxiety?

• Fear of forgetting or of presenting your speech
  poorly.

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ACCC Speeches from the Past

• These are students just like you that learned
  public speaking successfully.

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Rhetoric

• It has come to mean empty words.
• Aristotle said it was art of using all the
  available means of persuasion.

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What is My Communication Competence?

• The ability to communicate appropriately and
  successfully.
• What is your level?
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Motivation
• p. 6

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Communication Competence
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What is Culture?

• The integrated system of learned beliefs, values,
  behaviors, and norms that include visible and
  underlying characteristics of a society.
• How many cultures are represented in this class
  room?

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What is Rhetorical Sensitivity?

• The ability to adapt to a variety of audiences
  and settings and to perform appropriately in
  diverse social situations.

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What is Co-Culture?

• Subgroup of culture characterized by mild or
  profound cultural differences, that coexists
  within the larger culture.

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What Has Culture Got to Do With It?

• Certain speaking norms in each culture
• Will face a diverse environment in U.S.
• Requires more sophisticated audience analysis
• Focuses on beliefs, values, and attitudes

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Core Cultural ResourcesBeliefs, Values, and
Attitudes

• Belief mental acceptance that something is true
  or false.
• Value ideal by which we judge what is important
  and moral.
• Attitude Predisposition to evaluate either
  positively or negatively, persons, objects,
  symbols and the like.
• Behavior action considered appropriate or normal
  within a cultural group.

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Speaking in America
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How Public Speaking Influences Culture

• Culture is not static. Attitudes, beliefs, and
  values change. Public speaking can be an
  integral part of that process.

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Chapter 1 Review

• Public Speaking includes a wide range of
  situations.
• In this course, you will learn how to plan,
  present, evaluate speeches, and how to manage
  anxiety.
• Communication Competence.
• Culture impacts upon how, who, and what of public
  speaking.