Giving a Speech

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Welcome
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Speech

• A necessity to accomplish what we do as Lions

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My Goal today

• To familiarize you with the dynamics of a speech
• Review some of the misnomers
• Empower you to give a speech by reducing your
  fears and reservations
  
• Prepare you to give a speech
• Send you off with the abilities and desires to
  give a speech

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Why do we have Speeches?

• To Inform
• To Persuade
• To Entertain

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Different types of Speeches

• Manuscript
• Memorized
• Impromptu
• Extemporaneous

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What speeches can you think of that really made
you want to listen

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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What is a Speech?

• The act (art) of speaking.
• The act (art) of expressing or describing
  thoughts, feelings, or perceptions by the
  articulation of words.
  
• A talk or public address.

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Some Understandings

• Only you will know if you look or sound nervous.
• Almost every speaker has some form of
  nervousness.
  
• Your anxiety can be useful.
• Not every word is going to be heard, understood
  or even thought of.
  
• With exception, the audience does not hinge on
  every word you say.
  
• They may only hear the beginning and the ending.
• You can control the outcome of your speech.

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How do we prevent anxiety?

• Know how to develop a presentation
• Know your audience select an appropriate topic
• Be prepared, dont procrastinate
• Practice, practice, practice
• Focus on your audience listen/look for support,
  clues
  
• Focus on you message, know the intro and
  conclusion
  
• Think positively, visualize your success, mental
  pep talk
  
• Anxiety can be useful, channel your nervous
  energy
  
• Deep breathing and other exercises
• Take advantage of speaking opportunities
• Get professional help

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What is in a speech?

• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

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In essence

• "Tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em.
• "Tell 'em.
• "Tell 'em what you told 'em."

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Homework

• Who are you talking to?
• What are you talking about?
• When are you talking?
• Where are you talking?
• How long are you talking?
• Why are you talking?

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Introduction

• Purpose
• To draw attention to you and your speech
• To introduce the subject
• To capture your audiences attention
• Give the audience a reason to listen
• Build up to the main reason(s) for your speech
• Summarize the main idea(s) of your speech.
• Establish your credibility

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Things to use

• Illustrations
• Anecdotes
• Startling facts or statistics
• Quotations
• Humor
• Questions
• References to historical events
• References to recent events
• Personal references
• References to the occasions
• References to previous speeches/speakers

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Examples

• Four score and seven years ago our fathers
  brought forth on this continent, a new nation,
  conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the
  proposition that all men are created equal.
  (Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address)
• I am happy to join with you today in what will go
  down in history as the greatest demonstration for
  freedom in the history of our nation. Five score
  years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic
  shadow we stand signed the Emancipation
  Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a
  great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro
  slaves who had been seared in the flames of
  withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak
  to end the long night of captivity. (Martin
  Luther King Jr., Washington, D.C., August 28,
  1963.)

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Simply

• An introduction presents a reason, a grasp onto
  your audience from which they will want to listen
  to what you have to say.

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Body

• This is the main portion of your speech, the
  reason why you are talking, perhaps the reason
  why your audience is there.
  

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Developing the body

• Select and narrow your topic
• Determine your purpose
• Develop your central idea
• Develop your main ideas

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Selecting your topic

• Things to consider
• The audience
• The occasion
• Yourself

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Brain Storming Exercise

• Pick a topic and from it write down everything
  you know about it.
  
• From this you can develop you central idea and
  main ideas.

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Conclusion

• Purpose
• Summarizes the speech
• Reemphasizes the main idea in a memorable way
• Motivates the audience
• Provides closure

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Examples

• I know not what course others may take but as
  for me, give me liberty or give me death!
  (Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775)
  
• And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your
  country can do for you - ask what you can do for
  your country. (Inaugural Address by John F.
  Kennedy - January 20th 1961)

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A little secret

• If there is any part of your speech which you can
  get away with memorizing,
  
• It is the introduction and conclusion.
• Whereas when you get in trouble,
• Just give your conclusion.
• No one will know.

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How many types of Communication are there?

• Verbal
• Nonverbal

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Verbal

• We can control this by
• Volume
• Articulation
• Dialect
• Pronunciation
• Pitch
• Rate
• Pauses

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Nonverbal

• Different factors to keep in mind
• Eye contact
• Gestures
• Movement
• Posture
• Facial expressions
• Personal appearance
• Audience

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Hearing v. Listening

• Hearing the involuntary, physiological process
  by which we process sound.
  
• Listening the deliberate, psychological process
  by which we receive, understand, and retain aural
  (heard) stimuli.

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Hearing

• We hear everyone, everything and anyone, but do
  we listen?
  
• Listening, however requires effort, this is what
  we are concerned about

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• What affects Listening
• Information overload
• Personal concerns
• Outside attractions
• Prejudice
• Speech rate v. thought rate
• Apprehension

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Questionsand Review
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Acknowledgement

• Public Speaking, An audience-centered approach,
  5th edition, Steven and Susan Beebe
  
• Communication, Principles for a lifetime, 2nd
  Edition, Steven and Susan Beebe, Diana K. Ivy
  
• Communication Works, 8th Edition, Teri and
  Michael Gamble
  
• Public Speaking, Lions Leadership Institute,
  Lions Clubs International
  

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PDG Dan Mayer

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