Chapter 13: Planning Public Speaking

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Chapter 13 Planning Public Speaking
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Content

• Question to be answered
• Defining Public Speaking
• Choosing and Refining a topic
• Analyzing Your Audience
• Question to ponder on

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Question

• How is public speaking different and similar to
  everyday conversation?

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Defining Public Speaking

• Basic communication skill that we all need if we
  want to have a voice in what happens in our work
  places, communities and society.
• Need time to prepare
• Bigger audience

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Choosing and Refining a Topic

• Limited Topic
• Clear Purpose
• Concise thesis statement

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Choosing a Topic

• Select a topic that matters to you
• Select a topic appropriate to the speaking
  occasion - physical setting, occasion, etc.
• Select a topic appropriate to your audience - It
  is your chance to affect others

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Choosing a Topic

• Narrow your topic
• Focus on a particular angle of a topic
• Mind-map
• Brainstorm

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Defining General and Specific Purposes in Public
Speaking

• General purpose of speaking - 3 recognized
  purposes
• Entertain
• Inform - new knowledge
• Persuade - call to action

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Developing a Thesis Statement

• Defining a thesis statement
• Main idea of the entire speech
• Should be short and precise for the audience to
  grasp easily
• Good thesis statement?

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Analyzing the Audience

• Demographic Audience Analysis
• Useful in two ways
• Can help you adapt your speech to your listeners
• Speaker can make inferences about what listeners
  are likely to believe and what values and
  attitudes are likely to have

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Situational Audience Analysis

• Listeners orientation toward the topic
• Listeners orientation toward the speaker
• Listeners orientation toward the speaking
  occasion

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Question to ponder on

• Whos the most effective speaker for you and why?