Benefits of Public Speaking

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Textbook Benefits Improves Listening Skills Improves Critical Thinking Skills Helps to accomplish professional goals Helps to accomplish personal goals Helps to increase civic participation

Similarities and Differences Requires speaker to address a group of people who are focused on the speaker Requires speaker to appeal to the audience’s attitudes, interests, and values Requires speaker to take responsibility for what they say Requires speaker to make themselves understood. Audience will expect the speaker to be knowledgeable about their topic

Similarities and Differences Differences: Several Factors separate public speaking from other types of communication Opportunity for feedback Level of preparation Degree of formality

Vocabulary Mass Communication- Occurs between a speaker and a large number of unknown people. (rallies, radio broadcasts, etc) Small Group Communication-Communication between a small number of people who can see and talk to each other. (Usually 3-12) Dyadic Communication- communication between two people as in a conversation Public Speaking-Speaker delivers a message with a specific purpose to an audience who is present during the delivery of a speech. Feedback- listener’s response to the message

Communication Model Communication is- the process of sharing information through messages. Verbal – Words that are spoken Non Verbal- Body language, facial cues, hand motions, etc.

Communication Model

Communication Process Sender- person who creates the message Receiver-recipient of the message Message-contents of the communication process (thoughts and ideas)

Communication Process Channel-medium in which the message is sent by the speaker Feedback- Verbal and Nonverbal reactions to a message. Shared Meaning-When the sender and receiver interpret the message for.

Communication Process Decoding – Finding the meaning of verbal and nonverbal signals Encoding-The process of turning ideas and feelings into verbal and nonverbal symbols.

Types of Speeches Expository- To Inform Persuasive- To Persuade Informative- Helps the audience to understand more about a certain topic. Process- Helps the audience to learn how to do or make something. Persuasive- To Persuade Special Occasion- Various Celebrations and other social occasions.

Topic Selection Choose something you already know a lot about. This should be something that you think the audience would be interested in hearing. Make sure the topic is not too broad. We just need a few minutes not a complete history.

Informative Speech Must have an organized outline to turn in on the day of the speech. Outline must be typed. Must speak for 3-5 minutes. See Rubric for further information.