NERVES ≠ BAD OUTCOME

DEALING WITH NERVES Positive Nervousness: zesty, enthusiastic, lively feeling with a slight edge to it. Positive Nervousness: zesty, enthusiastic, lively feeling with a slight edge to it. Acquire Speaking Experience Acquire Speaking Experience Practice like a champion Practice like a champion 1 minute speaking = 1-2 hrs preparation 1 minute speaking = 1-2 hrs preparation Proper preparation reduces glossophobia by 75% Proper preparation reduces glossophobia by 75% Think positive! Think positive! Visualize yourself successfully Visualize yourself successfully

“THERE ARE ALWAYS THREE SPEECHES FOR EVERY ONE YOU ACTUALLY GAVE. THE ONE YOU PRACTICED, THE ONE YOU GAVE, AND THE ONE YOU WISH YOU GAVE.” “THERE ARE ALWAYS THREE SPEECHES FOR EVERY ONE YOU ACTUALLY GAVE. THE ONE YOU PRACTICED, THE ONE YOU GAVE, AND THE ONE YOU WISH YOU GAVE.” ~Dale Carnegie

THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS

PUBLIC SPEAKING AND CRITICAL THINKING Critical Thinking: focused organize thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion. Critical Thinking: focused organize thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion. You have to be analytical when approaching a speech. You have to be analytical when approaching a speech. Topic Topic Audience Audience Information Information Organization Organization

IMPORTANCE OF ANALYSIS: ACTIVITY!

THE COMMUNICATIVE ACT There are 5 steps in the communication process: There are 5 steps in the communication process: Speaker wishes to communicate an idea Speaker wishes to communicate an idea Speaker encodes the idea into a message Speaker encodes the idea into a message Message is sent through a channel to a audience Message is sent through a channel to a audience Audience receives and decodes message Audience receives and decodes message Audience responds to the message. Audience responds to the message.

Si THE COMMUNICATIVE ACT Situation Speaker Channel Message Listener/ Audience Feedback Interference

BREAKDOWN “ What we have here is a failure to communicate” - Cool Hand Luke “ What we have here is a failure to communicate” - Cool Hand Luke A breakdown in communication can usually be tracked down to a missed, altered, or ineffective step in the act of communication. A breakdown in communication can usually be tracked down to a missed, altered, or ineffective step in the act of communication. The speaker, message, channel, and audience are all responsible for the act of communication. The speaker, message, channel, and audience are all responsible for the act of communication.