1. Benefits of Public Speaking

2. Class List

3. Jobs

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

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Communication Model

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.