1. Public Speaking An introduction to a unit on oral communication

2. Anxious About Public Speaking? / Butterflies in the stomach / Nausea / Sweating / Stuttering You Become Your Own Worst Enemy! / Butterflies in the stomach / Nausea / Sweating / Stuttering You Become Your Own Worst Enemy!

3. Why is Public Speaking Important? / No matter who you are, one day you will have to make a speech / Effective communication skills / Increased confidence / No matter who you are, one day you will have to make a speech / Effective communication skills / Increased confidence

4. Great Public Speakers… / Make eye contact with individual audience members / Own the room / Enunciate their words and use vocal inflections / Speak loud enough for all to hear / Stays on task! / Make eye contact with individual audience members / Own the room / Enunciate their words and use vocal inflections / Speak loud enough for all to hear / Stays on task!

5. Poor Public Speakers… / Fidget / Become easily distracted / Stare at the back wall / Uses a monotone voice / Fidget / Become easily distracted / Stare at the back wall / Uses a monotone voice

6. Great Speakers / Who made an impact on you when you heard them speak?

7. YOUR TURN! / Each of you will receive two index cards. On them, you are to write anything you want (lyrics, a poem, class notes) but it has to be appropriate! / You will recite what you wrote to the class, keeping in mind the techniques of a good public speaker. / Each of you will receive two index cards. On them, you are to write anything you want (lyrics, a poem, class notes) but it has to be appropriate! / You will recite what you wrote to the class, keeping in mind the techniques of a good public speaker.