1. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PowerPoint Presentation Prepared by: Suzanne J. Atkin, Portland State University This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

3. Why Study Public Speaking? Personal Benefits Professional Benefits Public Benefits

4. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Why Study Public Speaking? Personal benefits –Acquire academic skills –Gain knowledge –Build self-confidence

5. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Why Study Public Speaking? Professional benefits –Advance in your career –Secure employment Public benefits –Play your role as a member of society …continued

6. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Definition of Communication The process of sharing meaning by sending and receiving symbolic cues –Interpreter –Symbol –Referent People create meaning; words do not

7. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Levels of Communication Intrapersonal Interpersonal Group Public Mass

8. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Levels of Communication Intrapersonal –Cognition or thought; communicating with one’s self Interpersonal –Communication between individuals in pairs; also called dyadic communication Group –Three or more people interacting and hoping to influence one another to pursue a common goal

9. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Levels of Communication Public –One person communicating face to face with an audience Mass –One person or group communicating to a large audience through some print or electronic medium …continued

10. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7 Elements of Communication Speaker –The sender, encoder, or source of the message Encoding –The process of selecting symbols to carry a message Message –Ideas communicated verbally and nonverbally Listener –The receiver, or decoder, of the message Decoding –The process of attaching meanings to symbols received

11. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7 Elements of Communication Feedback –Verbal and nonverbal responses between communicators about the clarity or acceptability of messages Channel –The way a message is sent Environment –The occasion, social context, and physical setting for communication …continued

12. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7 Elements of Communication Noise –Anything that distracts from effective communication Physical Noise –Distractions originating in the physical environment Physiological Noise –Distractions originating in the bodies of communicators Psychological Noise –Distractions originating in the thoughts of communicators …continued

13. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Communication Elements Model Figure 1.2

14. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Public Speaker as Critical Thinker Critical Thinking –The logical, reflective examination of information and ideas to determine what to believe or do.

15. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Critical Thinking Skills Arrange informationOrganizing Store and retrieve informationRemembering Formulate questions, collect data Information Gathering Define problems, set goals, select information Focusing enables you to...This skill...

16. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Critical Thinking Skills Assess the quality of ideasEvaluating Combine, summarize, and restructure information Integrating Use prior knowledgeGenerating Clarify existing informationAnalyzing enables you to...This skill... …continued Adapted from Robert J. Marzano, Ronald S. Brandt, Carolyn Sue Hughes, Beau Fly Jones, Barbara Z. Presseisen, Stuart C. Rankin, and Charles Suhor, Dimensions of Thinking: A Framework for Curriculum and Instruction (Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1988) 66, 70–112. Copyright 1988 by ACSD. Reprinted with permission of the publishers.

17. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. What’s The Take Home Message? Public speaking skills can help you personally, professionally, publicly Communication is the process of shared meaning There are five levels of communication There are seven elements of communication Public speaking exercises eight critical thinking skills