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2. Communication In Our Lives, Fifth Edition by Julia T. Woods Chapter 14 Planning Public Speaking

3. An Enlarged Conversation  Minor mistakes generally don’t impair credibility or effectiveness  Consider others’ perspectives  Present ideas clearly and dynamically  Informal, personal style

4. Choosing Your Topic  Select a topic that matters to you  Select a topic appropriate to the speaking occasion  Select a topic appropriate to your audience  Narrow your topic  mind map

5. Mind Map

6. General Purposes of Speaking  Speeches to inform  increase understanding, awareness, and knowledge  Speeches to persuade  change attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, or motivate to action

7. Speaking Purposes (cont’d)  Speeches to entertain  engage, interest, amuse, or please listeners  humor  storytelling

8. Specific Purpose  A behavioral objective or observable response that indicates you achieved your communication goal  “I want to convince my listeners that current Gun Control policies negatively impact individuals.”  “I want my audience to understand the screen printing process.”

10. Thesis Statement  Main idea of an entire speech  short, precise  easily remembered

11. Planning: Step by Step

12. Demographic Audience Analysis  Focuses on general features common to a group of listeners  Demographic data is used for  adaptation  inferences  what and whom listeners may find credible  connections  guard against stereotypes

13. Situational Audience Analysis  Listeners’ orientation toward the  topic  speaker  speaking occasion

14. Websites  Using Humor in Presentations Using Humor in Presentations Using Humor in Presentations  Toastmasters International Toastmasters International Toastmasters International  Includes free resources and listings of Toastmasters clubs in your area  MindMapper.com MindMapper.com  American Rhetoric American Rhetoric American Rhetoric  Includes full text, audio, and video files of the top 100 speeches in the 20 th century

15. More Websites  The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press  Presents the results of public opinion surveys on a variety of topics