Transcript Communication

• Aim: How can we analyze different types of
communication?
Tuesday
1/29/13
• Do Now: define communication?
• HW: Prepare a 30 second speech introducing
yourself to the class and explaining your
reasons for taking Public Speaking. Speeches
will be presented tomorrow!!!
Different settings for communication
• Informal: most of our comm. occurs in informal
settings, which are casual, unstructured situations.
– Comm. is usually spontaneous [you think about what to
say as you go along, and then you say it].
– Examples:
• Formal: situations you can prepare for ahead of time
– These situations allow you to affect the ideas and feelings
of people in important positions.
– Examples:
Communication
• Communication the process of sharing
information by using symbols to send and
receive messages.
– We will mainly be discussing interpersonal
communication (between two or more people).
• Message: the ideas and feelings that make up
the content of communication.
MESSAGE
Verbal and Nonverbal
SENDER
The Communication
Process
FEEDBACK
Verbal and Nonverbal
RECEIVER
Types of Communication:
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1. One on one- two people having a conversation.
– Examples?
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2. Group- involves three or more people for a common
purpose.
– Purposes? Examples?
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3. Public- one or more people communicate with an
audience. This is necessarily more formal.
– Examples?
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4. Mass media—one person or perhaps several senders
communicate with a large number of listeners. Usually
these listeners are not physically present when the sending
takes place so the receiver can “turn off” the sender at will.
– Examples?
Your Audience
• To be an effective communicator, you must adapt to the needs
of your audience.
– In formal situations, learn something about them before giving the
speech.
– In informal situations/settings, you learn about them as you
communicate w/ them.
• What to look for…
– Individual characteristics – personality, aspirations, interests; can help
predict response to certain info
– Cultural characteristics – age, religion, national and ethnic background;
can focus your presentation in such a way that the audience will
understand and respond favorably to your message.
– Sociological characteristics – affiliations, educational background, and
occupations; can formulate general ideas about your listeners.
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Speech Communication getting the
meaning of thoughts one person has in his or her
mind into the mind of another as clearly and
accurately as possible by transmitting words
with voices.
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To do so successfully, you must decide how to send
and interpret messages.
Encoding: The process of turning ideas and
feelings into verbal and nonverbal symbols.
Decoding: finding the meaning of verbal and
nonverbal symbols.
Preparing a Speech
• I. Introduction
– Attention getter
– State your topic
– Give your viewpoint
• II. Discussion/Body
– Organize main points
– Personalize your speech
– Use vivid language
• III. Conclusion
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Indicate the end of the speech
(cue your ending)
Summarize
Leave a lasting impression
Ways to Deliver a speech
• Manuscript method: write
down everything you plan to
say, then bring your
manuscript to the podium
and read to the audience.
• Memorization method:
begins with a written
manuscript, but differs in
that the manuscript is
memorized and not used
during the delivery.
• Extemporaneous method:
speakers prepare outlines of
the ideas of their speeches
beforehand, but do not
memorize an exact pattern
of words. Outlines or note
cards may be used.
• Impromptu method: when
people must speak “off the
cuff” with no preparation
time.
Prepare a 30 second speech
introducing yourself to the class
and explaining your reasons for
taking Public Speaking. Speeches
will be presented tomorrow!!!