Transcript 16 Public Speaking

Speech Planning
1. Consider audience/situation
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Parts of the Communication model dealt
with:
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Communicators
Context
What do I know about the audience?
What would they be interested in?
How would they react to what I am going to
say?
Speech Planning
1. Consider audience/situation
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You often don’t personally know every
person in your audience and usually don’t
know anyone. How do you answer those
questions? You assume CULTURAL
LITERACY
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The information and attitudes a normal American
citizen would have
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Knowing the first president, finding murder distasteful,
etc.
This is found by using the demographics of the
audience
Speech Planning
1. Consider audience/situation
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Demographics: Basic statistics about a
given group of people
Examples:
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Race
Gender
Age
Education
What are the demographics for this
audience?