Transcript COMM 101 pocket guide ch 01 (shortened)

A POCKET
GUIDE TO
PUBLIC
SPEAKING
4TH EDITION
Chapter 1
Becoming a Public Speaker
Gain a Vital Life Skill
 Skill in public speaking
 Gives you an unmistakable edge;
 Leads to greater confidence and satisfaction;
 Is a potent weapon in career development.
Enhance Your Career as a
Student
 Skills used when preparing speeches:
 Researching topics
 Analyzing audiences
 Outlining and organizing ideas
 Supporting claims
 These skills apply to other courses.
Learning to Speak in Public
 Public speaking:
 Acquired skill
 Improves with practice
 Similar to speaking and writing
 Utilizes skills you already have
Develop an Effective Oral
Style
 Practices of successful speakers:
 Using familiar words
 Using easy-to-follow sentences
 Using transitional words and phrases
 Repeating key words and phrases
Develop an Effective Oral
Style (cont.)
 Relate your message to the audience.
 Specific references to yourself, audience
 Use clear, recognizable, and organized
speech.
 Offer the audience something of value.
Become an Inclusive Speaker
 Address diverse audiences with sensitivity.
 Cultivate your cultural intelligence.
 Strive for inclusion.
 Adopt an audience-centered perspective.
Public Speaking as a Form of
Communication
 Four categories of human communication:
 Dyadic communication
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Between two people
Small group communication
Small number of people
 See, speak directly with one another
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Public Speaking as a Form of
Communication (cont.)
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Mass communication
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Speaker and large audience (usually not present)
Public speaking
Speaker delivers message with specific purpose
 Audience is present during speech
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Public Speaking as a Form of
Communication (cont.)
 Public speaking always includes
 A speaker with a reason for speaking;
 An audience that gives its attention;
 A message meant to accomplish a purpose.
Public Speaking as an Interactive
Communication Process
 Elements of communication:
 Source (creates a message)
 Receiver (receives the message)
 Message (content of the communication process)
 Channel (medium of the message)
 Shared meaning (mutual understanding)
Public Speaking as an Interactive
Communication Process (cont.)
Public Speaking as an Interactive
Communication Process (cont.)
 Context
 Influences the speaker, audience, or occasion
 May include:
Recent events
 Physical setting
 Cultural orientation of audience members
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Public Speaking as an Interactive
Communication Process (cont.)
 Rhetorical situation
 Circumstance calling for a public response
 Speech purpose or goal
 What the audience should learn or do