Public Speaking, Glencoe Chapter 2 notes

1. GLENCOE SPEECH
Chapter 2
Ms. Huckabee
CHS

2. Confidence
• The feeling you have when you believe that you are
capable of handling a situation successfully.

3. Fear
• The biological process by which animals, including
humans, secure the necessary energy to do a job that
really matters – one that might potentially result in
physical and/or psychological injury.
• Normal energy system
• Emergency energy system – adenaline
• When fear becomes persistent and irrational, it’s known
as a phobia.

4. Many adults fear public speaking more
than death…
• Symptoms of this fear:
• Upset stomach
• Flushed face
• Dizziness
• Fast heartbeat
• Shortness of breath
• Excessive perspiration
• Wobbly legs
• Forgetting words

5. How do you overcome it?
• It’s all about perception – how we see things.
• Many times audiences don’t even know we’re nervous.
• “Studies on how well an audience perceives anxiety should comfort
nervous speakers. Researchers have found that most report
noticing little or no anxiety in a speaker. Even when individuals are
trained to detect anxiety curs and are instructed to look for them,
there is little correlation, between their evaluations and how
anxious speakers actually felt.”
• Michael T. Motley, Psychology Today

6. Your perception
• A speech does NOT = performance
• A speech does NOT = putting on a show
• A speech is a tremendous opportunity to share, an
opportunity to enjoy a meaningful moment, and an
opportunity to communicate verbally with people you care
about (your audience).

7. Planks of Confidence
• Content – Say something worthwhile.
• Organization – Have a plan for you and your audience.
• Notes – jot down ideas in a brief, directed form.
• Friendliness – Be congenial.
• Impression – Get off to a good start from the beginning.
• Dedication – Practice, practice, practice. And practice again.
• Empathy – Understand your audience.
• Newness – Attempt originality.
• Conviction – Believe in what you say.
• Enthusiasm – Get fired up!