2. AUDIENCE ADAPTATION Public speaking is an audience-centered and not speaker-centered activity. Must research, analyze and adapt to your audience. Known to consider the values, beliefs, Interests, needs and knowledge levels of her Audience.
3. SUCCEESFUL SPEECH? Did I meet audience member expectations & fulfill their needs? Did I make a contribution to their levels of awareness? Did I influence their attitudes/behaviors? Did have an impact?
5. AUDIENCE ADAPTATION 2 Choose a topic and approach. Know how many people will be there. Consider the speaking environment (occasion & place) Recognize your audience (language, compliments, acknowledge their beliefs/attitudes, multiple audiences, knowledge levels Dress appropriately Body language, intonation, projection
6. SPEECH ETHICS Do not plagiarize Never mislead Prepare well Use sound reasoning Tell the whole story Respect yourself Respect your audience (Don't speak down to them, avoid racial slurs, ethnic jokes, and other potentially offensive content.) Consider the consequence
7. SPEECH ANXIETY CAUSES Unfamiliar situations Evaluation situation Formal situations On-native language When others have high expectations of our performance When we set high personal standards Past failure Where we are ignore
8. COPING WITH ANXIETY Before Select a subject with which you are comfortable Prepare thoroughly in advance Don’t try to memorize the entire speech’ Find out who will be present at the speech Practice/Rehearse Familiarize yourself with equipment and physical arrangements
9. COPING WITH ANXIETY 2 During the speech Dress appropriately and comfortably Relax your body and voice – deep breath, sit straight. Concentrate on what you are saying not how Eliminate distractions Drink some water Use visual aids Concentrate on audience than self Don’t verbalize your anxiety Tell a story
10. ORGANISATION OF SPEECHES Choose a theme Decide the purpose Frame a thesis statement – single sentence that expresses the main point of your speech. Identifying and ordering major points Develop an outline- subheadings, outline, indent, highlight Time the speech Strategies- attention-getting, conversational language, references, examples, questions to audience, quotations, linguistic , humor, gimmicks (tear note)
11. ORGANISATION OF SPEECHES 2 8. Use visual aids 9. Transitions &Signposts = First, next, third point, finally, however, next, we will look for solutions 10. Conclusion- summary of major points, shouldn’t be too lengthy, should not introduce new material, should provide closure.
Editor's Notes
Novice speakers always weary of how they performed.Ie Did I fidget, did I keep my composure? etc
