Purpose of Public Speaking

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• To entertain:primary objective is to engage, interest, amuse, or please listeners
• To inform: goal of increasing listeners' understanding, awareness, or knowledge of some topic
• To persuade: aimed to change listeners' attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors or to motivate them to take some action 

Features 

of

Public Communication

Features

• Greater responsability to plan and prepare
• Less obviously interactive

Planning Public Speechs

3

1. Select a topic; something they know and care about
2. Define Speaking purpose; is exactly what you hope to accomplish.
3. Develop the thesis; the main idea of the entire speech, guides an effective speech

Types of Credibility

3

1) Initial Credibility: which is the expertise, dynamism, and character that listeners attribute to them before htey speak

2)Derived: providing clear and organized info

3) Terminal: may be greater or less than initial

The public Speaking Process (Steps)

6

1. Credibility
2. Planning
3. Research and supporting materials
4. Organization
5. Delivery style
6. Practice, present, evaluate!

Organizing 

Speeches 

• Introduction
• Gain listeners attention and tell them whats in it
• Motivates listeners to listen
• Thesis
• Enhances the speaker's credibility
• The body
• develops the thesis, distinct yet related
• Conclusion; last chance to emphasize idea's, increase credibility
• Transitions; words, phrases, and sentences that connect ideas in a speech

Guidelines 

for 

Public Speaking

• Understand and Manage public speaking anxietyy
• Analyze and adapt to your audience 
• Listen critically to other speakers

Communication

Apprehension 

When anxiety is great enough to hinder out ability to interact with others 

Reducing 

Communication

Apprehension

4

• Systematic desensitization; reducing tension that surrounds feared events (controlled breathing)
• Cognitive restructuring; process of revising how people think about speaking situations, identify and challenge negative self-statements
• Positive Vizualization; imagine a positive speaking experience
• Skill training; 

Delivery styles

4

1. Imromptu
2. Extemporaneous
3. Manuscript
4. Memory