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ALL GREAT SPEAKERS WERE BAD SPEAKERS FIRST
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON
GOALS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
•TO INTEREST/ AMUSE
•TO INFORM/ TEACH
•TO STIMULATE/ IMPRESS
•TO CONVINCE OR PERSUADE
ESSENTIALS
•KNOWLEDGE
•CONFIDENCE
•DELIVERY
KNOWLEDGE
• CHOOSE THE SUBJECT
• RESEARCH
• IDENTIFY : AUDIENCE
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KNOWLEDGE
RELIGIO
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SCIENTIFIC
ULTIM
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ROCKETS
LAU
NC
HIG
PAD
EQ
UIPM
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HUMAN
SPACE SYST
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PLANETS MERCURY
EARTHMARSV
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SIZETIME
EXPENSE
CO
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SA
CO-OPERATE
EUROPE
ASTRONAUTS
PUR
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KNOWLEDGE
WEATHER
UNDERSTANDING
HUMANIT
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PLACE
CREATION
MIND MAP
SPACE
SPEECH MECHANICS
• OPENING WORDS
• BEGINNING OF TALK
• OUTLINE
• IDEAS
• HUMOUR
• LANGUAGE
BEGINNING
SNAG ATTENTION BY:
• A stimulating idea
• A startling fact
• A question
ARRANGE IDEAS
• In logical and effective order
• Connect ideas for smooth flow using:
HOWEVER, MOREOVER, IN THE SAME WAY, ADDITIONALLY ETC.
• PATTERN A INTRODUCTIONBODYCONCLUSION
• PATTERN B SHOW WHAT IS WRONGSHOW HOW TO REMEDY ITAPPEAL FOR ACTION (EVOKE DESIRED RESPONSE)
• PATTERN C ATTRACT FAVOURABLE ATTENTION
PRESENT THE PROBLEM PRESENT ALL POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
PRESENT THE SOLUTION APPEAL FOR ACTION (EVOKE DESIRED RESPONSE)
HERE ARE SIX PATTERNS FOR SPEECH OUTLINING
CONTD.
• PATTERN D STATE THE FACTSARGUE FROM THEMAPPEAL FOR ACTION
(EVOKE DESIRED RESPONSE)
• PATTERN E ATTRACT FAVORABLE ATTENTION
AROUSE INTEREST IN YOUR PROPOSITION
CONVINCE AUDIENCE OF MERITS OF YOUR PROPOSITION RE-EMPHASIZE AND SUMMARIZE APPEAL FOR ACTION (EVOKE DESIRED RESPONSE)
LANGUAGE
• SELECT WORDS TO FIT PEOPLE
• EVOKE PICTURE WITH WORDS
• COLOURFUL/MEANINGFUL WORDS
• USE STRONG VERBS
LANGUAGE : DON'TS
• USE SLANG
• USE JARGON
• GO OFF AT A TANGENT
• USE NEW WORDS
• RE-EMPHASIZE AND SUMMARISE
• PRESS FOR ACTION
CONCLUDING A SPEECH
• TELL AUDIENCE WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO
CONFIDENCE
•NERVES
•BREATHING
•POSTURE
•CLOTHES
•COMFORT
DELIVERY• VOICE CONTROL
• BE SINCERE & CONFIDENT
• TIMING
• SMILE
• HANDS
• NOTES
• MICROPHONE
VOICE
• MUST BE HEARD UP TO ¾ OF THE ROOM
• MUST BE WARM AND REASSURING
• MUST HAVE RESONANCE AND AUTHORITY
COMMON VOICE PROBLEMS
• SLURRED/ INDISTINCT
• WEAK/ UNCERTAIN
• FLAT/ MONOTONOUS
• HIGH PITCHED/ SHRILL
LEAVES, FROST-CRISPED,
BREAK FREE FROM THE TREES AND FALL.
HE THRUST THREE THOUSAND
THISTLES THROUGH THE THICK
OF HIS THUMB.
AUDIENCE• LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS WHEN SPEAKING
• TALK TO PEOPLE NOT AT THEM
• THINK ON YOUR FEET-ADAPT TO AUDIENCE NEED
• AIM TO PLEASE MAXIMUM LISTENERS
HOW TO CONVINCE
• FIRST CONVINCE YOURSELF
• BUILD UP TALK WITH FACTS
• SHOW HOW YOUR IDEA IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY ALREADY BELIEVE
CONTD.
•RESTATE IMPORTANT IDEAS
•USE GRAPHIC COMPARISONS
•SUPPORT WITH STATEMENTS FROM UNBIASED AUTHORITY
•BE OBJECTIVE
NEVER !
• APOLOGIZE FOR LACK OF PREPARATION
• INDICATE WHEN ABOUT TO FINISH
Ms & Ps
• MATTER
• MANNER
• METHOD
•PACE
• PITCH
• PUNCH