Preparing and Researching PresentationsChapter 11 Real Communication by Dan O’Hair and Mary Weimann

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Public Speaking

This includes a speaker who has a reason for speaking,

an audience, and a message that meets a purpose.

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• Clarify the purpose of your speech!

• to inform

• to persuade

• for a special occasion

• Make a more specific purpose statement.

Start with Research

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Analysis your Audience• Audiences will have expectations.

• Consider the characteristics and demographics of your audience.

• pedestrian audience• passive audience• selected audience• concerted audience• organized audience

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The Process of Choosing a Topic

• Select a topic that interests you.• Use brainstorming or clustering to

help you find your topic.• Make sure you can meet the

assignment requirements.• Develop a thesis statement, which

conveys the central idea, and is more specific than the purpose statement. (page 335)

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Researching Information

• Select a range of information from experts, laymen, statistics, and anecdotes.

• Quotations can be used effectively when short and to the point.

• You can make comparisons or show similarities, make contrasts, or show dissimilarities.

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Researching Information

• Surveys, books, articles, blogs.

• Databases and Library Gateways

• Internet and Search Engines like Google, Ask, Yahoo, Bing.

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Credibility• Are you accurate with your sources?

• Is your material appropriate for your topic and audience?

• Are you using recent information?

• Is your speech relevant?

• Is your supporting material strong, influential, interesting, and believable?

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Ethical SpeakingPlagiarism is stealing

someone else’s words or ideas and calling them your own. Keep track of where

you get your material.

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Ethical Speaking

Take accurate notes for your bibliography: • type of the source• the complete names of authors• titles, subtitles• the publication date, publisher,

publication city• page numbers

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Ethical Speaking

Be trustworthy.Be respectful.

Be responsible.Be fair.

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