Lecture on Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
Overview
- Focus on chapters 12 and 14.
- Topics: Planning, organizing, and presenting public speeches.
Choosing a Topic
- Start with personal interest; reflect on what matters to you.
- Consider the audience and occasion.
- Use Mind Mapping (Mind Tap): Free association of ideas connected to a central theme.
- Example Theme: Environment
Conducting Research
- Online Research: Utilize Google and university library systems.
- Offline Research: Newspapers, magazines, interviews.
- Primary Research: Gather new information through interviews, surveys, etc.
- Personal Observation: Use personal observations as part of the research.
Supporting Information
- Definitions: Clearly define terms and concepts.
- Statistics: Present facts in numerical form for clarity.
- Examples and Illustrations: Use representative cases and stories.
- Testimonies: Include opinions or conclusions of others, clearly stating them as such.
- Comparison and Contrast: Highlight similarities and differences between concepts.
- Repetition and Restatement: Reinforce key points by repeating or restating them.
Structuring and Outlining
- Follow the principle of redundancy: tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, and tell them what you told them.
- Use attention getters to capture audience interest.
- Examples: Unusual facts, surprising statements, questions, suspenseful stories, humor.
Presentation Aids
- Facilitate communication, highlight points, increase motivation and interest, enhance recall.
- Types of aids: Objects, models, graphs, photographs, computer graphics.
- Guidelines: Keep it simple, clear, visible, and authentic.
Speech Delivery Styles
- Manuscript Speech: Read word for word; risks include losing place or misreading.
- Memorized Speech: Written and committed to memory; can lose connection if forgotten.
- Impromptu Speech: Delivered spontaneously; improves thinking on feet.
- Extemporaneous Speech: Researched and rehearsed with note cards or outlines.
Effective Speech Wording
- Use short units, avoid jargon, keep words simple and vivid.
- Utilize transitions to smoothly connect ideas.
Managing Communication Apprehension
- Some anxiety is natural and can be helpful.
- Anxiety helps boost energy; channel it into the presentation.
- Causes: unfamiliarity with audience or situation, being in spotlight, fear of evaluation.
- Strategies: Positive self-talk, breathing exercises, early arrival, familiarization.
Tips for Speech Delivery
- Arrive early, prepare equipment, consider appearance.
- Walk confidently, show enthusiasm, complete speech fully at the podium.
Ensure you apply these strategies and techniques to effectively plan, organize, and present your public speeches. Remember to engage your audience with compelling content and delivery.