Public Speaking

Chapter 1: Whats It All About?

Public Speaking: A Calling Card
Ability to effectively think, speak and
write will add to your success in:
Relationships
In other courses
In work
Journalism
Public!
Public Speaking In General
Conversation with a point or purpose
Intentional speaking with spontaneity
Planned out ahead
Is addressed to many instead of one
The audience is considered and contributes
Is colorful and compelling
Visualizations
Metaphors




Public speaking: Not Chit Chat
Public speaking vs. Conversation
Is more audience centered
Is organized and planned (3 parts)
Is grounded in responsible knowledge
Has a clear purpose (goal)
Uses more formal/precise language
Has more defined speaker and listener roles
Has a more formal environment and larger
groups
Public Speaking is Tuned to Listeners
Why should I be interest in this?
What do you mean?
How do I know this is true?
What can I do about it?
Public Speaking: Nine Elements
Speaker
Purpose
Message
Medium
Setting

Listener
Response
Interference
Consequences
Public speaking is distinctive as a form of
communication through the interrelationship
of 9 elements:
Public Speaking: Nine Elements
Speaker
Purpose
Message
Medium
Setting

Listener
Response
Interference
Consequences
The roles of speaker and listener:
Speaker Listener
Public Speaking: The Setting
Setting can be:
Physical
Venue
Environment
Psychological
Occasion
Expectations of audience
Participative or Suspicious
Cooperative or Uncooperative?

Public Speaking: The Response
What do you want them to think, feel, or
do during and after?
How do you respond/adapt to them?
Consider the what ifs in preparing
speech
Consider the thermostat: You need one.
Public Speaking is transactional
Public Speaking: Origins
Started in ancient Greece
Taught Math, Music, Gymnastics & Rhetoric.
Rhetoric: The art or study of using language effectively and
persuasively.
Forensic: Establishment of facts through science or argument.
Appropriate for courts of law
No professional lawyers or judges
Speaker had to communicate to and convince jury
of over 200 citizens.
Aristotle systematized as three major parts: Logos,
Ethos, and Pathos
Lets discuss
these 3 words
Public Speaking:
Free Speech and Ethics
Freedom of speech
What does it mean?
Why is it important?
Ethics
Apply responsible knowledge
Know your subject better than your audience does
Understand what experts say/believe about subject
Be aware of most recent events
Realize how points may affect listeners-know your
audience
Public Speaking: Ethics Don'ts
Donts
Dont quote out of context
What is said is given meaning, by who said it
when, where they said it and under what
conditions in response to what events.
Dont plagiarize
Two degrees
Presenting others work, ideas, research as yours
Neglecting citation fundamentals
Types: Mix and match cut and paste
Public Speaking: Ethics Values
Ethics is how we treat others and want to
be treated.
Ethics basics are universal
Love, truthfulness, fairness, freedom, unity,
tolerance, responsibility and respect for life
Education Kills Creativity
Does education hurt the potential of
students?
What is the role of technology in the
classroom? Hurtful or harmful
Is Higher education killing or building
dreams slowly?
Is creativity or school smarts more
important?