1. Giving Your First SpeechPart 1 of the Public Speaking
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2. What will you know after this presentation: Point 1
Preparing the Speech Point 2 Organizing the Speech Point 3
Presenting the Speech
3. Although you may be tempted tomarch up in front of the room
and juststart talking
4. DONT.
5. Preparing the Speech You can dive right into public speaking
Get into the right Its not about you. frame of mind Listenability
should be your focus throughout the process. Do whats right by
societys standards Commit to strong Be up front about intentions,
tell the truth, do not take credit for someone elses work/ideas
ethics. When in doubt, take it out. Take actions that enhance, not
diminish your reputation Be civil. Show courtesy, use good manners,
listen to others, be fair, and show respect to your audience.
6. Preparing the Speech cont Analyze Your Determine Choose Your
Audience Purpose Topic Includes demographic To Select a topic in
which and psychographic inform, persuade, mar you have info k a
special interest, appropriate Take this info and occasion, etc. and
meaningful make decisions to Ex: Persuade: Find If audience is
construct a speech research and arrange general/mixed, choos that
is relevant and arguments that lead e a topic of wide interesting.
audience to that interest and broad conclusion. appeal
7. The final steps of speech preparation Determine thesis
Narrow your topic to a central idea Thesis is 1-2 sentence that
tells audience what speech is about. Typically stated in
Introduction Devise early. Find Supportive Materials Find data and
visuals that substantiate your ideas and speech purpose Can be
personal, opinion, or factual Increases creditability and audience
comfortability
8. Organizing the Speech Preparing the Speech Outline
Introduction Main Main Point # 1 Point #2 Sub Point Sub Point Sub
Point SubPoint #1a # 1b #2a #2b Conclusion
9. Organizing Your Speech cont Outlining Your Speech Part 1
Organize Main Points Develop Main Points Determine and organize the
Determine the major major ideas that will support ideas that
support your your thesis thesis Organize your ideas so your Must
relate to each other listeners can follow you and and organized in
a understand recognizable pattern Main Points cont Can be arranged
many ways By topic, time, compare/contrast, cause- effect,
problem/solution, reas ons why, ways how etc.