chapter one - speaking with confidence

Empowerment

Achieving desired goals and showing confidence and conviction.

Employment

Corporations seek skilled speakers who can adapt information, be organized, and engage listeners.

Communication Process

Involves action, linear messages, encoding, decoding, and noise interference.

Communication as Interaction

Feedback is provided by the receiver as messages are sent, occurring within a specific context.

Communication as Transaction

Communication happens simultaneously, with both sender and receiver exchanging messages.

Improving Your Confidence

Nervousness is normal; the audience cannot see it, and public speaking is a high-anxiety situation.

Understanding Your Nervousness

Communication apprehension (CA) is the fear of speaking, with varying styles of CA.

Building Your Confidence

Preparation includes knowing your audience, selecting a topic, and simulating speech conditions.

Public Speaking vs

Public speaking is planned, formal, and follows clearly defined rules with stable behaviors.

Audience-Centered Speech-Making

Always consider the audience's needs and understanding.

Considering Your Audience

Gather and analyze information about the audience, considering cultural diversity.

Public Speaking & Diversity

Different audiences have different expectations; audience-centeredness is crucial.

General Purpose

The overarching goal of a speech, such as to inform, persuade, or entertain.

Specific Purpose

The exact response desired from the audience, indicating what you want them to do, think, feel, or remember.

Developing Your Central Idea

A one-sentence summary that provides an overview of the speech.

Generating Main Ideas

Identifying how the central idea logically divides into main ideas and providing supporting reasons.

Gathering Supporting Material

Material that backs up ideas, appealing to all listeners and can be verbal or visual.

Organizing Your Speech

Start with the body, arrange ideas logically, and prepare the introduction and conclusion afterward.

Rehearsing Your Speech

Prepare early, practice out loud, observe behaviors, and rehearse in front of others.

Delivering Your Speech

Walk confidently, maintain eye contact, and vary your pitch while speaking loudly.