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Speaking With Confidence

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Understanding Communication Apprehension

• More people fear public speaking than

death

• CA = fear or anxiety associated with real or anticipated communication

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Managing CA

• Be “into” your topic

• Prepare!

• Visualize success

• Practice

• Know the audience & setting

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Managing CA

• “Listen” to your audience

• Exercise

• Welcome some anxiety

• Deal with mishaps

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Speaking Extemporaneously

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Speaking Extemporaneously

• Engage in thoughtful, thorough research

• Organize and develop

• Outline carefully

• Practice your speech

• Use limited notes

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Reasons for Using Extemporaneous Delivery

• Adaptable

• Audience-centered

• Spontaneous

• Ethos enhancing

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The Impromptu Speech

• Off-the-cuff and casual

• Little or no preparation

• Prepare if time allows

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The Impromptu Speech

• Anticipate the possibility• Practice active listening• Remind yourself no one expects

perfection• Use limited prep time• Employ basic principles of speech• Be brief and concise

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The Manuscript Speech

• Usually in formal settings

• Allows for considerable control

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The Manuscript Speech

• Use a manuscript for right reasons

• Use good oral style

• Practice extensively

• Find opportunities to move and gesture

• Use voice effectively

• Maintain flexibility

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The Memorized Speech

• For formal or ceremonial occasions

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The Memorized Speech

• Stay focused on specific purpose and key ideas

• Speak in the moment

• Practice, practice, practice

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Functions of Presentational Aids

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Providing Support

• Visual content can aid understanding

• Visual content can help generate belief

• Visual support can enhance speaker’s credibility

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Graphs

• Make numbers– easy to see– easy to understand

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Various Types Graphs

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Pictograph

• Pie graphs

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Reported HIV Cases in our Community

• 10 cases in 1990

• 26 cases in 1995

• 39 cases in 2000

• 50 cases in 2005

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Line Graph

Source: Mayfield Courier Journal, 6 June 2007

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Childhood Obesity in Europe

• Now averaging almost 33%

• Rate expected to trend upward

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Bar Graphs

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Pictographs

‘A’ student

‘D’ student

Drinks per week

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Pie Graphs

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Use Each Graph Properly

Are you showing a trend?

or a comparison?

or percentages?

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Assisting Retention & Recall

Visual information is more memorable.1989 University of Minnesota

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Guidelines for Preparing Presentational Aids

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Design for Quick Processing

• Large enough to be seen

• Font that is easy to read

• Use good contrast

• Use fill patterns on graphs

• Keep it simple

• Ensure quality of clips and materials

• Avoid the razzle-dazzle

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• Label Every Element• Make It Easy To Read

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Adhere To Traditional Formats

Use This

NOT this

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Use The Power of Color

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Avoid Overwhelming The Audience• Be sure that you use PowerPoint to enhance your speech, not as a replacement for

your notes or outline. It’s difficult for the audience to listen to you and read along

with a lot of words on the screen - plus - everyone reads at a different pace, so you

can lose your ability to guide the audience through the presentation. Use key words

and hit main points only, slides are not a book. It’s great to add clip art for visual

interest. If charts or graphs make sense in your speech, then add them into the

slideshow as well. Also - most of the time you’ll want to integrate the slides into the

speech, not talk and then ‘go to’ the slides. There may be some situations where the

latter example will work. Keep yourself audience centered - what will work best to

help them understand and react in accordance with your purpose. Also you will want

to……

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Employ Silence

• Display content when needed

• Use a blank slide when no visual aid is needed

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Anticipate Problems

• Have a back-up plan in case of power failure or technical glitch

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Stay Connected with Listeners

• Look at the audience, not at your aid