Public Speaking

What is Public Speaking?

• Another term for large-group communication

• Communication situation consisting of a speaker who addresses a large crowd in a formal tone and manner on a subject matter which is of general interest to the audience

What is Public Speaking?

• In this communicative situation, FEEDBACK is restricted because of the physical and psychological distance between the audience and the speaker.

What is Public Speaking?

• It also lacks the spontaneity and flexibility of a face-to-face situation.

Requirements for Public Speaking

Speaker Listener Message

Plan Purpose Record of the interchange

Preparation for Speaking

Knowing your audience

Choosing the topic

Determining your purpose

Collecting your supporting materials

Making the outline

Writing the speech

Presenting the Speech

Modes of Speech DeliveryExtemporaneous Speech•Speaker builds his compositions prior

to presentation but creates his language during the time of speaking

•Talk is made with the final outline as guide.

Impromptu Speech•Given without previous

preparation•Speaker is asked or prompted

for some reason to talk on the spur of the moment

Memorized Speech•Also known as Speaking from a

Manuscript or from Memory•Appropriate or required in cases

where the speaker’s word may reflect the official policy of a business or nation

You must complement

your message with your body during delivery. Specifically, be aware of your:

posture

Body movement

Facial expressions

Eye contact

What are the integral parts of communication?

Clothes and personal appearance

Posture and poise

Gestures and body language

Clothes and Personal

Appearance• Dress appropriately and

let your clothes be in harmony with the occasion.

• Avoid flashy attires and too much jewelry which may distract the listeners.

• Neatness and cleanliness must be observed.

Posture and Poise

• Includes standing, walking and sitting

• One’s good posture should look natural, alert yet at ease, and should allow freedom of bodily movement and ease of breathing.

• Posture and poise can give definite clues to your emotional state.

Gestures and Body Language• Moving the head, face,

hands or any part of the body while speaking

• Should be done spontaneously with proper timing to add emphasis to the message

• Gestures should be combined actions of the whole body.

Basic Hand Gestures

Pointing Dividing Describing or imitating

Giving and receiving

Rejecting or restraining

Emphasizing

Facial Expressions

Tips and Techniques:

1. Remove “Noisy” Movements.

For many people, there is as much to be gained from removing

nervous and distracting movements

as there is from adding conscious

gestures. It may seem counter-intuitive, but this is “addition by

subtraction.”

2. Avoid “Forcing” Gestures into Your Speech.

3. Record aVideo of Yourself Speaking.