The art of public speaking

Purpose• To inform

• To persuade

• To entertain

Audience analysis

Study the audience’s• Knowledge• Interest• Attitude towards you and your

topic• Level of understanding

Topic Selection

• Choose a topic you know and care about

• Choose the topic that is interesting to the audience

• Choose topics that are original

How to find topics• Brainstorm: make a list of as many

topics as possible• Browse the net• Read magazine and newspapers

Topics

• Tell the class about your childhood• Where did you live? What kind of

childhood did you have?• State any events that had a

special effect on you• Any relative you were particularly

fond of

topics

• Tell the class about your future plans

• Demonstration speech: A speech on how to do some thing like bake a cake, mend a fuse, iron clothes use a UPS etc

• Time 2 minutes speak from points

Organizing your speech

IntroductionGet the audience attentionState the main point of the speechBody of the speechOrganize the main points in a logical structure to

help audience to follow your speechConclusion: restate the main point Summarize Signal the end

Body of the speech

Organize the main points in a logical structure to help audience to follow your speech

Conclusion

Restate the main point Summarize Signal the end

Suggestions for effective delivery

There are three styles of deliveryImpromptu speaking The manuscript style of speaking

Memorized mode of speaking

Suggestions for effective impromptu speeches

• Choose your topic quickly and wisely

• Choose the topic you are best fitted to speak

• Consider your audience and their interest

impromptu

• Organize your speech• Think of an interesting attention getter• State your topic• Break the body of the speech into two

or three main points• Provide a conclusion that restates your

point

Impromptu

• Determine beforehand which organization pattern you will use

• Two sided arguments for and against• Chronological order past, present and

future• Space order which looks at issues by

region or area• Inductive method Reasoning first• Deductive method General statement

then facts

Impromptu•Do not change your organization patterns

Suggestions for effective manuscript speaking

• Manuscript speech is word for word reading

• Make sure your speech is well written• Use a type manuscript• Check pronunciation of all the words

you have difficulty in pronouncing

Manuscript speaking• Make marks on the manuscript to show

where you want to pause, go slow, use special emphasis, speed up

• Make sure the page breaks come at the end of the paragraphs

• Number your pages so that you do not look for a page in the middle of the speech

Manuscript speaking

• Practice with your script as naturally as it would be spoken in conversation

• Be willing to deviate from the script if the audience do not understand any thing provide them with additional example

Memorized mode of speaking

• The delivery of the speech carefully written and memorized

Memorized speech• Suggestion for memorizing;• Memorize line by line: Learn the

first line till you know it thoroughly.• Then learn the second line and put

the two together and repeat• Add the third line and continue

memorized• Tape your speech and listen to it

while jogging, driving, working just like listening to music. This will reinforce it in your mind

• Type your speech this will help you to memorize it

• Memorize it before going to sleep

Suggestions for effective memorized mode of

speaking• Try to speak without a podium• Use gestures• Move between one idea and the

next, but do not pace up and down• Make direct eye contact

Delivery of informative speech

• Don’t overestimate or underestimate what your audience know

• Emphasize how your listeners Can benefit from your information

• Relate your information to the interest of your audience Use examples that are familiar to your audience

Informative speaking• Try to get your audience to participate

in the following way– Use volunteers to demonstrate what you

are informing– Have the audience follow your instructions

directly– Use a fun quiz on the material being

presentedMake your information interesting to your

audience

Persuasive speech

• Relate the speech to the interest of the audience

• Build credibility: show that you have expertise in the subject you are discussing

• Use evidence to prove your points

Speech to entertain• Use humor