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GHUM 1025
Speaking with Confidence
Benefits of
Public Speaking
Personal Benefits
 | learn to be more
sensitive and skilled communicator.
| public speaking
encourages you to look inside yourself and explore what matters to you.
| learn to consider listeners--what do they want, need, like, care about?
| learn the power of speech--words have emotional content.
| words can hurt, heal,
create, build, transform.
| learn to focus topics,
how to structure, learn to listen, critically evaluate, discriminate types of
messages
| learn to be active in your learning--speak up and learn. |
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Practical & Professional Benefits
| you can give or get help in
class.
| oral communications is always one of the top skills demanded by
employers--what occupation doesn't need
it?
| get ahead in your career; be the one at work on whom
the boss depends for conveying ideas to users and customers. |
| learn to speak
concisely, clearly, and confidently-- impress your boss... impress your
clients.
| these skills will help you speak out
in important situations, such as being a parent, citizen, customer, tax payer.
| it is the nature of humans to form
groups-- this depends on communication skills.
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Advocacy
| help your family and neighbours. |
| change the world. |
| help others who cannot speak effectively for
themselves. |
| learn the ability to
persuade others---change things for better; be involved; seek civil justice,
human rights, democracy, freedom of speech. |
| be the next Martin Luther King or Maya
Angelou... change history. |
Cultural
Benefits
| learn to avoid
ethnocentrism--one view that is "right" excludes many.
| learn to avoid stereotypes. |
| look at many cultures-- expand your point of view. |
| learn to know individuals--each human being is a unique expression of many
features. |
| learn more about the groups to whom you belong. |
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Public Speaking as Expanded Conversation
What are
three characteristics of good conversation?
- It preserves the
natural directness of informal talk.
- It's colourful and
compelling.
- It's tuned to reactions
of listeners.
Conversational Directness and Spontaneity
| Who are you? ....My name
is bla, bla and I was born in bla bla... |
| What is the problem with
the above? |
| it's dull-- who cares? so
what? |
| How can you make this more
colourful? |
| add anecdote-- a story
of interest (remember Reeves' story about the bass player in
the band, who turned out to be Reeves himself?)
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| use humour, drama, or interest...
something that all can relate to or be shocked by.
| add feeling, colour, and life-- make them remember what you said. |
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copyright 2000, 2001. Karen E.Hamilton & Reeves Medaglia-Miller
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