Developing Your PresentationPreview: Developing your speechAn Overview of Public SpeakingOverview of Presentational SpeakingUnderstanding Speaker AnxietyManaging Speaker AnxietySelecting & Narrowing Your TopicIdentifying your PurposeDeveloping Your Central IdeaGenerating Main IdeasGathering Supporting MaterialSources of supporting MaterialSources of Supporting MaterialTypes of Supporting MaterialsTypes of Supporting MaterialWhat questions do you have?Developing Your PresentationHCOM 100Instructor NamePreview:Developing your speechAn overview of the Public-Speaking ProcessUnderstanding Speaker AnxietyManaging Speaker AnxietySelecting and Narrowing Your TopicIdentifying Your PurposeDeveloping Your Central IdeaGenerating Main IdeasGathering Supporting MaterialsAn Overview ofPublic SpeakingThe Public-Speaking ProcessSelect and narrow topicIdentify your purposeDevelop central ideaGenerate main ideasGather supporting materialOrganize PresentationRehearse PresentationDeliver PresentationOverview of Presentational SpeakingAudience-centered presentational speakers are inherently sensitive to the diversity of their audience.UnderstandingSpeaker AnxietySpeaker anxiety results from your brain signaling to your body to help with a challenging task.Blood flowBreathing rateAdrenalineMost speakers feel more nervous than they look.Managing Speaker AnxietyKnow how to Prepare a PresentationBe PreparedFocus on your AudienceFocus on your messageThink PositivelyUse deep-breathing TechniquesTake Advantage of Opportunities to SpeakSeek Professional HelpSelecting & Narrowing Your TopicWho is the audience?What is the occasion?What are my interests and experiences?Silent brainstormingScanning web directories and web pagesListening and Reading for Topic IdeasIdentifying your PurposeGeneral PurposeInform, persuade, entertainSpecific PurposeConcise statement of what your listeners should know or be able to do, i.e.:At the end of my presentation, the audience will be able to explain the causes and most successful treatments for anorexia & bulimia.At the end of my presentation, the audience will try Zen meditation.Developing Your Central IdeaThe central idea specifies the topic of the speech and makes some definitive statement about it.Criteria for Central Ideas:Audience-centeredSingle topicComplete declarative sentenceSpecific languageGenerating Main IdeasUse the central Idea to Generate Main IdeasDoes the central idea have logical division?Can you think of several reasons the central idea is true?Can you support the central idea with a series of steps of chronological sequence?Gathering Supporting MaterialSupporting Material Can be Verbal and VisualVerbalIllustrations, explanations, descriptions, definitions, statistics, etc.VisualObjects, charts, graphs, posters, maps, models, videos (no more than a 1-minute clip per speech) etc.AudioMusic, CD-ROM, DVDSources of supporting MaterialYou and People you knowInternetCriteria for Evaluating Internet SourcesAccountabilityAccuracyObjectivityDateUsabilityLibrarySources of Supporting MaterialBooksPeriodicalsNewspapersReference ResourcesGovernment DocumentsSpecial ServicesTypes of Supporting MaterialsIllustrationsHypothetical illustrationsDescriptions and ExplanationsDefinitionsClassificationOperational definitionsTypes of Supporting MaterialIllustrationsDescriptions & ExplanationsDefinitionsAnalogiesLiteral analogyFigurative analogyStatisticsOral citationsOpinionsExpert testimony, lay testimony, literary quotationsAcknowledgement of supporting materialWhat questions do you have?Homework:Reading?Turn in
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