Week 3

For fun: https://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_watch_me_play_the_audience

https://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Video-Library/five-basic-public-speaking-tips

Guidelines for Ethical Speaking and Listening ( Chapter 2 Ethics and Public Speaking)

  • Be prepared
  • Language use
  • Honesty
  • Plagiarism
  • Have a open mind set
  • Understanding Your Communication Style
  • Effective Body Language
  • Connect with Storytelling
  • Inspire Your Audience

Agenda

  1. Review the rubric for Public Speaking
  2. Be prepared for the 1st speech on My Career Choice
  3. Peer critique :Giving Effective Criticism: Be Positive, Specific, Objective, and Constructive
  4. Self-reflection: setting goals https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-communications/chapter/elements-of-speech-communication/
    • Reflect on the characteristics that are effective in delivering the speech based on the 1st performance
    • Reflect on the characteristics or style of a well-written speech ( consider the speech you heard that worked)
      1. Purpose
      2. Audience
      3. Speaker’s Persona ( A write’s persona is socially constructed )
      4. Situation
      5. Language
      6. rhetorical appeals
  5. My Goals for the next speech
  6. Knowing your audience
  • To whom am I speaking?
  • What do I want them to know, believe, or do as a result of my speech?
  • What is the most effective way of composing and presenting my ideas to accomplish that aim?
  • What’s audience’s age, group membership, racial, ethnic and cultural background?
  • How to use rhetorical appeals to connect with or adapt to the audience? ow to adapt to the audience during the speech ( p.114)?
  • What’s the physical setting for making the speech?
  • How do we gain trust and ethos from our audience?

For Homework Assignment:

1)Read and annotate chapters 2 & 3 (https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking/index.html )  

2)Research in YouTube or TedTalks and post the links of three videos that you believe exemplify effective speeches. Provide a brief summary of the speech and explanation why you have chosen the speech to share with your peers.   3)Select three videos of your classmates’ introductory speeches and make comments.   Due 9/19