Public Speaking
1. stress response
2. Primary Threat Response
3. blood pressure is elevated, giving you sweat and cold hands
4. muscles contract
5. blood vessels, giving a sensation of tingling and cold hands and feet
6. digestive system, giving you "butterflies" and "lumps" in your stomach, along with a dry mouth and nausea
7. breaths become rapid
8. brain wave
9. pupils dilate, sacrificing short distance viewing for long distance
9. goal isn't speaking engagement, rather perfecting delivery
10. use your large muscles by walking around, hitting things, and clenching your fists
PUBLIC SPEAKING1.That way you will know what your audience wants to hear
2.You can give your speech structure by creating an outline.
Capture the audience's attention by using emphasis
choose natural words
highlight to create emphasis
3.
Pratice your lines.
Avoid memorizing by working from notes.
Test your pacing and phrasing by using tape recorders.
Test the sucess of your gestures by talking into a mirror
get valuble feedback by a human critic.
Relaxing your muscles and then releasing will help with relaxation
use diaphragm to breath
connect to your audience
Gives confidence and you won't have to worry about style.
Nerves
Lack of preparation is a major cause of nerve.
Think about people sitting in underwear.
Delivery
Start by talking to a person. This helps with contact.
Churchill maneuver whenever you are scared
Much messages are nonverbal, be sure to use gestures.
Removing barriers
Don't stand behind a lectern.
Do not read from a set script.
Know your lines.
Thinking on your feet
Questions can sometimes be useful.
Ask tough questions so you can have a prepared answer for them.
Answering to the audience and not just to the questions will keep one in control.
I didnt get a few of them.
THE VOCALIZATION PROCESS
Explain how sound is generated.Sound is generated through the vocal folds. Air is pushed out in a fashion in which the vocal folds vibrate.
Define resonance.
Resonance is reinforcement produced by vibration.
Identify three major cavity resonators.
Throat, nose, mouth.
Define articulation.
Articulation is the shaping of speech sounds into recognizable oral symbols that go together to make a word.
Identify the major the major articulators.
The tongue, the hard and soft palates, the teeth, and the lips.
Define pitch.
Pitch is the highness or lowness of the sound that is made.
Define vocal quality.
Vocal quality is the tone of one voice.
List four major vocalization problems.
nasality, breathiness, hoarseness, harshness.
List four common articulation problems.
1. substituting one sound for another
2. leaving out a sound
3. adding an extra sound
4. transposing sounds
