Comm 102 midterm

Many young people

Finish their schooling with in adequate oral communication skills Nearly 2/3 cannot get a clear oral directions and nearly 1/5 or in adequate in a variety of informative and persuasive oral skills that are important to every day life

Employment

Getting a job

Empowerment

Giving yourself more tools to help achieve your personal, familial, social, and professional goals

Long term specific strategies

Gradually make yourself speak out more and more, be your own best friend, visualize success as you prepare, thoroughly prepared

HAURR

Hearing, attending, understanding, responding, remembering

Perception is reality in communication

If the audience thinks that we are incompetent or unfriendly, acting superior, then our message will suffer, even if we think that we are confident and friendly

Cite your sources

If you borrow material from another source (book, periodical, interview, the web), you are required to identify the source during the speech. If you do not cite your sources, you were plagiarizing. In the educational setting, this is considered academic dishonesty. The information needed within a citation differs according to the type of source

Begin speaking slowly, with shorter sentences

If you rush the temple of your speech at first or use long, involved sentences, you'll soon be breathless and comfortable

Thinking pleasant thoughts

Remember happy moments; or the speeches or program that occurs before you speak; maybe even pretend you're giving a speech on that occasion (until it is close to time to present - they get mentally ready, thinking positive thoughts)

All jobs

Require good communication skills and Minnie specifically require public speaking skills

Physical problems

May prohibit the listener from receiving the speakers message. May include a poor sound system, outside interference, and hearing problems

Importance of oral communication skills

Most employers want to hire people with proficient oral communication skills

Speakers

Must prepare carefully, but want to sound fresh and spontaneous, with the natural an interesting flow of ideas

An energy rush is natural

Nervousness is a natural human reaction to the speaking situation. It is the body's way of getting you pumped up to go out and do something important. Take comfort in the fact that it is a natural reaction that you share with almost everyone. 75% of people are nervous about giving speeches

Empathetic listening

Occurs when the listeners primary objective is to provide emotional support for the speaker. This type of listening usually occurs during private conversations when personal problems are being shared with another person (relationship problems, money problems, addictions, etc.)

Don't aim for perfection

One problem that many people have is that they aim for perfection and then fall apart when I don't achieve it. Perfection is impossible. Your goal should be to do a decent, effective job. Forgive yourself when things go wrong - the audience will forgive you if you keep your boys and keep trying

Good speakers

Organize ideas effectively

Ways to alleviate speaker anxiety

Prepare and practice, gain as much public speaking experience as possible, but the apprehension in perspective, do something physical, say no to drugs, relax the mind, get to know your audience, choose topics that you like to discuss

Circumvent Murphy's Law

Prevent things from going wrong in the speech and to be ready if they do. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst; that is, we will be optimistic about the audiences attitude and how the presentation will proceed, but we will also be realistic about what can go wrong

Visualize success as you prepare

Project the entire situation and see yourself succeeding each time

Communication education

Rated by some expert as the most significant skill and human life Helps develop the whole person educationally, socially, and professionally

Put the apprehension in perspective

Realize that you are a novice at public speaking, so naturally your presentation will not be perfect. Also, remember that what you're feeling is not fair of real danger. The matter how real the fear feels. Americans are not usually in danger by engaging in public speaking

Gradually make yourself speak out more and more

Should be done in situations where you used to remain silent but wanted to speak. Reward yourself each time you do so

Oral communication skills

Shown during the hiring process are critical to getting many jobs

Ethical speakers

Employee correct reasoning and you spare emotional appeals

Not concentrating on the message of the speaker

A common problem for audience members. Several factors encourage audience members not to pay attention

Approach her audience with confidence

Act confident, even though your knees maybe shaking. Actors know that if you act the part you soon feel what you are role-playing

Are flexible

Adapt to situations and other people; pay attention to the reactions of others

Thoroughly prepare

Advance preparation and stimulated practice will make you feel more comfortable when speaking. The more you prepare in advance and practice, the more comfortable you will feel when you say the speech

Rate gap

An average listener has the mental capacity to process approximately 400 to 800 words a minute. During this time, a listener has the ability to understand and think about what the speaker has said. The problem occurs because every speaker says 125 to 150 words per minute, leaving the listener with extra time to spend. Unfortunately a number of listeners become accustomed to the average speaker's rate and spend the extra time on distracting thoughts (daydreams, future plans, personal problems)

Remember to respect the thoughts of others

And ethical speaker recognizes the value of opinion and is willing to listen to other people

Good speakers

Are confident enough to communicate in an effective manner without obvious stress

Verbal messages

Are contained in words

Ethical speakers

Are especially honest about what they don't know

Good speakers

Are ethical

Information overload

Audience members are continuously bombarded with messages throughout the day. When annoyance member begins to pay attention to these extraneous messages, the speakers ideas may get ignored

Say no to drugs

Avoid substances that contain stimulants such cigarettes and caffeine as well as depressants such as tranquilizers, pain medication, or alcohol. The substances take away the spark that his file to your delivery

Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

Be honest, thorough, and clear when voicing your ideas and beliefs

During the speech

Begin speaking slowly, with shorter sentences; look at individuals in your audience while you were speaking; move to reduce your physical tensions; channel the extra energy into enthusiasm and commitment

Be your own best friend

Build your self-esteem and don't be hyper critical of yourself - haven an I can do it attitude

Benefits of public speaking training

Employment and empowerment

Do something physical

Engaging and stretching exercises before the speech allows the muscles of the body to relax and allows you to appear more relaxed

Listening to hard

Can also calls for listening. This often occurs when the listening concentrates on every particular detail, yet fails to grasp the big picture. The maxim of not seeing the forest for the trees applies here. To understand the big picture, it's necessary to take a step back and take it in

Jumping to conclusions

Can also create problems for a listener. This problem usually occurs when the listener anticipates the intended message of the speaker and stops listening or hears only subsequent parts that correspond with the expectation

Focusing on the speakers delivery and personal appearance

Can also district an audience member. Some listeners get so caught up in what they see that they failed to hear the words being spoken

Messages

Can be divided into two basic categories: verbal and nonverbal

Are sincere

Care about the message and the people with whom they communicate

Be yourself but be your best self

Challenge yourself to expand your skills and reach your potential as a communicator when giving a speech

Book or other publication

Cite the author, publication, and date

Interview or personal communication

Cite the person's name, relevant to the topic, and date

Internet database

Cite the source and date

Internet document

Cite the webpage, date, and address

Immediately do before you speak

Dibert your attention away from negative thoughts in one of two ways: focus on the task at hand or think pleasant thoughts, use relaxation techniques, make yourself breathe normally, adopt a positive attitude toward the audience, what a positive slant on your body's reaction, approach your audience with confidence

Ethical speakers

Do not exaggerate stores or claims to the point that they distort reality

Public speaking

Does not require you to learn difficult new communication skills. Instead, it requires you to adapt skills that you mastered years ago to a different communication situation. You already think about what you say before you say it, but your personality into the way you speak, organize your thoughts and get to the point, using interesting, expressive vocal expressions and language choices, care about your listeners needs and noticed their reactions, have the appropriate facial expressions for the situation, and carefully explain yourself

Do your own work

Don't delegate your responsibility to someone else. It is up to you to find a topic, researcher, and organize your speech. Well there are ghostwriters (professional speech writers) in the world, most beat you should be written by the speaker. This is most certainly true when the speaker is being evaluated for their ability to compose and deliver a speech

Focus on the task at hand

Don't give negative thoughts an opening to sneak in. Mentally rehearse what you were about to do, visualizing positive results

Show respect for others

Don't put others down, don't waste time, explain carefully for everyone

Put a positive slant on your body's reaction

Expect the increased respiration and heart beat - read it as a normal reaction that will actually help you be more energetic and powerful

Hearing

Is often referred to as the physiological dimension of listening. This is when the soundwaves actually hit your eardrum

Responding

Is the feedback step This is where you would provide feedback to the source to let them know if you understood what you heard

Attending

Is the filtering One must filter out other messages and noises in order to pay attention to the message at hand

Understanding

Is the interpretation step In the step we assign meaning to what we just heard

Choose topics that you like to discuss

It will make you feel more knowledgeable and less likesly to forget parts of the speech. You also have more fun doing the speech

Move to reduce your physical tensions

Jester and move to burn off some of that extra energy

Speak knowledgeably

Know what they are saying

Prepare and practice

Knowing that you are well prepared and rehearsed will be sure confidence and reduce your level of anxiety. Rehearse your presentation for the mirror so that you can see where your audience will say. If you have a camcorder, videotape your rehearsal so that you can gain a greater sense of how you present yourself

Energy is your friend - use it

Lack of nervousness could actually be worse. It might mean that you had no concern for the audience and your performance. Generally your nervousness is a sign of your desire to do well. As long as your channel it in the proper direction and don't allow it to overpower your performance, nervousness actually improves your efforts - you can lend fours, vitality, and enthusiasm to your speaking. Harness your nervous energy; turn it into an asset rather than a liability.

Good speakers

Learn from each of their speaking experiences and also learn by carefully observing other speakers

Channel the extra energy into enthusiasm and commitment

Let it help you make a strong presentation

Many human resource directors

List into personal/human relations skills (which are largely demonstrated through oral communication habits) and oral communication skills as the skills most important for a successful job performance

Entertainment listening

Listening for fun. Watching television sitcom's, listening to music, and listening to comedians are usually done for enjoyment. While the listener may learn from the communication, apply the information to life, or better understand another's emotions, the goal is to be entertained

A speech is not a performance

Many people get nervous because I think they are performing. You were simply talking other people, something that you've done your entire life

Relax the mind

Sit down, close your eyes, so liberating, and pictures of delivering your speech in a relaxed, confident manner. See you smiling and listening attentively as you make your points. This form of self hypnosis can work like an affirmation. Dreams can come true and do so much more easily when I worked for from a relaxed state of both body and mind

Make yourself breathe normally

Sometimes understressed we forget to exhale properly

Over explain

Speakers must do so in a subtle, creative, an interesting way to make certain that everyone understands what is said

Audiences don't mind anxiety

Studies also show the audience is react positively to moderate level of tension the speaker because it shows that here she cares about what they are doing

You never appear as nervous as you feel

Study show that the audience never thinks that the speaker is as nervous as the speaker thinks that here she is

Be prepared

Take the steps needed to be comfortable with the content of your speech one way to do this is to talk to a friend about your topic and answer any questions that may arise this will help you organize your thoughts and build your confidence

Critical listening

Takes comprehensive listening to a higher level. It focuses on taking the message and actively thinking about how to apply that information. Persuasion speech is usually require the audience members to listen critically

Comprehensive listening

Takes place when the listener is concentrating on learning from the speaker. Most informative and fall into this category

You only conquer anxiety by confronting it

The best way to conquer your fear of speaking is to speak. We must count to three and jump in, because if you don't do it soon, you may never do it. There is no easy way

Adopt a positive attitude toward the audience

Think of them as friends or potential friends

Remembering

This is the last step in the process Simply the ability to call what you heard

Gain as much public speaking experience as possible

Try to use every opportunity to speak in group settings. Be more vocal in meetings in social settings. Volunteer to answer questions in class. Lead a class discussion. Whatever the opportunity, use it to practice and gain confidence in your voice

Ethical speakers

Use accurate information and are certain beyond a reasonable doubt that all facts are correct

Good speakers

Use appropriate body language especially facial expressions

Good speakers

Use language effectively (right words at the right time) and interestingly explanations are crystal clear

Good speakers

Use their voice in an interesting lively manner and maintain the proper tone of voice

We have an obligation to speak out

We owe it to ourselves and the people around us to speak up when we have something to say. Self expression is satisfying and an important part of our self-esteem, and her insight might provide a needed spark to group problem-solving

Perception

We should always remember that what is most important is not what you say before your audiences heard

Have an honorable goal

Whenever you were talking to an audience, make sure that your goal in giving the speech is to make things more clearly for the audience. The speakers of the legal right to voice an opinion that they wish, and ethical speaker will ensure that these words are not used to miss lead, misinformed, or just you audience members. The word should not use the power of public speaking to create a harmful situation. They were at your message and make sure that you're doing the speech for the right reasons

Communication

Will continue to be critical to drop success in the future

Use relaxation techniques

Yawning, meditating or visualizing, muscle relaxing

Remember your audience

You should be sensitive towards the audience members attitudes and feelings towards the topic. This means you should I should be aware of the many different views the audience could have concerning your topic choice, not just your own. Conducting an audience analysis will help you in accomplishing this goal

Look at individuals in your audience while you were speaking

You will soon feel more friendly and at ease with your audience, and you'll look more poised and relaxed

Get to know your

You're more likely to feel relaxed if you understand who is in the audience. You'll find it easier to develop a conversational style delivery that is less threatening if you can think of the audience is friends

Words have power

Your normal reaction is nervousness only if you label it as such. Put a positive spin on what is happening; it is an extra energy that your body is providing to help you

Believe in your message

Your speech contains ideas that you want to share with others. Well there will be audience members who think you are wrong, your job is to convince them that what you say has merit