PUBLIC SPEAKING:

Get Better At It

Introductions and Warm-up

Why We’re Here

Why this, why nowBeta, beta, betaSafe environmentRolesSurveyDraft outlineFeedback

Survey results

Message organizationConfidencePresenceEye contactBody controlVoice controlUsing a microphone

Draft OutlineSession 1: Getting Started, Anatomy of a Message, Main Elements of Public Speaking

Session 2: Anxiety and Body Control

Draft Outline continuedSession 3: Vocal Modulation and Variety, Audience-Centered Speaking

Session 4: Presence, A/V Aids

Session 5: Humor, Catch-All, Moving Forward

Feedback Process

First, Speaker: What did you like about what you did? What would you like to do differently next time?

Then, Co-Learners: What did you like about what X did? What might X do differently next time?

Goals for Speeches

Create awareness

Foster understanding

Generate emotional impact

Motivate listeners to take action

Preparation, Part 1

Outcome: what do you want to achieve?

Relevance: why should they care?

Point: what’s your message in one memorable phrase

Parts of a Speech

Ramp (introduction)Road mapThree points of discoveryQ & ADessert (conclusion)

Ramp

RampMr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Seventy-seventh Congress:I address you, the Members of the members of this new Congress, at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union. I use the word “unprecedented,” because at no previous time has American security been as seriously threatened from without as it is today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941, “The Four Freedoms”

RampMr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Seventy-seventh Congress:I address you, the Members of the members of this new Congress, at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union. I use the word “unprecedented,” because at no previous time has American security been as seriously threatened from without as it is today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941, “The Four Freedoms”

Roadmap

Roadmap

Where you’re going, what route you’ll use to get there, how long it will take to get there

Tells audience how long you’ll be speaking, previews your structure, sets up rules of engagement

Three points of discovery

I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking—with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking but more particularly with the overwhelming majority who use banks for the making of deposits and the drawing of checks. I want to tell you what has been done in the last few days, why it was done, and what the next steps are going to be. 

Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 12, 1933 Fireside Chat

Three points of discovery

Q & A

Build in time – it’s one way adults learn.

At end or sprinkled throughout? Your call, depending on style, how much material you have to cover, type of audience.

Dessert

Dessert

“Sticky” with strong emotions

Story, anecdote, metaphor or image

Dessert And so, once again, I think of the young Jewish boy from the Carpathian Mountains. He has accompanied the old man I have become throughout these years of quest and struggle. And together we walk towards the new millennium, carried by profound fear and extraordinary hope.

Elie Wiesel, “The Perils of Indifference,” April 12, 1999

Practice Speeches

2:00 – 3:00 introduction

Option: point of view of someone or something else

We are the most supportive, friendly audience ever!

Timer visible

Feedback afterwards

Preparation

Preparation

All good speakers prepare carefully.

Essential

Even in “ad lib” or extemporaneous speaking there is some preparation

Shows respect for your audience and fellow presenters

Timing is part of preparation

Main Elements of Public Speaking

Style  

Message

Environment

Style

Style

Appearance

Body control

Voice control

Overall presence

Message

Environment

Skill development

Pick an audience and situation realistic for you. Create a 3:00–5:00 minute speech informing or persuading this audience on a topic of value to them, to you, or to the library.