
Students learn different types of communication, types of groups, and the importance of feedback while giving a speech.
Students learn about the legal and ethical responsibilities of the speaker and the rights and obligations of an audience.
Students learn why people have Stage Fright and why public speaking is one of the number one fears in the world.
How does one cope with the fear of public speaking? Students learn ways to deal with Stage Fright.
Students are introduced to the 7-Step Speech Plan—the steps necessary in the speechmaking process.
Students learn about types of audiences and ways to analyze an audience, a critical process when the speaker develops his/her speech goal.
Students will be able to gather source material by learning about good Internet sources and other tips and techniques in the source gathering process.
Students learn two strategies to strongly consider using before actually organizing the speech.
Students learn specifically how to begin a speech, learn how to conclude, and learn effective organizational patters for the body of a speech.
Students learn how to create effective Powerpoint presentations, especially to assist the public speaker.
Students learn four things that their speech wording MUST be.
Public Speaking 101: How to Give a Great Speech.
This course emphasizes the strategies for planning, developing, and delivering oral presentations. You learn the "Seven Step Speech Plan" so you can give a great speech for business & other presentations. This is a human performance course designed to improve oral communication skills in public speaking, group process, and interpersonal situations. It is designed to introduce students to principles of effective public speaking, implemented through the design and presentation of individual speeches. Communication theory will be presented and practice will be provided with audience analysis, organizational strategies, critical listening and thinking, and use of good sources and evidence in the preparation and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches and analysis of interpersonal relationships. Writing speeches for delivery in political, professional, and ceremonial settings is covered. Opportunities to apply what the student is learning are provided. By evaluating speeches, especially ones that need improvement, students are given ample opportunity to demonstrate what they've learned at the end of the course. As a professor at five colleges and universities in the United States, I'm happy to provide you my experience of 28 years of teaching by offering you this course.
In taking this course, the successful student will:
Learn the complete speech making process.
Develop his/her ability to select topics and deliver speeches according to the occasion, the audience, and the speaker.
Demonstrate ability to research information & evaluate evidence.
Exhibit increased self-confidence in public and interpersonal communication situations by reducing speech anxiety.
Show expanded facility in constructing arguments.
Demonstrate proficiency with the elements of oral style and effective delivery.
Apply fundamentals of listening.
Assess different types of audiences and learn how to analyze such audiences.
Utilize wording, style, argument, and delivery to connect with audience members.
Public Speaking 101: How to Give a Great Speech.