Useful Insights of Public Speaking Skills

Chapter 1:
The Evolving Art of Public Speaking
Lectured by: Kit Reahul

 Public speaking – (page 4)
 Audience-centered – (page 4)
oPublic Speaking is a situation in which an individual speaks to a group
of people, assuming responsibility for speaking for a defined length of
time.
oAudience-centered refers to acknowledging an audience’s
expectations and situations before, during, and after a speech.

 Rhetoric – (page 7)
oRhetoric refers to Aristotle’s term for public speaking. Today this is
called audience-centered communication.
oAdapting to audiences and building your credibility as a speaker form
major parts of the audience-centered approach.

The Five Arts of Public Speaking
 Invention – (page 8)
 Arrangement – (page 8)
 Style – (page 8)
 Memory – (page 8)
 Delivery – (page 8)

oInvention focuses on what you have or want to say in a speech, such
as by choosing a topic and developing good arguments.
oArrangement refers to how you organize your ideas in a speech.
oStyle involves the language you use to bring a speech’s content to life.
oMemory refers to using the ability to recall information to give an
effective speech.
oDelivery is the moment when a speech goes public – when it is
presented to an audience. (your voice, gestures, body movement)

Storytelling
 Most people love to hear stories.
 Stories not only entertain, but they also help both storytellers and
listeners understand the world.
 In this regard, stories form part of the foundation of public speaking.
 Narrative – (page 9)
oNarrative refers to a story used in a speech or other form of
communication.

Forms of Communication
 Mass media – (page 15)
 Information technology – (page 15)
 Personal communications technology – (page 15)
 Face-to-face – (page 15)

Useful Insights of Public Speaking Skills

The Elements of Public Speaking
 Speaker – (page 16)
 Message – (page 16)
 Channel – (page 17)
 Audience – (page 17)
 Noise – (page 17)
 Feedback – (page 17)
 Context – (page 18)
 Environment – (page 18)

oSpeaker refers to the person who assumes the primary responsibility
for conveying a message in a public communication context.
oMessage refers to the words and nonverbal cues a speaker uses to
convey ideas, feelings, and thoughts.
oChannel refers to a mode or medium of communication.
oAudience refers to the intended recipients of a speaker’s message.

 Noise refers to anything that interferes with the understanding of a
message.
 Feedback refers to audience members’ responses to a speech.
 Context refers to the situation within which a speech is given.
 Environment refers to the external surroundings that influence a
public speaking event.

Useful Insights of Public Speaking Skills

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