PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TIPS AND GUIDELINES.pptx

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1. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION

2. COMMUNICATING IN PUBLIC

3. There are several reasons why you may have to speak in public: You have to do an oral presentation of your ad campaign in your advertising class.

4. 2. You may find yourself campaigning for a position in the student council. 3. You may have to defend your thesis during your senior year. 4. You may be asked to deliver a talk in one of your major subjects.

5. 5. Your social life demands that you engage in an audience communication; and 6. You have to deliver a short talk on behalf of your school, etc.

6. For all the reasons, we should be able to deliver our speech with precision and acceptable impact.

7. Experts define public communication as “involving a single speaker who in a relatively formal tone and manner, presents a continuous, uninterrupted, persuasive, or entertaining discourse of supposedly general interest to a sizable number of other persons”.

8. This level of communication is commonly referred to as public speaking.

9. OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION Public communication is speech-making before a large body of audience in a formal situation wherein you, the speaker, display your talents for eloquence and oratory.

10. 2. P ublic communication is communication of ideas using words and actions to let others know what is happening in your head.

11. 3. P ublic communication is an art of facing a group of people and communicating to them your thoughts and feelings by means of effective speech.

12. 4. Public communication is direct communication with the audience --- the creation of an idea in their minds through the stimuli of words, facial expressions and movements.

13. public communication is the process of conveying ideas, of sharing opinions and information, of inducing understanding. It is highly social in that it always involves others, but it is individualistic in its need for understanding.

14. TYPES OF SPEECH

15. I. According to Preparation of Delivery Impromptu Speech -speech that requires the least preparation. - the speaker is given very little advance notice to speak for a few minutes on a specific subject.

16. The following principles would be useful: Be sure you know the topic and then formulate the central idea. Open your talk with a sentence that says something. Start with an impressive line or wake up the audience then go to the point where you identify the 5 W’s and H.

17. Don’t be apologetic. Be concrete and specific as possible and give examples. Conclude on a strong note or a positive attitude.

18. 2. M anuscript Reading - called a read speech because it is one that is written out and read word for word during delivery - Presented during solemn and historic occasion.

19. - Persons of importance read their speeches for accuracy and precision. - This speech lack of spontaneity and naturalness of an impromptu or the extemporaneous speech, the speaker must see to it that in delivery his/her speech he/she should as much as possible keep rapport with his/her audience.

20. 3. The Memorized Speech - Good only for elocution pieces and like the read speech it also lacks spontaneity and naturalness.

21. - There are times when human memory fails that in such event the speaker during his/her delivery may be exposed to great embarrassment.

22. 4. The Extemporaneous Speech - recommended for public speaking classes - It is not read or memorized.. - It has spontaneity and naturalness.

23. - The speaker has time to prepare the speech according to the ideas it should tackle, though the language is formulated at the moment of delivery.

24. - This kind of speech is also practiced but every time the speaker practices, the speaker simply guided his outline. - If ever he carries some notes, they simply contains quotations from famous authors.

25. - The extemporaneous speaker doesn’t memorized his speech, but he has to know from the memory the order of his ideas to achieve unity, organization, and clarity in his speech.

26. FUNDAMENTAL GUIDELINES TO DEVELOP ETHICAL PUBLIC SPEAKING

27. 1. TELL THE TRUTH An audience that consents to listen to you trust you and expect that you will be honest.

28. Telling the truth means more than avoiding outright lies. If you are not sure whether the information is true or not, don’t use it until you have verified it. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE.

29. 2. KEEP YOUR INFORMATION IN PERSPECTIVE. Although a little exaggeration might be accepted as a normal product of human nature, when the exaggeration is perceived as distortion, most people will consider it as telling a lie-and see it an unethical.

30. 3. RESIST PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINSTS THOSE WHO OPPOSE YOUR IDEAS. Remember that name-calling and other irrelevant attacks are detrimental to a speaker’s trustworthiness.

31. Responsible listeners recognize that such tactics don’t contribute to the speaker’s argument and represent an abuse of the privileged status that the speaker enjoys.

32. 4. FULLY CREDIT SOURCE OF QUOTATIONS AND PARAPHRASES. Avoid PLAGIARISM –the act of stealing and passing off ideas and words of another as your own or to use a created production without crediting the source.

33. If you are to use the exact words of another person, you must indicate that you are quoting directly.

34. What makes a good and effective public communicator?

35. A good and effective public communicator has a strong/powerful and audible voice. A good and effective public communicator establishes a good eye contact. A good and effective public communicator has a good visual posture.

36. 4. A good and effective public communicator speaks clearly, decisively, and has acceptable diction, pronunciation, and enunciation. 5. A good and effective public communicator projects a power image, positive self- esteem, and dignity.

37. SOME TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE DELIVERY

38. Direct eye contact with your audience to show interest in them. Facial expression should be on the “happy” side. Hands should be relaxed. Check your visual posture.

39. 5. Have a positive attitude. 6. Speak with an audible voice, good diction, pronunciation , and enunciation. 7. Deliver your speech with aplomb (i.e., confident poise).

40. TABOOS IN SPEECH DELIVERY

41. Making faces, staring at the ceiling, floor or wall Giggling Wetting lips frequently Putting tongue out Crackling knuckles

42. 6. Putting hands in pockets 7. Fiddling with the buttons, ball pens, keys, coins, etc. 8. Constantly shifting from one foot to another 9. Swaying from side to side, socking backward and forward.

43. 10. Feet too wide apart or too close together 11. Putting thumbs under the belt 12. Staring at the ceiling, floor or wall.