THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

Harsha Sinvhal, Professor

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

hsclass.mba@gmail.com

Communication

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• Understand Communication Process and Barriers

PUBLIC SPEAKING

• Understand Audience and Listening

• Understand Audience Memory

• Understand What Motivates People to

Listen

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PUBLIC SPEAKING

• Tell them what you are going to tell them

• Tell them

• Tell them what you have told them

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• Plan

- Postures / Expressions

- Contents

- Words / Tone

- Jokes / Stories

- Experiences

PUBLIC SPEAKING

• Seem spontaneous

• Use spoken language

• Use voice modulation

• Use body language

PUBLIC SPEAKING

• Presentation

- Be Friendly – Relaxed Smile

- Take Command

- Plan Your Position

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Public Speaking is an Art

Perfect it by

- Hard Work

- Practice

- Sincerity

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• Include Everyone

- Make the audience feel that they are important

- You and I not I and You

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• KISS

- Keep it Straight and Simple

- Cover only a few points

- Avoid Jargons

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• Watch timing

- Stand Up

- Speak Up

- Shut Up

(Praestate dicete et tacete)

PUBLIC SPEAKING • Preparation

No one can speak effectively in public without preparation

• They prepared their speeches

- Lincoln

- Kennedy

- Nehru

- Churchill

- So should you

• Understand The Speech Context

- Context - The Audience

- Context - The Setting

- Context - The Culture

• Don't Use Someone Else's Speech!

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• Understand & Define Your Purpose

• Choose an Appropriate Topic

• Develop Central Idea

• Use Storyboards to Develop Ideas

PUBLIC SPEAKING

• Research Topic

• Find Supporting Material

• Sources of Supporting Material

• Go Online or Go to the Library

• Organize Supporting Material

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• Use Visual Aids - Select and Develop Visual

Aids - Types of Visual Aids - Design Rules for Graphs

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• Public Speaking Produces Anxiety in Most People

• Reduce Anxiety• Rehearse Speech

PUBLIC SPEAKING

THANK YOU

Harsha Sinvhal

IIT Roorkee

Any Questions ?