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Speaking with Confidence

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Public speaking is important because it gives you two fundamental skills...   empowerment and employment  
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empowerment   Having resources, information and attitudes that lead to action to achieve a desired goal  
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Top skill valued by employers are (2)   Spoken communication skills and interpersonal skills  
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Differences between public speaking and conversation   Public speaking is planned and formal, where the roles of public speaker and audience are clearly defined  
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Similarities between public speaking and conversation   both involve vocalized thoughts; words are spoken and nonverbal behavior is expressed, and both involve adapting messages to listeners  
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Communication can be thought of as a linear action with five main elements:   Source, message, channels, receiver, and noise  
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Source   The public speaker  
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encode   To translate ideas and images into verbal or nonverbal symbols  
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code   A verbal or nonverbal symbol for an idea or image  
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message   The content of a speech and the mode of its delivery  
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decode   To translate verbal or nonverbal symbols into ideas and images  
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channel   The visual and auditory means by which a message is transmitted from sender to receiver  
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receiver   A listener or an audience member  
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external noise   Physical sounds that interfere with communication  
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internal noise   Physiological or psychological interference with communication  
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feedback   Verbal and nonverbal responses provided by an audience to a speaker  
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context   The environment or situation in which a speech occurs  
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Communication is an interaction involving two processes:   feedback and context  
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Rhetoric   The use of words and symbols to achieve a goal  
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Declamation   The delivery of an already famous speech  
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Elocution   the expression of emotion through posture, movement, gestures, facial expression and voice  
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Time period was the fourth century B.C. when...   Greek rhetoric flourishes, its the age of Aristotle  
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Time period was the fifteenth century when...   European clergy are the primary practitioners of public speaking.  
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Time period was the eighteenth century when...   American patriots make impassioned public pleas for independence  
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Time period was the nineteenth century when...   Abolitionists and suffragists speak out for change; frontier lecture circuits flourish  
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Time period was the twentieth century when...   Electronic media make possible vast audiences.  
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Time period was the twenty-first century when...   A new era of speechmaking begins, using rapidly evolving technology and media, but drawing on a rich heritage of providing information, influencing thought and action, entertaining and paying tribute via the spoken word.  
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Understanding Your Nervousness   You are going to feel more nervous than you look, almost every speaker gets a little nervous, anxiety can be useful  
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Building your confidence: (4)   Don't procrastinate, know your audience, select an appropriate topic and be prepared  
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Things to do with your speech to make it work better: (3)   develop and deliver a well-organized speech, know your introduction and your conclusion, re-create the speech environment when you practice.  
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What to do with your nervousness: (2)   Use deep-breathing techniques, channel your nervous energy  
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Staying positive to keep confidant: (5)   Visualize your succes, give yourself a mental pep talk, focus on our message rather that on your fear and look for positive support in the audience, and after speaking focus on what you have accomplished not your anxiety  
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