Preparatory Course for WYM 2003

Oral Presentation Skills

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A. Communication Theory

  1. Understand Communication Process and Barriers

  2. Understand Communication Process and Barriers (con't)

B. Listening

  1. Understand Audience and Listening

  2. Listening Remedies

  3. Understand Audience Memory

  4. Understand What Motivates People to Listen

  5. Understand What Change You Can Affect

C. Logic and Critical Thinking

  1. Types of Reasoning

  2. Tests of Reasoning

  3. Avoid Errors in Reasoning

  4. Ethos/Credibility in Speech Preparation

  5. Integration of Support & Evidence for Claims

  6. Ethics in Speech Preparation - Speech Topic Choice

  7. Ethics in Speech Preparation - Researching

  8. Ethics in Speech Preparation - Speaking Ethically

  9. Ethics in Speech Preparation - Plagiarism

  10. Don't Use Someone Else's Speech!

  11. Understanding Persuasion

  12. Steps in Persuasion

  13. Steps in Refutation

D. Planning the Speech

  1. Understand The Speech Context

  2. Context - The Audience

  3. Context - The Setting

  4. Context - The Culture

  5. Understand & Define Your Purpose

  6. Understand the Speech Making Process

  7. Choosing an Appropriate Topic

  8. Develop Central Idea

  9. Generate Main Idea

  10. Narrowing a Topic - Example

  11. Getting Topic Feedback

  12. Using Storyboards to Develop Ideas

  13. Using Storyboards to Develop Ideas

E. Finding Supporting Material and Researching the Topic

  1. Researching Topic and Finding Supporting Material

  2. Sources of Supporting Material

  3. Sources of Supporting Material (con't)

  4. Sources of Supporting Material (con't)

  5. Sources of Supporting Material (con't)

  6. Go Online or Go to the Library

  7. Types of Supporting Material

  8. Types of Supporting Material (con't)

  9. Organizing Supporting Material

  10. Tests of Supporting Material

  11. Tests of Supporting Material (con't)

  12. Special Considerations for Online Information

  13. Evaluating Online Information

  14. Evaluating Online Information (con't)

  15. Citing Online Sources - Examples

F. Organizing and Outlining the Speech

  1. Select Organizational Pattern

  2. Organization of Sub-Points

  3. Cultural Organizational Differences

  4. Types of Outlines

  5. Types of Outlines

  6. Develop a Preparation Outline

  7. Develop a Speaker Outline

  8. Introductions

  9. Types of Introductions

  10. Types of Introductions (con't)

  11. Functions of Introductions

  12. Other Functions of Introductions

  13. Conclusions

  14. Types of Conclusions

  15. Types of Conclusions

  16. Functions of Conclusions

  17. More Functions of Conclusions

  18. Useful Transitions

G. Speaking for a Specific Purpose

  1. Types of Informative Speeches

  2. Strategies for Informing Audience

  3. Types of Persuasive Speeches

  4. Goals of Persuasive Speeches

  5. Resistance to Persuasion

  6. Deliberative Speaking

  7. Ceremonial Speaking

  8. Ceremonial Speaking (con't)

  9. After Dinner Speaking

  10. Types of Group Speeches

H. Visual Aids

  1. Using Visual Aids

  2. Memory and Visual Aids

  3. Making the Visual-Verbal Link

  4. Select and Develop Visual Aids

  5. Guidelines for Using Visual Aids

  6. More Guidelines for Using Visual Aids

  7. Types of Visual Aids

  8. Types of Visual Aids (con't)

  9. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Size

  10. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Color

  11. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Typeface

  12. Design Rules for Visual Aids -Alignment & Proximity

  13. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Contrast

  14. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Repetition

  15. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Repetition (con't)

  16. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Repetition (con't)

  17. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Clip Art

  18. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Information

  19. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Information

  20. Design Rules for Visual Aids - Information

  21. Design Rules for Graphs

  22. Design Rules for Graphs

  23. Design Rules for Graphs

  24. Design Rules for Graphs

  25. Design Rules for Graphs

  26. Design Rules for Graphs

I. Delivering the Speech

  1. Public Speaking Produces Anxiety in Most People

  2. Reducing Anxiety - Understand...

  3. Reducing Anxiety - Understand...

  4. Overcoming Speech Anxiety

  5. Overcoming Speech Anxiety (con't)

  6. Overcoming Speech Anxiety (con't)

  7. Ethics in Speech Delivery

  8. Ethics in Speech Delivery (con't)

  9. Methods of Delivery

  10. Delivering Speech - Beginning

  11. Delivering Speech - During

  12. Delivering Speech - Ending

  13. Using Visual Aids During the Speech

  14. Language and Style

  15. Language and Clarity

  16. Language and Rhythm

  17. Language and Vividness

  18. Elements of Vocal Delivery

  19. Elements of Physical Delivery

  20. Rehearsing Speech

  21. Rehearsing Speech

  22. Rehearsing Speech

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