...During this course English 331 Public Speaking, I was able to develop and improve my public speaking skills. Also, throughout this course numerous research projects were done by using technology in individual and group work activities. Moreover, through this class were done many written reports and essays. This was a great opportunity for the student to practice and improve her writing skills. Furthermore, during this class the student learned about the English language and professional protocol for public speaking. These areas are essential for my development both personally and professionally. At the beginning of the class the student was terrified for all oral presentations this course contain. This was not a class the student will select on her own to take. Ever since the student’s spoken abilities was not the best, she did not feel confident about deliver worthy speech during the presentations. Correspondingly, to be in front an audience was a terrified position the student must face and overcome. Furthermore, the anxiety, distress, and frightened feeling can impact negatively the student’s personal and professional life; since as a teacher the student need to be in front of an audience every...
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...Public Speaking- is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners. It is closely allied to "presenting", although the latter has more of a commercial connotation. In public speaking, as in any form of communication, there are five basic elements, often expressed as "who is saying what to whom using what medium with what effects?" The purpose of public speaking can range from simply transmitting information, to motivating people to act, to simply telling a story. Good orators should be able to change the emotions of their listeners, not just inform them. Public speaking can also be considered a discourse community .Interpersonal communication and public speaking have several components that embrace such things as motivational speaking, leadership/personal development, business, customer service, large group communication, and mass communication. Public speaking can be a powerful tool to use for purposes such as motivation, influence, persuasion, informing, translation, or simply entertaining. A confident speaker is more likely to use this as excitement and create effective speech thus increasing their overall ethos. The importance of public speaking * By learning how to effectively speak in public, you'll be able to increase your own self-confidence. Since public speaking is one of the most prevalent fears in the western world, by enabling yourself to master this difficult skill...
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...Future officers in the United States should strive to be the best leaders that they can possibly become. In this development what should be analyzed is what type of leader you are presently and what type of leader you want to someday become. By recognizing your strengths and weakness as a cadet you can improve upon them while you have time before you become an Air Force officer. It is essential that cadets strive to be successful leaders to continue the greatness of our Air Force. In order to better yourself as a leader you need a goal or ideal leader you want to model yourself after. My example of an ideal leader is Mohammed Ali, one of the greatest boxers ever to live. Mohammed Ali is a man of morals and the definition of a great leader. Early in his career in 1964, Ali converted his religion from Christianity to Islam; the same time changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali (“The Official1”). Two years later after his conversion and name change, he got drafted into the military service even after he failed the draft aptitude test. Ali refused to serve because of his Muslim beliefs. In 1967 he was found guilty of refusing to be inducted into the military services (“The Official1”). Although after a few years he was cleared of the charges, the damage was already done. The boxing association had already taken away his World Heavy Weight title and suspended him from boxing for three and a half years. Ali gave up some of his prime boxing years to fight for social...
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...I remember vividly the overwhelming feeling of anxiousness that I had, after my school counselor told me that I needed to take a Speech Communication class. Knowing that it was a pre requisite to graduate, I know that I had no other choice but to tough it out. The next several weeks, I thought would be some “agonizing” weeks, turned out to be some of the most fruitful times I had at National University. Public speaking has always been one of my weaknesses, but taking this class has provided me with many tools to add to my tool bag to be successful in public speaking. One of the lessons I have learned is knowing the basics of communication is important in building the foundation of a good speech. So, when we are preparing for a speech, we have to know our audience. Another part of the basics of communication that is just as important is knowing how ethics ties into communications. When speaking to an audience you must build trust based on factual information. If you give factual information and not false information your audience will be more likely to receive your message. Another important lesson I have learned is, how important Speech preparation is. It can either make or break your speech. So, come unprepared, you are almost guaranteed to fail in delivering an effective speech. If you prepare properly, your speech will come out almost naturally. The first part of speech preparation is to know what type of speech you are going to give. Is it...
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...The Video, Brilliant Public Speaking, relates to the topics this week as public speaking is an important part of communication, and a common need in the workplace, whether it be in front of small groups or large groups, public speaking is something that occurs on a fairly regular basis in the workplace. When listening to the different segments of this video, the section that applied to me the most was the section about overcoming nerves. Anytime that I have had to speak in front of large groups, I instantly am nervous. There are even points where I felt myself stuttering or using small words as filler while I thought about where I was on the subject matter as the nervousness caused my mind to go blank. Some of the techniques that were mentioned in this video that I would like to try to use the next time I have to give a presentation are to smile and practice in the room that I will be presenting in. In the video, it spoke about knowing your surroundings before giving a speech, and while most of the times I have had to do public speaking in a public setting it had been at the same location, I have never tried to practice there first. I feel that this could be a great asset to preparation. Another tool is turning the nerves into excitement by smiling. When I get nervous, I tend not to smile as I am so focused on trying to not be nervous, I forget the basics of facial expressions and how the audience reacts to this. If I had to give someone advice on how to effectively...
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...Culture of The Paulding County Public Defender’s Office Alisha Johnson CS204: Professional Presence 05/08/2015 Kaplan University Every law firm has a different culture. The culture of a particular law firm is built around not only the various people that work there, but the manner in which their everyday work duties are completed. The Paulding County Public Defender’s office is a diversely cultured office with many of its own unique daily operating procedures. The Paulding County Public defender’s office is comprised of not only attorneys, but they have a paralegal, receptionist, assistant attorneys, and a scheduler. The Paulding County Public Defender’s Office has built a culture of not only diverse employees but a diverse clientele. Anyone with the proper jurisdiction can apply for counsel through the office located in the local courthouse. Standard attorneys are paid for their services, while the attorney’s in The Paulding County Public Defender’s Office are not paid. In typical law firms, each position has their own daily job duties. This is also the case in Public Defenders Office although, there are many daily duties shared among all employees throughout the office. The Paulding County Public Defender’s Office has not only the receptionist answering phones, greeting clients, and taking applications for representation, but any of the employees in the office will undertake these tasks if available at that given time. In order for this to take place, all of...
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...communication and public speaking. Let's begin by exploring the basics. How do you define the term communication? Take a few minutes to go through the "Is This Communication?" activity included in this week's lecture material and report your results. I personally define communication as any individual trying to convey his/her thoughts to someone other than his/her self. Although I scored average in the results of my Communication Anxiety Report and Analysis, I barely made over the hump of the very low CA. I am not sure what it means right now but I am okay with it. I should improve by the end of the course. We are in the same page with this one. But as I mentioned in my original post that I am comfortable with final report of average even though I barely made it over the very low CAR. The good news is we are taking this class and I am positive that we are going to improve our scores. According to Wikipedia, Public speaking is the process and act of speaking or giving a lecture to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain a listening audience. Public speaking is commonly understood as face-to-face speaking between individuals and an audience for the purpose of communication. It is closely allied to "presenting", although the latter is more often associated with commercial activity. Most of the time, public speaking is to persuade the audience; with this definition, I can firmly say that I did plenty of public speaking in my young...
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...Executive Summary Glossophobia is the fear of speaking in public settings. People with an anxiousness of public speaking likely either exhibit the phobia or similar symptoms related to the phobia. The purpose of this report is to find and understand ways to deal with public speaking anxieties as it is a common fear among the general population. This report focuses on defining glossophobia, or more commonly referred to as public speaking anxiety (PSA), and elaborating on strategies/tips for overcoming this phobia. Symptoms of public speaking anxiety can be feeling intense anxiety prior to, or at the thought of having to verbally communicate to a group of people. Another symptom would be feeling physical distress, nausea, or feelings of panic in some cases. Possessing good public speaking skills is a very important skill one can possess and having this skill to speak efficiently and effectively to an audience gives a person numerous advantages throughout their lifetime. This report is to help our audience understand the different ways of overcoming PSA in hopes of achieving a better communication process during presentations, work environments, or any situation that may require speaking in a public setting. This report focuses on six strategies to accomplish this: 1) preparation, which focuses on preparation of the speech and content before the actual speech; 2) know your audience, which helps for a better communication process of the message; 3) creating an outline, which...
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...Communication Basics, Anxiety, and Ethics Worksheet INSTRUCTIONS ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS USING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE WEEK ONE READINGS. RESPOND TO EACH QUESTION IN 100 TO 200 WORDS USING THE SPACE PROVIDED. QUESTIONS BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE SEVEN ELEMENTS OF THE SPEECH COMMUNICATION PROCESS. HOW DO THESE ELEMENTS INTERACT TO DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF A SPEECH? The seven elements of the speech communication process are speaker, message, channel, listener, frame of reference, feedback, interference, and situation. The speaker is the person who is presenting the message to the listener(s). The message is what the speaker is communicating to the listener. The channel is the means of how the speaker is communicating the message to the listener. The frame of reference is the totality of the knowledge on the subject being presented, whether it is goals, experience, knowledge, attitudes, etc. No two speakers will ever have the same frame of reference. Feedback is message getting sent back to the speaker from the listener. This feedback is usually nonverbal. Interference is anything that comes between the speaker and the listener and interrupts the communication of the message. The situation is the surroundings in and at which the speech occurs. Why is it normal and even desirable to be nervous at the start of a speech? It is perfectly normal and even desirable to be nervous. Nervousness is a healthy sign that the speaker...
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...especially the healthcare industry. Being able to communicate with others will only build stronger relationships, trust, and problem solving skills. For communication to be effective there are basic elements that should be followed. Some of the necessary skills that someone should possess when communicating with a patient or co-worker are listening, instructing, motivating, giving feedback, building a relationship, and exchanging routine information. The three basic elements of communication are; the sender, the message, and the receiver. It is very important that the sender conveys their question and thoughts clearly so that the receiver is able to interpret the wants and needs of the sender. Also, the receiver can follow the senders body language for additional clues of their intentions and feelings. Body language should stay consistent with how the person speaking is feeling or if there is no speech involved, then the non verbal actions should show the emotion of their wanted outcome. Healthcare workers encounter all forms of communication, whether it be written, verbal, or non verbal, so understanding the basic rules of healthcare is essential. HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION 3 “The topic of communication is an essential one for any profession that deals with the general public. Nurses in particular frequently...
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... Briefly describe your like or dislike (one to two (1-2) sentences). My dislike is pubic speaking; it has been a very difficult thing to do throughout my entre life. Public speaking is some what terrifying to me and I would try to run the other way every time. Describe the subfield (e.g., cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, psychoanalytic psychology, etc.) you believe is best suited for providing psychological insight into your preference (the fact that you like or dislike the thing you do) and why you believe it is so. I would choose Experimental psychology for my subfield. I believe it would relate to my fear of public speaking. The Experimental psychology is pertaining to all basic psychological process including perception, learning and motivation. My main fear of public speaking is based of the perception of others. And all I can think at the time is what they think of me and what I am saying. The learning part would be based of the passed my childhood. I could of learned the to fear public speaking due to other around me fearing it as well. And the motivational peace of it could come from no one acutely motivating me and teaching me how not to fear public speaking. Discuss how biological bases of behavior (including sensation and perception) have contributed to your preference. The biological bases of the behavior of my public speaking issues are of so many different factors. I believe it starts first in my brain and how it takes in the...
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...focus is on the use of the English language in communicating. This test focuses on four aspects of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. This is a much practical than technical approach to usage of English. TOEFL it is a English proficiency test which tests the students ability to understand and use English on the university level. This test designed for High school graduates to enter into university. The object of any of these tests is to simple prove the ability of use and understanding of English Language at a certain level to the universities or any governing authority about the students capabilities. This clearly on the way teaches some of the students who take learning and preparing for these tests very seriously. The entry requirements for majority of the universities are at level which would be considered less than average. This is to keep the influx of the students for approval high. So in almost all of the cases these tests are seen as a hurdle to enter the gates of an university education rather than an actual learning experience towards the English language. The students who have major influence of their mother tongue and it is not English are deeply affected by this phenomenon. The result would be that they prove to the universities that the student would be of certain standard which could be to show that the student presents the very basic understanding of English and this being satisfactory for...
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...091C702029 |TOPIC 3: PUBLIC SPEAKING |OCTOBER 27 | | |2011 | TABLE OF CONTENT I Introduction………………………………..3 II Body • Sec 1: General statement about public speaking …........................................3 • Sec 2: The important role of public speaking, and difficulties………….....3 • Sec 3: How to prepare a good speech………………………………………......4 • Sec 4: how to improve public speaking skill………………………………8 III Conclusion…………………………..……….12 IV Reference list……………………………...13 INTRODUCTION C an you think of any memorable talk or presentation you have ever attended? It is sad to know that most of the presentations are easy to forget, especially when the main reason behind the presentation was to communicate something to you. Therefore, it is important to know how to transfer effectively the information to the others. Moreover, the world is open and nations are integrated together. Hence, exchange information and negotiation is very important. Obviously, communication is the most essential skill at the moment, specifically public speaking. Public speaking is not a new trend in...
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...1.0 Introduction Communication is an important aspect of our lives. It is hard to imagine a life where there is absolutely no communication. In fact, maybe it is not even possible to lead a life without communication and that is the reason we see that even the hearing impaired,dumb and visually challenged people learn some way to communicate with the others. In other words, communication is merely an expression of oneself and the exchange of ideas between people. In a day about 70 percent of our time is spent in communicating with the others. It is a well known fact that good communication is the back bone of any organization. Communication can be of different types such as verbal communication, non verbal communication and written communication. In case of verbal communication, it is merely by using speech and language that the communication takes place. In case of non verbal communication, there is no exchange of words, but it may be gestures or signs or facial expressions that are used for communication. In case of written communication, a letter is used to express oneself. This could again either be a hand written letter or a typed letter. A person may have brilliant ideas in his mind, but unless they are communicated to others, it is not possible to implement that idea and it is also difficult to finish all the tasks on one’s own. Good communication skills are an added advantage and people with good communication skills are an asset to any...
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...creativity processes while at the same time working with other staff members to effectively find solutions to complex problems. I believe that one of the biggest differences in healthcare compared to other fields of work is the basic idea that your actions can have major effects on other’s lives. Healthcare revolves around minimal mistakes under great amounts of pressure. Personal Deficiencies One of the biggest areas that I struggle with is public speaking. This is a very important skill to have in healthcare management. I have taken a public speaking class and have made a point to put myself in situations that I would have to talk in front of larger audiences. According to CSU global (2016) your qualifications are your broad range of abilities that can be transferred to help you succeed moving forward. I am working on improving my public speaking skills to be more successful in future positions. Taking online classes does not give me the opportunity to engage in public speaking very often. To address my struggle in public speaking I have volunteered at work to give presentations and training in front of staff. I have also volunteered to represent our department in our facilities daily safety huddle. I believe that the more I am forced to speak in public situations the more comfortable and skilled I will become. Conclusion Reflecting on personal strength and weaknesses is not always easy. It is important to frequently reflect on individual strengths and weakness...
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