Exam 2: Public speaking

Question 1

What do people fear more of, dealth or public speaking?

Answer 1

Public speaking

Question 1

What are the steps of EBP process?

Answer 1

Question 2

What are the steps on managing fear?

Answer 2

• pinpoint emotional triggers
• Physical symptoms
• Tips to help

Question 3

What are the emotional triggers of public speaking?

Answer 3

• Fear of the unknown
• Failure
• Worrying about what people think

Question 4

What are the physical symptoms

Answer 4

• Rapid heartbeat
• Queasy stomach
• Sweating and drymouth

Question 5

What are tips to manage fear?

Answer 5

• Practice (BEST)
• Visualize a great speech
• Have a beverage handy (pause)
• Relax
• Take slow, deep breaths
• Stretch before you speech

Question 6

What are 5 public speaking tips to speak with confidence

Answer 6

• Know your subject: easier time to give speech about things you know, rehearse speech, do icebreak speech about yourself
• know your audience and space: know who and where-> can create limitations, language differences (college vs kids), how they will experiece your speech, make sure you have space on stage, know the apps you will use for online speech, facualty knows you need media
• Keep going: do not say sorry, for example skipping words. Takes away from speech and focus on mistake
• Imagine yourself giving a great speech: Visualize-> words and body language that emotionally connects you with audience, it will make you relax
• Focus on message and not on self: keep what is important on mind

Question 7

What can help or hurt the words you say?

Answer 7

body language

Question 8

How does anxiety play a part in body language?

Answer 8

Can cause you to shift weight, fixing clothes, glasses
* shift attention away from message

Calm nerves with practice and planning out body language to match your speech

Question 9

What are the different types of gestures

Answer 9

• Descripitive: words clearer (hand on heart)
• Emblematic: culture-strong emotion
• Representational: information on what you are doing (chopping, throwing, picking something up)
• Pantomine: ask audience to participate

Question 10

What do you need to coordinate during your speech?

Answer 10

Eye contact, gestures and filling the spcae

Question 11

What are the tips for rehearsing speeches

Answer 11

• Know your material: choose a subject what is familar, topic that you are passinate
• Be converational: help you engage with audience
• Practice: Rehearse out loud, do it standing, blue notecard (less obvious), allows you hear pace, tone and filler tone, know speech backwards and fowards
• Know the room and media: factors into your speech and allows you to prepare, rehearase in presenter mode
• Never apologize: weakens your creditablity, always have a back up plan

Question 12

Lavaliere microphone:

Answer 12

• Wireless -> powered by batteries
• Most common types: over the ear and clothes
• Give speaker the freedom to move around

Question 13

Lectern microphone
* What is useful?

Answer 13

conceal the notes

Question 14

handheld microphone
* Used for what?

Answer 14

• as a backup
• only one hand can be used to gesture

Question 15

lavaliere microphone:
* Where should you place it
* What do you to pay attention to with this mic?

Answer 15

• 4-6in below chin
• Hair and clothes-> make noises and conceal the battery pack
• Avoid jewlery that is big and loud

Question 16

Handheld mic:
* what happens when you are too close?
* What happens when you are too far away?
* where should it be placed

Answer 16

• Too close: muffled
• Too far: unable to hear you
• 45 degree and 3 inches away