Fall Semester (2014)

The Famous Presentation(aka Dr. Bishai’s version of a Course Pack/Test Review)

Monday, September 8, 14

Time for the SYLLABUS

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This Class is a CAKE-walk--IF...

✤ IF you remember and observe the following:

✤ No food, drink, candy, gum, or anything; this is not a cafeteria.

✤ No phones, ipods, laptops, and/or any other form of electronic gadget.

✤ This class is ALL about participation (and attendance)

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Can You Keep a Secret?

✤ I’m just LOOKING for excuses to give my beloved students an A+

✤ I *LOVE* creative assignments (if appropriate, obviously)

✤ I would LOVE to help you out... but I ain’t psychic.

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That Said...

✤ Just coz I love my students doesn’t mean they automatically get an A

✤ (Especially if they break the gum/phone/drink rules, ahem)

✤

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Moving On...

✤ This document is a GUIDELINE

✤ aka “topics and order aren’t set in stone.”

✤ The chapters referenced in these slides are JUST “starting points.”

✤ aka “The exams are NOT 100% book.”

Monday, September 8, 14

Time for the CALENDAR!

✤ This will evolve over the first few weeks

✤ To reflect the “final” number of students enrolled

✤ To accommodate all y’all’s learning styles, etc.

Monday, September 8, 14

Intro to Communication

✤ Communication Elements

✤ Types of Communication

✤ Errors in Perception

✤ Listening vs. Hearing

✤ Barriers to Communication

✤ (INTRO) Verbals and Non-Verbals

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Motivations of Speech

✤ Three types/motivations of speech

✤ The fourth one

✤ Commemorative Speeches (Ch. 28)

✤ (Intro) Informative Speeches (Ch. 24)

✤ (Intro) Persuasive Speeches (Ch. 25-27)

✤ Questions of Fact, Value, and Policy

✤ (Intro) Types of Outline & the “Point” of Outlining

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Things to Consider

✤ The “Point” of your speech

✤ Setting

✤ (Intro) Audience Analysis (Ch. 6)

✤ Your level of knowledge (Ch. 8-11)

✤ Preparation time available to you (Ch. 12-14)

✤ Your “role” or persona

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Construction of Your Speech

✤ Outlining (Ch. 12-14)

✤ Credibility (personal)

✤ Evidence

✤ The “Famous Speech Format” (Ch. 15-16)

✤ APA-Style Referencing (Ch. 11)

✤ Speech-Writing in Three Easy Steps!

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Presentation and Presenting

✤ Four delivery styles (Ch. 18)

✤ Verbals (Ch. 19-20)

✤ Nonverbals (Ch. 19-20)

✤ Do/Don’t (Speech Sins handout)

✤ Using language effectively (Ch. 17)

✤ Visual aids (Ch. 21-23)

✤ Handouts

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Informative Speeches

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Persuasive Speeches

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Intercultural Communication

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Nonverbal Communication

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Interpersonal Communication

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