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SPCH275 Public Speaking

WEEK 2 PRESENTATION 1 SELF-INTRODUCTION SPEECH

Self-Introduction Speech

This week, you will deliver your self-introduction speech. Details for all presentations and for this speech are located under Presentations Overview.

Deliver a short presentation (1 to 2 minutes) in which you introduce yourself. Spend some time thinking about what you might share with either an audience of your peers or people you might be meeting for the first time in a professional situation; for example, possible employers.

Be sure to begin with an enthusiastic greeting that will set the tone for the audience. Introduce yourself, and then provide some detail about who you are, what you’ve done, why you’re here, and so forth. Finally, spend some thinking about (or writing down) how you will close. If you don’t prepare and practice a strong finish, there is a good chance that you will have a faltering one (.e. “well, uh . . . I guess that’s it!”). We will talk about conclusions in detail next week (see Chapter 7), but for right now you can thank the audience for their time, or leave on some otherwise friendly note.

No outline is required for this assignment.

Instructions for Recording: You have several different options for recording your presentations for this course. Click on Modules in your Canvas course, under Course Resources, then click on Access Student Resource Center. There you will find Kaltura and VoiceThread, two different platforms that will allow you to record, send, and upload presentations to our course. These platforms require a built-in webcam on your computer or tablet. If you need additional help with these platforms, please call the DeVry Help Desk. Although submitting a cell phone video is an option, it is not ideal as the recording is often not of the best quality. Creating a YouTube account and submitting a YouTube link is acceptable as well.

Please be sure to review the recording guidelines from Week 1: prepare, practice, record, and review. Although practicing in front of people is always a great idea, speaking in front of a live audience is not a requirement for this presentation.

 

SPCH275 Public Speaking

WEEK 5 PRESENTATION 2 INFORMATIVE SPEECH

Informative Speech

This week, you will deliver your informative speech. Details for all presentations and for this speech are located under the Presentations Overview.

This is an individual speaking assignment, 3–5 minutes in length. This is a speech with the general purpose to inform. You will be required to conduct research, synthesize information, and remain objective about your topic. Resources that you gather should be current, credible, comprehensive, referenced orally (out loud during your speech), within the body of your outline, and in the references at the end of your outline. Please keep the following in mind.

The tone and messaging of the presentation should stay informative. Although you can bring yourself into the speech (making it personal), make sure you don’t share any opinions on your topic or try to convince your audience of anything. You should create a thesis statement that supports this and remains objective.

You should document at least three quality sources in a references list, parenthetically on the outline and orally during the presentation. Review the DeVry Brainshark referred to in the week’s lesson as well as the library guides created specifically for our course. Websites should be from reputable well-respected experts/resources in your topic area.

Your presentation should have a fully developed beginning, middle, and ending.

Extemporaneous delivery is expected for this presentation. (Have a strong introduction and conclusion prepared, while relying on limited notes during the body of your speech so that you are making lots of eye contact throughout.)

Instructions for Recording: You have several different options for recording your presentations for this course. Click on Modules in your Canvas course, under Course Resources, then click on Access Student Resource Center. There you will find Kaltura and VoiceThread, two different platforms that will allow you to record, send, and upload presentations to our course. These platforms require a built-in webcam on your computer or tablet. If you need additional help with these platforms, please call the DeVry Help Desk. Although submitting a cell phone video is an option, it is not ideal as the recording is often not of the best quality. Creating a YouTube account and submitting a YouTube link is acceptable as well.

Please be sure to review the recording guidelines from Week 1: prepare, practice, record, and review. Although practicing in front of people is always a great idea, speaking in front of a live audience is not a requirement for this presentation.

 

SPCH275 Public Speaking

WEEK 7 PRESENTATION 3 PERSUASIVE SPEECH

This week, you will prepare, research, practice, and deliver a 5–7 minute persuasive presentation with a PowerPoint. Live presentations should include a Q and A session at the end of the speech. Review “Answering Questions from the Audience” on pp. 193–195. When deciding on a topic for your speech, remember to choose something that you feel strongly about. Your speech will be evaluated based on the following.

Content: The Week 7 presentation needs to be persuasive in tone and execute a fully developed persuasive strategy that is supported by a PowerPoint presentation. This is not a vocalized PowerPoint; it should be a live or recorded presentation of you delivering your presentation with PowerPoint (or something similar) as your visual aid. Keep in mind that a visual aid assists the presenter, and does not become the entire presentation.

Preparation: Your final presentation should incorporate all four canons of rhetoric (invention, arrangement, style, and delivery) in designing and delivering your message. You should have a strong introduction, several main points, and a strong conclusion. Incorporate verbal tropes and techniques from Chapter 8 for a strong delivery. Research opposing viewpoints to your stance and incorporate at least one into your speech, followed by a strong rebuttal.

Timing: The presentation should be 5–7 minutes. You should have 5–10 slides, including a reference slide at the end.

Research: You should have a minimum of three to five academic, peer-reviewed articles or books from a scholarly source. Review the DeVry Brainshark referred to in the week’s lesson as well as the library guides created specifically for our course. The sources that you submitted for the annotated bibliography are acceptable but not required if you found other research you used for your speech. Although websites are also acceptable, they should not replace the required minimum of three to five academic, peer-reviewed articles or books from a scholarly source.

A references list with at least three to five academic, peer-reviewed sources should be listed on your outline.

Three sources should be parenthetically cited on the outline. For a sample outline, download the Persuasive Speech Outline Sample document from the Files section of your course.

During the delivery of the presentation, there should be a minimum of three oral citations.

Delivery: This speech should demonstrate a mastery of the extemporaneous speaking style.

Instructions for Recording: You have several different options for recording your presentations for this course. Click on Modules in your Canvas course, under Course Resources, then click on Access Student Resource Center. There you will find Kaltura and VoiceThread, two different platforms that will allow you to record, send, and upload presentations to our course. These platforms require a built-in webcam on your computer or tablet. If you need additional help with these platforms, please call the DeVry Help Desk. Although submitting a cell phone video is an option, it is not ideal as the recording is often not of the best quality. Creating a YouTube account and submitting a YouTube link is acceptable as well.

 

 

SPCH275 Public Speaking

WEEK 8 PRESENTATION 4 INFORMATIVE SPEECH

Your last presentation is a short speech (2 to 4 minutes) that should demonstrate your mastery (or something close to it) of public speaking. Presentational aids are optional for this speech, but are not required.

You may use this opportunity to try using the impromptu delivery style, rather than the extemporaneous. There will be many moments in your work career, starting with the actual job interview, where critical thinking on one’s feet will be required. The impromptu delivery style is good practice for these moments, when you are asked to report at a meeting or have to speak spontaneously about work experience or what you can contribute to a certain company, position, team, and so forth. Impromptu speaking requires the same skills of organization that you would use in an extemporaneous speech, but most of it is delivered with little or no opportunity for practice ahead of time. You have enough speaking experience now under your belt to give it a try if you wish.

Here are sample questions that may be used if you want to try the impromptu speech.

How would you spend lottery winnings?

What charity or cause would you support?

If you were able to travel to a time or place in history, where would you go?

What is one challenge you have faced?

What is your favorite book, video game, television show, or song?

Where would you like to take a vacation?

What is a current event that interests you?

Whom do you admire?

What was your most embarrassing moment?

What is your dream job?

What is the worst or best job that you have ever had?

Whatever topic you select, try to relax and have fun with this speech. It’s the last one, and you have come a long way; show me what you can do.

No outline is required for this speech.

Watch this video to learn the tools you need to present a well-organized, confident impromptu speech.

Instructions for Recording: You have several different options for recording your presentations for this course. Click on Modules in your Canvas course, under Course Resources, then click on Access Student Resource Center. There you will find Kaltura, a platform that will allow you to record, send, and upload presentations to our course. These platform requires a built-in webcam on your computer or tablet. If you need additional help with the platform, please call the DeVry Help Desk. Although submitting a cell phone video is an option, it is not ideal as the recording is often not of the best quality. Creating a YouTube account and submitting a YouTube link is acceptable as well.