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Introduction To Public Speaking

This document provides an introduction to public speaking. It discusses that public speaking involves addressing public gatherings and making speeches. It then discusses how to effectively organize thoughts and presentations, including writing in a structure with a head/introduction, body, and tail/conclusion sections. It emphasizes tailoring presentations to the specific audience. The document also encourages practicing public speaking and provides exercises for writing speeches on assigned topics and presenting concepts to different audience levels.

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Introduction To Public Speaking

This document provides an introduction to public speaking. It discusses that public speaking involves addressing public gatherings and making speeches. It then discusses how to effectively organize thoughts and presentations, including writing in a structure with a head/introduction, body, and tail/conclusion sections. It emphasizes tailoring presentations to the specific audience. The document also encourages practicing public speaking and provides exercises for writing speeches on assigned topics and presenting concepts to different audience levels.

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Introduction to Public

Speaking - I
By:
ELIT at IIT Bombay
Situations that involve use of this
skill
1. Seminars
2. Presentation of one’s work.
3. Interviews
What is public speaking?
Oxford Dictionary defines it as -

“The action or practice of addressing public gatherings; the

making of speeches”
How do you think?
Are your thoughts -
1. In the form of words of the English language?
2. In the form of words of your native tongue?
3. In the form of images?
WHAT IS YOUR ROAD BLOCK?
The signs that mark a good speaker
1. Clarity of thought - no um, ah, hmm.

2. Fluency in the language

3. Engages the attention of the audience - Till the very end


How do we achieve each of these?
1. Organise, Organise, Organise - Organise your thoughts

2. Practice - Read, Listen, Converse and Write

3. Understand your audience


It’s all about the “Junta”.

Who are you addressing? It could be -

1. A Thesis presentation to a panel of professors

2. An interview panel of industry professionals

3. Seminar being presented to a diverse population of students (in your


field/outside your field), professors, etc.
Writing - How do we organise?
HEAD/Introduction - Introduce the
subject

BODY - Content of the Talk

TAIL/Conclusion -
Summary/Results/Inferences
HOW Do we START?
The New Structure of the Cat!

Why do the tail and


the head come
Why this order? after the body?

Why
indeed?
Writing - WHere do i start?
Order most preferred -
1. Body
2. Tail
3. Head
The Hook - What lures the audience In
AUDIENCE

It could be -
1. An interesting
experience
2. A unique personal
observation
3. Something that
appears to be
unrelated to the
subject at hand.

INTRODUCTION
The Tail - End with a
TRY NOT TO END WITH -
1. “Thus, to summarise
DO TRY TO END WITH -
everything..”

2. “In conclusion, I would like 1. Food for thought


to say..”
2. An interesting question
3. “To sum it up,...”
WRITING EXERCISE - 1
1. Find the meaning of the adjective given to you.

2. Write a short essay that describes an incident that


exemplifies the adjective.

3. Your essay must be 3-4 paragraphs long (Head – 1, Body –


1-2, Tail - 1)
the words
1. Rousing

2. Audacious

3. Melancholy

4. Daunting

5. Hubris

6. Perseverance

7. Compunction

8. Mirthful

9. Malicious

10. Avaricious
Meanings of the words
WORDS MEANING

1. Rousing 1. Exciting

2. Audacious 2. Brave

3. Melancholy 3. Sad

4. Daunting 4. Frightening

5. Hubris 5. Arrogance/Ego

6. Perseverance 6. Survive

7. Compunction 7. Remorse/Guilt

8. Mirthful 8. Funny

9. Malicious 9. Evil/Harmful

10. Avaricious 10. Greed


Writing for public speaking
- ii
By:
ELIT at IIT Bombay
What Would you prefer –
writing over speaking?
The Edge Speaking gives you

1. An immediate response to your content

2. The ability to use the inflections in voice and gestures to explain


content.

3. Flexibility.

4. Allows for instantaneous modulation of content.


It’s all about the “Junta”.

Who are you addressing? It could be -

1. A Thesis presentation to a panel of professors

2. An interview panel of industry professionals

3. Seminar being presented to a diverse population of students (in your


field/outside your field), professors, etc.
TAILORING YOUR CONTENT
● Based on your audience, make the content as technical as required.

For a diverse audience, simplify the content.

For a specific audience, use of technical jargon is permitted.

● Engage your audience by making the session interactive.


Speaking EXERCISE - 2
1. Pick a concept unique to your field of expertise.

2. Tailor your content to explain it to three groups-

a. Novices

b. Intermediate

c. Experts
THANK YOU!

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