hot seat guidelines to effective speaking. purpose to help students develop the knowledge, skills...

HOT SEATGuidelines to Effective Speaking

PURPOSETo help students develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to speak in public

Learning outcomes

Deliver and present with confidence and impact

Master the art of speaking with small notes/without notes

Give and receive feedback Prepare a speech and

source information

Overview Students must deliver a 3-5 minutes

story telling individually. Students will tell a story about

Narrative or Recount Students are allowed to bring small

note Studens are also allowed to use

printed media (no Powerpoint/video)

Students should mind their body language and eye contact

Overview

An Attack of Stage FrightStage fright commonly appears

in spotlight unprepared inexperienced

How to deal with Stage Fright

Preparation

Practice

Presence

Effective SpeakingPreparation

Find sources Make drafts Make Notes – outline the main points Prepare note cards vs. full sized

paper Speak on what you know

Sample Story Telling Outline

I. Greetings and IntroductionII. The StoryIII. Closing

Effective SpeakingPractice

Perfect practice makes perfect revision get time right

Effective SpeakingPresence

Mind your body language(voice tone, gestures, positive attitude and eye contact)

Overcome your nervousness

Things You Shouldn’t Do

Read directly from notes

Turn back on audienceSlouch, hands in

pocketsNo um, ah, you know’sNo nervous gesturesTalk too fast, Talk too quietly

Things You Should DoEye contactCan glance at

notesAppropriate

gesturesAsking

questions to involve audience

Successful TipsTo Control the “Butterflies”

Know your material increased nervousness is due to

un-preparednessRelaxation relax entire body by stretching

and breathing so as to ease the tension

Control the “Butterflies”Visualize giving your speech

by visualizing yourself successful, you will be successful

People want you to succeedThe audience is there to see you succeed not to fail

Control the “Butterflies”Don’t apologize by mentioning

your nervousness or apologizing you’ll only be calling the

audience’s attention to mistakesTurn nervousness into positive

energy nervousness increases

adrenaline, transform it into vitality and enthusiasm

Control the “Butterflies”Turn nervousness into positive

energy-nervousness increases adrenaline, transform it into vitality and enthusiasm

Control the “Butterflies”Gain experience-experience

builds confidence, which is key to effective speaking

Practice takes you from this..

To this….

TopicsNo. Students Number Topic1. 1 Recount2. 2 Recount3. 3 Recount4. 4 Recount5. 5 Recount6. 6 Recount7. 7 Recount8. 8 Recount9. 9 Recount10. 10 Recount

TopicsNo. Students Number Topic11. 11 Recount12. 12 Recount13. 13 Recount14. 14 Recount15. 15 Recount16. 16 Recount17. 17 Recount18. 18 Narrative19. 19 Narrative20. 20 Narrative

TopicsNo. Students Number Topic21. 21 Narrative22. 22 Narrative23. 23 Narrative24. 24 Narrative25. 25 Narrative26. 26 Narrative27. 27 Narrative28. 28 Narrative29. 29 Narrative30. 30 Narrative

SOURCEOpen source with necessery editing