COMM 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Prezi
12 Mar 2016
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Selecting a topic and connecting to the audience. Pick a topic that is personal yet important as well as relevant to the topic and one your listeners can connect with public speaking - is the art of effective and oral communication with an audience. Selecting topic is first step in preparing a speech. Factors that contribute to effective speech: wording, research, organization and delivery. Pick one that identifies with your interests and qualifications. Brainstorming - a technique used to generate as many ideas as possible within a limited about of time. Reviewing current media - a technique for developing a list of possible topics by looking at current publications, television, movies, and other forms of public communication. Self-inventory - a list of subjects you know about and find interesting. Loading up broad categories and then narrowing them down to specific examples. Conducting an internet search - ted talks www. ted. com/talks.
