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Speaking Effectively: A Guide for Air Force Speakers

By Dr. John A. Kline

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Title: Speaking Effectively: A Guide for Air Force Speakers  
Author: Dr. John A. Kline
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Language: English
Subject: Non Fiction, Social Sciences, Military
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Table of Contents
DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi 1 PREPARING TO TALK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Types of Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Briefing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Teaching Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Audience Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Audience Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Selecting the Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Narrowing the Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Choosing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 General Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Specific Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Gathering Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Evaluating Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 ORGANIZING THE TALK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cause/Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Problem/Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Pro/Con . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Topical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Combining Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Now that You Have Organized . . . . . . . . . . 22 3 SUPPORTING THE TALK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Factors to Consider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Briefing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Teaching Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Logical Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Slanted Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Irrational Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Verbal Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Humor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Visual Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using a Chalkboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 After You Have Your Support . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4 BEGINNING AND ENDING THE TALK . . . . . . 41 Briefing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Teaching Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Suggestions for Gaining Attention . . . . . . . 48 Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Quotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Joke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Startling Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Gimmick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Common Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Transitions and Interim Summaries . . . . . . 53 Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Interim Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 After Preparation, Then What? . . . . . . . . . 54 5 PRESENTING A TALK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Methods of Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Memorizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Manuscript Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Impromptu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Extemporaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Keyword Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Nervousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Suggestions for Nervous Speakers . . . . . . . 64 Physical Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Eye Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Body Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Use of Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Intelligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Sincerity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

 
 



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