Chapter# 8 Public Speaking

MAINTAINING AUDIENCE ATTENTION AND

INVOLVEMENT
 You done just start the speech, you introduce
 You done just end the speech you conclude
 All this is done to maintain the audience attention
 The audience need a reason to listen

ATTENTION GAINING STRATEGIES

1. Activity
2. Reality
3. Proximity
4. Familiarity
5. Novelty
6. Suspense
7. Conflict
8. Humor
9. The vital
10. Visualization

TYPES OF SPEECH INTRODUCTION

 The first few seconds or a minute is crucial

 You need to draw the audience into your world

REFERRING TO THE SUBJECT OR OCCASION

 To some people direct reference may be bothering but
to friends and receptive audience this produces a clear
engaging opening

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Chapter# 8 Public Speaking
MAINTAINING AUDIENCE ATTENTION AND
INVOLVEMENT

USING A PERSONAL RESPONSE OR GREETING

 Personal greeting or the remembrance of a previous
visit
 Don’t apologize

ASKING A QUESTION
 To spark thinking about the subject

MAKING A STARTLING STATEMENT

 Opening a speech with a shock technique
Using a quotation
 It captures the audience and take them to the specific
subject

TELLING A HUMOROUS STORY

 Make sure he humor works for you not against you
 Try to develop a picture

USING ILLUSTRATIONS
 A real life incident
 A passage from a novel or short story

BUILDING A SPEECH FORECAST

 To plan the speech

Preston university Kohat campus 2 Mr.Adil Hussain

Chapter# 8 Public Speaking
MAINTAINING AUDIENCE ATTENTION AND
INVOLVEMENT
TYPES OF SPEECH CONCLUSIONS

ISSUING A CHALLENGE
 Focusing upon the audience
 Hope to inspire the listeners

SUMMARIZING THE MAIN POINTS

 To revise the whole speech

USING A QUOTATION
 It may be a quote or a poetry etc

USING ILLUSTRATION

STATING A PERSONAL INTENTION

 Your own recommendations\

FRAMING THE SPEECH

Three goals of a competently built introduction
 Orient listeners’ attention
 Orient listeners to speaker’s qualification
 Orients listeners to the speech’s idea and their
development
CONCLUDING THE SPEECH
 Focus
 Flair
 Finality

Preston university Kohat campus 3 Mr.Adil Hussain