Chapter 1:

Introduction

Public Speaking

Presentations that Matter

 Why is communication
important in our everyday
lives?
– “… being able to speak well can help you
effectively share your message with a variety of
people (investors, customers, colleagues,
managers, friends, etc) and will allow you to make
your point in everyday life situations, such as
those that take place at school, work, home, and
your larger community” (pg. 4).
 How do YOU
define
communication?

How does the

textbook define
communication?
 Communication focuses on how people use
messages to generate meanings within and
across various contexts, and is the discipline that
studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences
of communication through humanistic, social
scientific, and aesthetic inquiry”

National Communication Association

Communication
Models
 • Simplistic

Linear • Message begins at one

point and moves in a
forward manner till it
reaches it end point (or
intended audience).
• This model has 7 factors:
• Sender
• Encodes
• Message
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• Receiver
• Decodes
• Noise
 Interactive Model of Communication

Linear Model is extended…

 Interactive – but
procedural. Turn-taking
Two-Way
Model
• More nuanced
understanding of
noise
• Environmental
• Physiological
• Psychological

• Overlapping feedback
 Presentational vs. Public
Speaking

Presentational Speaking Public Speaking

Daily Interactions Formal Interactions

• Larger settings
• Class
• Memorized
• Work
• Little feedback
• Community