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Tip Sheets
Here are a few helpful tip sheets that may answer some of your communication questions. Please come by the Speaking Center for more help. These sheets are only a supplement to the help we provide.
Step 1: Invention
Exploration of Topic
- Speech Making is a Five Step Process (Infographic) (Video)
- Persuasive Speeches: What Are You Questioning?
- Goals of Persuasive Speaking (Video)
- Speaking to Persuade (Video)
Audience
- Connecting to Your Audience (Video)
- Steps of Audience Analysis (Video)
- Audience Analysis: Becoming an Audience-Centered Speaker
- Analyzing and Adapting to Your Audience.docx
- Adapting to Audience Attitude.docx (Video)
Credibility
Step 2: Disposition/ Arrangement
Organization
- Organizational Patterns (Video)
- Organizational Strategies
- Turning a Paper into a Presentation
- Statement of Logical Reasons Pattern
Outlines
- My Outline Checksheet
- Creating an Outline (Podcast and Transcript) (Video)
- Creating Speaking Outline
- Outline Format
- Presentation Outline for Interior Architecture Department
Parts of a Speech
- Parts of a Speech (Video)
- Common Attention Getting Devices
- Thesis (Video)
- Rhetorical Questions
- Creating and Determining Main Points (Video)
- Organizing Main Points (Video)
- Transitional Words (Video)
- Common Devices for Lasting Impressions (Video)
- Introduction and Conclusion Checklist (Video)
Persuasion
- Motivated Sequence (Video)
- Methods of Organizing Persuasive Arguments
- Presenting an Argument
- 5 Principles of a Better Argument (Video)
- The Tools of Persuasion (Video)
- The Toulmin Model (Video)
- Persuasive Stories
- Giving Good Reasons and Evidence
- Problem Cause Solution Order
- Problem-Solution Division
- Cause and Effect Solution
- Better Plan
- Refutational Pattern
- Call-to-Action
- Applying Evidence
Specialized Tip Sheets
- Public Speaking in Business courses
- Public Speaking in Science and Mathematics Courses
- Public Speaking in Social Science Courses
- Public Speaking in Technical Courses
- Public Speaking in Education Courses
- Acceptance Speeches
- Nominations
- Sales Presentation
- Tributes
Step 3: Style
Language & Style
Fallacies
- Reasoning Based Fallacies(Video)
- Audience Based Logical Fallacies (Video)
- Language Use and Grounding Logical Fallacies
- Fact-Inference Confusion
Step 4: Memory
Practice Tips
- How to Practice Efficiently (Podcast and Transcript)
- Tips for Practicing Your Speech (Video)
- Aristotle’s Method of Remembering (Video)
- Manuscript Speaking
- Tips for Non-Native Speakers of English
- Skits
Anxiety Tips
- Strategies for Managing Your Speaking Anxiety (Video)
- Techniques for Managing Public Speaking Anxiety (Podcast and Transcript)
Step 5: Delivery
General Delivery Tips
- Do’s and Don’t’s of Delivery (Video)
- Presentation Delivery Tips (Video)
- Delivery (Video)
- Mid-Presentation Adaptation (Video)
- Public Speaking Tips
- Impromptu Speaking Strategies
- Verbal Elements of Delivery
- Nonverbal Elements of Delivery (Video)
- Confident Public Speaking
Specific Delivery Tips
- Guidelines for Using Note Cards
- Immediacy Behaviors
- Immediacy in Reading to an Audience
- Verbal Fillers and Pauses (Video)
- Citing Sources in Oral Presentations (Podcast and Transcript)
- Body Movement Tip Sheet
- Eye Contact (Video)
- Taking a Stand When Presenting
- Communicating Clearly With a Mask
Creating Impressions
Visual Aids
- Poster Presentations Tips
- Enhancing Visual Aids (Video)
- Tips for Using Visual Aids (Video)
- Tips for Designing and Using Visual Aids for a Presentation
- Effective vs. Ineffective Visual Aids
- Tips for Visual Aid Success
- Using Visual Aids
- Rules for Using Visual Aids
- Using the Workstation to Project
- Pecha Kucha
Question and Answer Tips
- Question and Answer Tips
- Question and Answer Sessions
- Handling Hostile/Difficult/Troubling Questions
- Handling Hostile Questions
Specific Presentation Tips
- How to Use a Public Address Microphone
- Guidelines for Introducing a Speaker
- Guidelines for Effective Welcoming Remarks
- Guidelines for Meaningful Eulogies
- Guidelines for Great Toasts
- Farewells
- Award Presentations
- After Dinner Speeches
- Speaking at the Expo (Video)
Mediated Communication
Online Interviews
Podcasts
- Parts of a Podcast (Infographic)
- Podcast Preparation (Video)
- Speaking in a Podcast (Infographic)
- Using Anchor for Podcasts(Prezi)
Virtual Classroom/Training
- Are You Ready to Facilitate in the Virtual Classroom?
- Rapidly Moving Your Face-to-Face Training Online
- Convert Your Classroom Training to Virtual Training
- Facilitating Virtual Collaboration Tips and Tricks for Being Creative Virtually
Group Communication
Group Speech Process
- Stages of Group Development
- Guidelines for Organizing Group Presentations
- Group Outline Check Sheet
- Group Presentation Delivery Tips
- Presenting Virtually in Groups
- Writing a Group Dialogue
Group Cohesion
- Listening in Groups
- Presenting Virtually in Groups
- Tips for Listening to Others
- Making Decisions in Groups: Wood’s Process of Problem Solving
- Small Group Roles
- Managing Group Conflicts Assertively and Effectively (Podcast and Transcript)
- Barriers to Conflict Management
- Characteristics of Effective Teams (Podcast and Transcript)
- Top 10 Ways to Enhance Team Effectiveness (Video)
- Tips for Facilitating Group Discussion
- Groupthink (Video)
- Building a Strong Team Presentation
- Group Contracts
Discussion
General Discussion Tips
- Tips for Participating in Class Discussions(Video)
- Tips for Facilitators Working with Groups
- Characteristics of the Discussion Method
- Ten Tips When Facilitating Discussion
- SOFTEN Technique
- What, So What, Now What for Consultations
- What, So What, Now What for Discussions and Activities
- Statements Used to get the Entire Audience and/or One Person to “Stop Talking”
- Listening in the Workplace (Video)
- What to do in a Rebuttal
- How to Know When to Stop Talking in Conversations with Colleagues
Discussions with Specific Audiences
- Training Generation N: How Educators Should Approach the Net Generation
- Effective Training for Millennial Students
- Enhancing Employability in the “ME Generation”
- Barriers to Discussion
- Tips for Getting Students to Talk More In Class
- Round Table Discussions
- Checklist for Presenting in a Panel Discussion
- Grief Competency
Interpersonal Communication
Active Listening
- Active Listening (Video)
- Tips for Effective Interpersonal Listening (Video)
- Interpersonal SOFTEN Technique
- Tips on How to Become a Better Listener
- Empathetic Listening (Video)
- Demonstrating Empathic Communication in Virtual Meeting Spaces
- Polarization (Video)
Developing Relationships
- Skills and Strategies for Developing Interpersonal Relationships
- Communicating with Instructors
- Building Positive Relationships
- Making Your Small Talk Big
- Self Disclosure and Validation
- Self Compassion (Video)
- Sexism
- Heterosexism
- Intensional-Orientation
- Indiscrimination
- Static-Evaluation
- Listening
- Racism(Video)
Social Skills
Interviews
- Interview Delivery
- Tips for Conducting an Informational Interview
- Questions for Conducting Interviews
- How to Use Cue Cards for a Remote Interview
Feedback
- Notes on Feedback
- Dealing with Criticism (Podcast and Transcript)
- Giving Feedback (Video)
- Giving Feedback-Persuasive Speech
- How to Give Your Boss Feedback
Workplace
- Conflict in Workplace
- Giving Your Boss Feedback
- Elevator Pitch
- How Not to be Awkward Around Disabled Colleagues/Students
Relational Communication
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