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[1] [2] Public speaking, also called oratory, is the practice of delivering speeches to a live audience. [3] Throughout history, public speaking has held significant cultural, religious, and political importance, emphasizing the necessity of effective rhetorical skills. It allows individuals to connect with a group of people to discuss any topic.
The World Championship of Public Speaking began in 1938 and has grown to over 50,000 participants in 149 countries in 2022. In its early decades, it was referred to as the Toastmasters Speech Contest. [1] By the 1990s, there were about 10,000 participants every year. [2] The contest's popularity grew rapidly in the 2000s. [3]
The public speaking events are typically memorized speeches that can be on any topic the competitor desires. Typically, the same speech is used for the entire competitive season but may not be used in more than one season. [3] For the public speaking events, they are performed with the purpose to use information to relate a message to an audience.
The English-Speaking Union (ESU) is an international educational membership organisation headquartered in London, England.Founded by the journalist Sir Evelyn Wrench in 1918, it aims to bring together and empower people of different languages and cultures, by building skills and confidence in communication, such that individuals realise their potential. [1]
How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking (1956), The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking (1962), Public Speaking for Success (2005) Public Speaking and Influencing Men In Business ( ISBN 0-7661-6973-1 ) is a 1937 revision of Dale Carnegie 's 1926 book Public Speaking: a Practical Course for Business Men .
When speaking, the person can hear their speech, and the brain uses what it hears as a feedback mechanism to fix speech errors. [10] If a single feedback correction occurs multiple times, the brain will begin to incorporate the correction to all future speech, making it a feed forward mechanism. [10] This is apparent in some deaf people.
Extemporaneous Speaking (Extemp, or EXT) is a speech delivery style/speaking style, and a term that identifies a specific forensic competition. The competition is a speech event based on research and original analysis, done with a limited-preparation; in the United States those competitions are held for high school and college students.