LISTEN WITH CURIOSITY.
SPEAK WITH HONESTY.
ACT WITH INTEGRITY.

The Importance of having Awareness about the Importance of Critical Thinking in Listening to Public Speeches and the Ethics of Public Speaking.

"It's just all about hearing what they've said",

"Just believing right away what the speaker have told you",

"It's fine as long as I've attended the speech."

"All is well as long as I prepare" - "I can just speak in front of them and that's it!"

NO! Thats not what an ethical listener and speaker does.

Importance of Critical Thinking in Listening to Public Speeches

TRAITS OF CRITICAL THINKERS

• Open-mindedness
• Analytic Nature
• Systematic by Method
• Inquisitive
• Judicious

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• Truth-Seeking Ethos
• Confident in Reasoning

OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Critical thinkers are open and receptive to all ideas and arguments, even those with which they may disagree. Critical thinkers reserve judgment on a message until they have examined the claims, logic, reasoning, and evidence used.

ANALYTIC NATURE

Critical thinkers are interested in understanding what is happening in a message.

Systematic by Method

Critical thinkers avoid jumping to conclusions. Critical thinkers take the time to systematically examine a message. Critical thinkers apply accepted criteria or conditions to their analyses.

Inquisitive

Critical thinkers are curious by nature. Critical thinkers ask questions of what is going on around them and in a message. Critical thinkers want to know more and take action to learn more.

Judicious

Critical thinkers are prudent in acting and making judgments. Critical thinkers are sensible in their actions. That is, they don’t just jump on the bandwagon of common thought because it looks good or everyone else is doing it.

Truth-Seeking Ethos

Critical thinkers exercise an ethical foundation based in searching for the truth. Critical thinkers understand that even the wisest people may be wrong at times.

Confident in Reasoning

Critical thinkers have faith in the power of logic and sound reasoning.

ETHICS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

Show Respect for Your Audience

One of the most important things you need to learn as a public speaker is showing respect for your audience.

Respect Your Audience’s Time

Your audience values their time too so don’t waste it.
Show respect for your their time by keeping to the allotted time for your speech. A good way to do this effectively is good preparation. If you prepare well in advance, it will keep you from running overtime.

Prepare Your Speech

Prepare well in advance. Do research on the subject and gather all necessary facts and references. Then rehearse your speech. Practice until you gain mastery of your speech.

Be Honest and Don’t Mislead Your Audience

Ethics in public speaking demand that you are honest and accurate in the information you are presenting to your audience. Do not intentionally mislead them.

Avoid Plagiarism

Avoid using another person’s work without permission. Give credit whenever you reference someone else's work. This builds up your credibility too.

Ensure Your Objective Is Ethical

If the objective of your speech is to motivate people to get involved in harmful, illegal, or unethical activities, then you are not observing the ethics in public speaking. It is as simple as that!

Be Yourself

Be natural in your delivery. When you try to be someone you are not, your audience will notice and you will only look and sound fake to them. This will harm your credibility and water down the effectiveness of your delivery.
Simply be yourself!

"If you don't know what you want to achieve in your presentation your audience never will." - Harvey Diamond

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