Finding Supplementary MaterialsLibrary Guest Lecture for

GCPS1005 Public SpeakingChris Chan, Christine Ho

Introduction

“Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say”Richard Whately 1787–1863 English philosopher and theologian: Apophthegms (1854)

(n.d.). Speeches. In Oxford Essential Quotations. Retrieved 17 Jan. 2013, from http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/view/10.1093/acref/9780191735240.001.0001/q-oro-00010323

Outline

Finding expert opinion

Finding public opinion

Finding statistics

Finding the right words

Finding the right image

Your topic

“Eating habits in Hong Kong”

Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_lulu/6634043509/

Expert opinion

“An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.”

Nicholas Murray Butler 1862–1947 American President of Columbia University, 1901–45: Commencement address at Columbia University (attributed)

(n.d.). Experts. In Oxford Essential Quotations. Retrieved 28 Jan. 2013, from http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/view/10.1093/acref/9780191735240.001.0001/q-oro-00004242

Where the experts areWhere do experts share their opinions?

Within their trade

On the blogosphere

In civil society

In academia

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Experts: think tanks

A body of experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems

Experts: academic publications

OneSearch - The Library’s research engine:

Finding public opinion

What does she think?

Public opinion in Hong Kong

Established to collect and study public opinion on various topics

HKU Public Opinion Programme http://hkupop.hku.hk

Public opinion elsewherePublic opinion from other countries might make for an illuminating comparison

Pew Research Center focuses mainly on the US, but includes a “Global” section:

http://www.pewresearch.org/

Public opinion in the media

Documentaries

Radio shows

Newspaper reports

Columnists

Letters to the Editor

Editorials

Finding Statistics

“We think in generalities but live in detail “

Auden, W.H. & Kronenberger, L. (1993). The Viking book of aphorisms: A personal selection. New York: Barnes & Noble Books.

The Government’s Census and Statistics Department provides a wealth of statistics on Hong Kong: http://censtatd.gov.hk/

18%

82%

Fast food expenditure Total restaurant purchases

The right quotation

“Der Mensch ist, was re isst.”(Man is what he eats.)Ludwig Feuerbach 1804–72 German philosopher: Jacob Moleschott Lehre der Nahrungsmittel: Für das Volk (1850) ‘Advertisement’

Finding the right wordsquotations

aphorisms

allusion

anecdotes

The right quotationOxford Reference:

http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk

Contains online versions of hundreds of reference books such as:

Oxford Essential Quotations

Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion

The right definitionEnglish dictionaries

Subject specialist dictionaries

The right pronunciation

crowd-sourced pronunciation guide

The right anecdote

Anecdotes

Allusions to food that I could work into my speech:

Ambrosia - Delicious or reviving food (Greek Mythology)

Feeding of the five thousand (Biblical allusion)

The right image

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmatteo/4768786395

Creative Commons images

“Some rights reserved”: between copyright (“all rights reserved”) and public domain (chaotic free for all?)

CC licensed allow licensor to retain copyright while letting others to copy, distribute and make some uses of their work

Creative Commons images4 tools combine to form 6 different licenses

Google image search...

Filter by license to reuse

flickr search...

Search for Creative Commons-licensed

Wikimedia Commons search...

All content on Wikimedia Commons

can be reused

SummaryInform, motivate, and persuade your listeners

Make your point by using expert & public opinion, statistics, and the right words & images

Consult the Research Guide for your course at: http://hkbu.libguides.com/public_speaking

Questions? Ask anytime.

Thank you!

Acknowledgements

Presentation prepared by Chris Chan and Christine Ho (HKBU Library, 2013)

Slide 11: Yellow Stripes Dance by flickr member · · · — — — · · · via Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 license, http://www.flickr.com/photos/psit/5059180907/

Slide 22: Baby Smile by flickr member Matteo Sorba, available under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmatteo/4768786395

(n.d.). Food and Drink. In Essential Quotations. Retrieved 19 Jan. 2013, from http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/view/10.1093/acref/9780191735240.001.0001/q-oro-00004498

Delahunty, A., inasdf & Dignen, S. (n.d.). ambrosia. In Oxford University Press, The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion. . Retrieved 19 Jan. 2013, from http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/view/10.1093/acref/9780199567454.001.0001/acref-9780199567454-e-65

Delahunty, A., inasdf & Dignen, S. (n.d.). Feeding of the five thousand. In Oxford University Press, The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion. . Retrieved 19 Jan. 2013, from http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/view/10.1093/acref/9780199567454.001.0001/acref-9780199567454-e-689