Look & Sound Like an Effective Public Speaker

Modes of Delivery Manuscript Memorized Extemporaneous Impromptu

The Look

Appearance Rules of attire for public speakers? Look credible Look better than the audience CLOTHING GROOMING ARTIFACTS

Peek-A-Boo!

Eye Contact Why does eye contact remain an important public speaking cue?

Facial Expressions

Gestures Nonverbal Emblems direct verbal translations widely understood Nonverbal Adapters potentially problematic unintentional movements Nonverbal Illustrators used to demonstrate & reinforce verbal messages

Posture

The Sound

Volume The relative loudness of a speaker’s voice Speech delivery --> louder than normal conversation Consider: size of the room and audience whether or not a microphone is available the level of background noise

Vocal Variety Pitch Rate Emphasis I can do that.

Pause It is essential that every college student take a public speaking course. Non-words (Verbal fillers) Um/Uh Like So Yeah

Pronunciation COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED WORDS SUPPOSEDLY LIBRARY ATHLETE ETCETERA ASK CLOTHES ESPECIALLY Any other words? The correct formation of word sounds.

Articulation COMMON MISARTICULATION OTTA - OUGHT TO DINT - DIDN’T DUNNO - DON’T KNOW HAFTA - HAVE TO WANNA - WANT TO WILYA - WILL YOU The clarity or forcefulness with which the sounds are made.

Vary Your Vocalics Recite aloud the following line: “A frog jumped out of the water.” Anger Disgust Love Boredom Relief Surprise Pain Guilt Uncertainty Joy

Effective Delivery The controlled use of body & voice Look Pay attention to appearance Maintain eye contact Have facial expressions Use appropriate gestures Practice good posture Sound Adjust your speaking volume Use vocal variety Use strategic pauses Avoid meaningless vocal fillers Be conscious of pronunciation & articulation

Nonverbal Immediacy The degree of perceived closeness: physical or psychological

Developing Your Rhetorical Style My what?

Magnified gestures Longer eye contact Builds tension or exaggerates for emphasis Uses colorful language to create mood or paint a picture Dramatic Style

Energetic Enthusiastic Excited Audience knows what the speaker thinks or feels. Animated Style

Open Style Conversational Invites audience involvement Pleasant, sincere, trusting, self-disclosing Not afraid to emote (like Animated Style)

Humorous Style Relies primarily on humor to engage the audience Think you’re funny? Get plenty of feedback to validate your perception!

1. Choose a style that fits you. 2. Don’t stress style over substance. 3. Build on your own strengths as a communicator. 3 things to consider:

Articulator Agility is a Marvelous Ability Manipulating the Dexterity The Tongue The Teeth The Lips

Red leather -- Yellow leather Blue blood -- Black blood Unique New York You know you need unique New York

To sit in solemn silence On a dull dark dock In a pestilential prison With a life long lock Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp, shock From a cheap and chippy chopper On a big black block

I slit the sheets The sheets I slit Upon the slitted sheets I sit

I am a mother pheasant plucker. I pluck mother pheasants. I am the pleasantest mother pheasant plucker who ever did pluck a mother pheasant.

I am not the fig plucker. I’m the fig plucker’s mate. I’m out plucking figs because that fig plucker’s late!

LOLITA LIGHT OF MY LIFE FIRE OF MY LOINS MY SIN, MY SOUL, LOLITA THE TIP OF THE TONGUE TAKING A TRIP OF THREE TWIRLS LO-LI-TA

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