1. Invitation to Public Speaking, Fourth Edition
By Cindy L. Griffin
Chapter 11: Delivering Your Speech

2. Delivery
Action and manner of speaking to an audience

3. Methods of Delivery
Extemporaneous: Speech that is carefully prepared and practiced from brief notes
conversational style: Speaking style that is more formal than everyday conversation but remains spontaneous and relaxed

4. Methods of Delivery
Impromptu: Speech that is not planned or prepared in advance

5. Methods of Delivery
Manuscript: Speech that is read to an audience from a written text

6. Methods of Delivery
Memorized: Speech that has been written out, committed to memory, and given word for word

7. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Four Delivery Methods

8. Verbal Components of Delivery
Vocal variety: changes in the volume, rate, and pitch of a speaker’s voice that affect the meaning of the words delivered

9. Verbal Components of Delivery
Volume: loudness of a speaker’s voice
Rate: speed at which a speaker speaks

10. Verbal Components of Delivery
Pitch: highness or lowness of a speaker’s voice
inflection: manipulation of pitch to create certain meanings or moods
monotone: way of speaking in which a speaker does not alter her or his pitch.

11. Verbal Components of Delivery
Pauses: hesitations and brief silences in speech or conversation
Vocalized pauses: pauses filled with words or sounds
“um,” “er,” or “uh.”

12. Verbal Components of Delivery
Articulation: physical process of producing specific speech sounds to make language intelligible
Pronunciation: act of saying words correctly according to the accepted standards of a language

13. Verbal Components of Delivery
Dialect: pattern of speech that is shared among ethnic groups or people from specific geographical locations

14. Nonverbal Components of Delivery
Personal appearance
Eye contact
Facial expression
Posture
Gestures
Proxemics

15. Rehearsing Your Speech
1. Practice speech aloud using speaking outline
2. Practice until you can deliver evidence exactly as you want

16. Rehearsing Your Speech
When comfortable, practice speech in front of a mirror
Monitor and make adjustments to nonverbal communication
4. Tape your speech and listen for vocal variety

17. Rehearsing Your Speech
5. Practice speech again, incorporating the verbal and nonverbal changes
6. Practice in front of a friend
Incorporate any useful feedback
Stage a dress rehearsal
Consider personal appearance, practice area, and proxemics

18. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
Watch Michael Douglas deliver a speech in the movie, The American President.
How effective is his verbal and nonverbal components of communication?