Good delivery conveys a speaker's ideas clearly without being distracting. There are four methods of delivery: extemporaneous, impromptu, manuscript, and memory. When speaking, a speaker must learn to control their voice by managing volume, pitch, rate, pauses, variety, pronunciation, articulation, and dialect. Nonverbal communication like posture, facial expressions, gestures, and eye contact also affect how listeners respond. To practice, speakers should go through their outline aloud, prepare a speaking outline with cues, practice multiple times, polish their delivery, and do a dress rehearsal under similar conditions to the actual speech.

1. Delivery of Speech
Good delivery does not call attention to
itself. It conveys the speaker’s ideas
clearly, interestingly, and without
distracting the audience.

2. Methods of Delivery
• A. Extemporaneous
• B. Impromptu
• C. Manuscript
• D. Memory

3. The Speakers Voice
• When speaking in front of an audience one
must learn how to control their voice.
Basically, speak in a way so that the
audience may feel comfortable,
understand you, and “feel” the main points
of your speech. The aspects of the voice
you should work to control are volume,
pitch, rate, pauses, variety, pronunciation,
articulation, and dialect.

4. The Speakers Voice
• Volume
• Pitch
• Rate
• Pauses
• Vocal Variety
• Pronunciation
• Articulation
• Dialect

5. Nonverbal Communication
• Posture, facial expressions, gestures,
and eye contact – all affect the way
listeners respond to a speaker
• Personal Appearance
• Bodily Action
• Gestures
• Eye Contact

6. Practice Delivery
– Go through your preparation outline aloud to
check how what you have written translates
into spoken discourse.
– Prepare your speaking outline. Give yourself
cues.
– Practice the speech aloud several times using
the speaking outline.
– Now begin to polish and refine your delivery
– Give yourself a dress rehearsal under the
conditions as close as possible to those you
will face in class.