The document discusses effective public speaking and presentation skills. It emphasizes that speaking skills can be learned and outlines best practices for analyzing the audience, organizing content, delivering speeches, using visual aids, and handling questions. The key points are that good speakers are audience-centered, they take time to understand the audience's needs and objectives, and they prepare well by organizing their content and practicing their delivery. Visual aids should enhance the presentation but not overshadow the speaker.
Intelligibility =understandability Variability =expresses differences in meaning Articulation (enunciation)= the precision and clarity with which you utter the sounds of speech. Chiefly the job of the jaw, tongue, and lips. Most articulation problems come from laziness on the parts of these organs. Pronunciation =traditional or customary utterance of words. Common faults are the misplacement of accent, omitting sounds, adding sounds,and verbalizing silent letters. Vocalized pauses =uh, um, ah. Know your subject. Overuse of stock expressions =OK, like, you know. Conveys a lack of originality. Substandard grammar Force= variability of volume Pitch =highness or lowness Emphasis =stressing certain phrases or sections