This document provides guidance on how to deliver an effective speech. It emphasizes the importance of attitude and confidence, as well as thorough rehearsal. Speakers are advised to practice speeches out loud daily and focus on vocal expression through volume, pitch, rate and articulation. Proper nonverbal expression through eye contact, gestures and body language are also highlighted. Rehearsal locations and vocal exercises are suggested. The key elements of preparation, delivery and interacting with the audience are summarized.
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Do you have a hear of public speaking? You're not alone. Over 75% of the world's population has a fear of public speaking. Here are 5 tips that will help you deliver the perfect speech!
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Do you have a hear of public speaking? You're not alone. Over 75% of the world's population has a fear of public speaking. Here are 5 tips that will help you deliver the perfect speech!
The handbook is created by the participants of the project "Fearless speakers" 2022-1-BG01-KA153-YOU-000057889, funded by the Erasmus + program trough the Human resources development center, Bulgaria. It contains their experience from the project about overcoming stage fright, spontaneous and planned speaking.
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3. ATTITUDE
• Attitude matters a great deal with delivery.
• A confident presence is an aspect of your
credibility and persuasiveness.
• Yet people have speaker apprehension, fear
of speaking in front of an audience.
• This fear can become a self-fulfilling
prophecy: We can make ourselves fail . . .
or succeed.
4. DON’T
* Comment on your own performance.
* Apologize for your speaking, especially not before
you speak.
* Don’t hide behind the lectern, wear hats, or chew
gum.
* Don’t look over the audience heads or envision
them naked (silly myths).
* Don’t “watch your own feet when you dance.”
5. You’re just the messenger.
* Don’t stay focused on yourself or how
people are regarding you. It’s not just
about you.
* Of the three elements necessary to the
speaking process: a message, an audience
for which the message is designed, and a
messenger, the messenger is less important.
6. DO
* Be conversational. A public speaking situation is
still personal, if you speak naturally and make eye
contact. Look at people. They’ll relate to you.
* Move like you do in normal life, but much less.
* Stay focused on your material. You’re just the messenger,
not the point of the message. If you’ve chosen topics well,
it’s vital that you get this information to your fellow
citizens.
7. DO NOT
• Give up on yourself. There’s something
you do well you that may not know yet.
• Get help when you need it. Don’t go away
and try to get it “perfect” on your own
before you let anyone see it.
• Wait until the last minute. It’s a lousy habit
anyway that holds you back from your
goals.
In this class, you simply can’t afford it.
8. REHEARSAL
• Practice, practice, practice.
• Get your speeches written at least a week
early and say them out loud every day.
• Say your speeches out loud as you’re
writing them. Some phrasing looks good
on the page, but doesn’t fit the tongue.
It will remind you to keep language tight.
9. Rehearsal
Places to practice:
In the car.
In the shower or bathtub.
Somewhere where you can shout without
being heard.
In your mind when your lips are tired,
And our lips will get tired is you’re speaking
correctly. Young Californians have lazy lips.
10. Rehearsal
Repeat some tongue-twisters for conditioning :
* Rugged rubber baby bumpers
* She sells sea shells by the seashore.
* Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
* How much wood could a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He’d chuck
all the wood that a woodchuck could, if a
woodchuck could chuck wood.
11. Your Battle Plan
There are several ways to deliver a speech:
1) By memory (we won’t require that)
2) By reading from a fully written manuscript
but being familiar enough to keep eye contact.
3) Speaking extemporaneously from a memorized
or written outline.
4) Speaking “impromptu” on the spur of the
moment.
12. Your Battle Plan
• Impromptu speaking isn’t suitable here.
• It’s possible to do some extemporaneous aspects
of the speech: introductions, transitions, source
citations, and conclusions.
• But you’re basically working with a rehearsed
manuscript because you’re building arguments
that have to be carefully read.
• Don’t try to switch battle plans mid-speech.
Don’t explain the argument or how you got it.
Just read it. (Remember, there are time limits)
13. ELEMENTS OF GOOD
SPEAKING
VOCAL EXPRESSION:
* You must speak loudly enough to be heard,
clearly enough to be understood, and slowly
enough for your audience to keep up.
NONVERBAL EXPRESSION
* Body language matters because it influences
your credibility and helps the audience focus on
your speech. Nonverbal “frames” the verbal.
14. Vocal Expression
There are five dimensions of voice that can be
manipulated for greater effect.
Volume - Speak louder or softer for emphasis.
Pitch - Stay at an appropriate mid-range level.
Rate - Accelerate for a few sentences to excite,
Slow down and pause to emphasize some words.
Articulation - Speak clearly with full voice.
Quality - The personality of your voice, resonant,
throaty, nasal, etc.
15. Vocal Expression
* Be appropriate in tone. Sometimes when we get
nervous we laugh inappropriately during serious
moments. We may even become self-satirizing
when nervous, playing as if it weren’t important.
* While you don’t want to take yourself so seriously
that you pressure yourself into errors, you should
treat the process with respect.
16. Nonverbal Expression
• The nonverbal frames the verbal in this
sense: Whichever behavior interrupts the
other is the one that takes audience focus.
• If I move to draw their attention - gesture or
take a step - then speak, they’ll hear me.
• If I start to speak, then move aimlessly,
they’ll watch but not hear.
17. Nonverbal Expression
• Stand still for a moment and make eye
contact with your audience. Then start.
Speak only once you’ve made contact.
• Stay in one place for awhile. Don’t pace
around through the speech. Choose 2 or 3
places where you’ll take a step or two.
• Literally, “move into” your next argument.
18. Nonverbal Expression
• Gesture naturally, as you would when you talk
with friends.
• Free your hands as much as possible to “allow”
that to occur.
1) Make the manuscript your friend with large
font, double spacing, and only complete sentences
on one page. (No orphans to break the pace).
2) Use the lectern for your notes.
3) Keep your hands out of your pockets.
19. Nonverbal Expression
Clothing and accessories are an aspect of your
persuasion.
1) Dress appropriately to the occasion.
2) Don’t hide under hats or behind
sunglasses.
3) Watch jangling jewelry.
20. The Ineffable Interaction
• A speech isn’t something you do to
someone. It’s something you do with them.
• They’ll react how they react. They’ll laugh
at places you didn’t think were funny, then
not at places you thought were hilarious.
• Let them interact. Watch their faces and
adapt. They’re the point of the exercise.