This material was created by House of Ruth, Inc. for the purpose of training its prevention volunteers.

1. Things to Listen for:
When you are listening to a speech, ask yourself:
Did the point of the speech come across? Was it clear? If not, why not?
Did the speaker use terms that you were unfamiliar with which they did not
define?
Did the speaker seem to enjoy talking or seem bored? What in their voice or
actions gave you these impressions?
Was the presentation too long?
Did the speaker speak too fast or go from one point to another too fast?
How did the rest of the audience react? Did people appear to be falling
asleep? Was there a lot of shuffling of feet and coughing?
Did people seem eager to ask questions? Did they surround the speaker at
the end or did the room empty quickly?
What could have improved the speech?