CMN 2135 Lecture 3: Putting Principles of Delivery into Practice
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Taking occasional step towards one side of the audience or the other. Allows the audience to think about a point the speaker has made. Given the impression of a non-confident speaker. Before starting speech; wait for audience to stop talking. Do not rush one sentence to the next. Do not rush out the stage at the end of your speech audience to process final thought. After rhetorical questions; pause allow the audience respond in their minds. Appropriate use of gestures: there is no amount of gestures you should be making. Be natural and sincere: gestures should not draw to much attention. Dynamism and immediacy by engaging with audience by: ask a question (genuine one, ask for volunteers, request feedback, select members of the audiences to engage in some relevant activity. Conveying dynamism through pitch, inflection, and rhythm: pitch: refers to the highness or lowness of the voice, inflection; refers to the changes in pitch.