COMM 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Eye Contact, Impression Formation, Nonverbal Communication
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Include words that appear to reduce psychological distance between you and your audience. Limit your use of jargon and acronyms. Define specialized jargon and acronyms for the audience. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Credibility suffers when the audience catches a speaker mispronouncing words or names. Adapt to audiences responses to your accents or dialects. Make sure your audience understand what you mean to say. Appreciate your efforts to speak english as your 2nd or 3rd language. Speak a little more slowly so that your audience can adjust. Increase your use of nonverbal gestures and facial expressions. Use power words and avoid unnecessary qualifiers. How would you make these phrases powerful. Use language that shows respect for your particular audience. Even if you intend humor some members of your audience may not be amused. Nonverbal communication : the intentional and unintentional use of our bodies to provoke meaning in others. Looking composed is crucial to impression formation.
