SPC-1017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Good Delivery, Civilization V, Individualism
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Other ways: comfortable clothes, ask to go first, deep breaths, audience is made of. Coping with speech anxiety: be prepared, be positive, visualize, anticipate, focus, gain experience people like you, move around, pick out friendly faces, give yourself a reward. Breathing: breathe deeply for 4 > hold for 4 > release through mouth for 8. Characteristics of good delivery: conversational quality, attentiveness, immediacy, direct. Types of speech delivery: impromptu, speaking from a manuscript, speaking from a memory, extemporaneous speaking (our goal) How you look: appearance, body language, eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture. How you sound: volume, using a microphone, pace, pitch and inflection, enunciation. Illustrations and examples: get attention, make relevant, make current, helping retention, examples, visual support, memory and emotion are linked. Strategies for informative speeches: defining: etymology, examples, comparisons, and contrasts, describing: size, quantity, shape, weight, color, composition, explaining: connect the unknown with the know, repeat and reinforce.
