CMS 306M Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Facial Expression, Eye Contact
10 May 2016
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Chapter 12: delivery: bringing your own words-and your audience-to life. Intro: your personal credibility as a speaker is your ethos. Shows your care about material and taking presentation seriously, can also make you sound stronger: eye contact. Seem more persuasive with it, but don"t stare them down: smiling. Could do more, but there is a limit. Facial feedback hypothesis: when you put on a a happy face, you feel happier: facial expression. Facially expressive people can be perceived as more confident and likeable. Important to gain audience"s attention and trust: gestures. Can help add emphasis and clarify your spoken words, help audience feel engaged in your presentation. Make sure to size your gestures to the audience (one on one vs. presentation: vocal behavior. Vocalics: vocal characteristics that affect the delivery of a speech. Pitch, rate, volume, articulation, and enunciation are all important. Be loud enough to be heard, but not too loud. Articulation: saying each syllable of each word clearly/distinctly.
