Transcript Delivery: The Acting Part of Public Speaking

Delivery:
The Acting Part of Public
Speaking
•Four Modes of Delivery
•Vocal Aspects of Delivery
•Nonverbal Aspects of Delivery
•Perfecting Your Delivery
Speaking with Notes
• When you know your
subject inside-out
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Advantages
eye contact
use of gestures
movement
audience adaptation
Disadvantages
• Most preparation
Manuscript Mode
Advantages
• Prevents slips, distortion
Disadvantages
• Most precise delivery • Allows minimum
audience adaptation
• Limits gestures,
movement, eye contact
• Word-for-word
reading
Impromptu Mode
• Spur of the Moment
• Most common
Disadvantages
• No audience analysis
• Lack of planning/
research
Advantages
• Reveals real you
• Think on your feet
Memorized Mode
Knowing all the
• Words
• Gestures
• Pauses
Used for
• Oratory contests
• Lectures
• Banquets
Advantages
• Permits maximum use
of delivery skills
• Continuous eye contact
Disadvantages
• No audience adaptation
• Recovery is difficult
• May sound memorized
Non-verbal Aspects of Delivery
• Substance over style
• Feelings are communicated
55% facial
38% vocal
7% verbal
Non-verbal Communication
• Vocal Aspects
• Body Language
 Pauses
 Pitch
 Volume
 Enunciation
 Rate
 Fluency
 Appearance
 Gestures
 Facial expressions
 Eye contact
 Movement
 time
Pitch
Highness or lowness of the voice
– Singsong
– Monotone
– Statement, question, sarcasm, irony, doubt
surprise, anger, brusqueness, friendly, kind
Rate
Speed of spoken language 125-190 wpm
Adapt rate
–To self
–To audience
–To situation
–To content
Pause
• Dramatic pause
(allows time to think)
• Vocalized pause
(like, um, uh, no, y’know)
Volume
• Projection and variations
• Variations convey emotion
Enunciation
• Pronunciation and articulation
• The risks of unfamiliar words
Fluency
• The smoothness of delivery
• The flow of words
• The absence of vocalized pauses
• Too fluent—Fast talker
Practice, practice, practice
Body Language
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Appearance
Gestures
Facial expression
Eye contact
Movement
Time
Appearance
• Clothing
• Hair
• Style
Gestures
• Support the verbal message
• Emphasize certain points
• Signal an advance to another part of the
speech
• Conversational size in small setting
• Exaggerated size for large setting
Facial Expression
• The face is capable of 5,000 expressions
• Real and feigned expressions are
physically different
• Real smiles include eyes and brain
• Smile is most understood expression in
the world
Universal Expressions
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Anger
Fear
Sadness
Disgust
Surprise
Happiness
Embarrassment
In a sense, the face is equipped
to lie the most
and leak the most.
Eye Contact
• Good eye contact improves credibility
• Conveys your relationship to the audience
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Know your speech well
Choose a topic that is appropriate
Concentrate on “head nodders”
Find friendly faces
Movement
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Lean forward
Move out from behind the lectern
Move during transitions
Face the audience when you are moving
Be aware of superiority
Be aware of intimacy
Speech Assignment: Oral
Interpretation
Select a poem, play, movie monologue,
children’s book, speech, lyrics that will
provide you with 4-5 minutes of content so
that you can concentrate on delivery.
Deliver extemporaneously. Plan nonverbal aspects of delivery