The document discusses effective delivery techniques for public speaking. It recommends delivery be conversational, natural, spontaneous, and comfortable for both the speaker and audience. It then discusses focusing on clear speaking, maintaining eye contact, limiting gestures, and avoiding nervous habits when first starting. The document outlines four modes of delivery: extemporaneous using brief notes, memorized, manuscript reading the entire text, and impromptu without preparation. It provides advantages and disadvantages of each mode. It also discusses eight vocal aspects of delivery like rate, pitch, volume, and fluency. Finally, it covers five nonverbal delivery aspects like eye contact, gestures, bodily movements, facial expressions, and attire.

1. Delivery
• Effective delivery is
• Conversational
• Natural
• Spontaneous
• Comfortable for you and the audience
• Committed to the ideas you present

2. Delivery
• In the beginning focus on
–Speaking clearly
–Maintaining eye contact
–Avoiding too much gesticulation
–Avoiding nervous habits
Ask your friend to give you a sign when you need
changes

3. Modes of Delivery
1. Extemporaneous Mode:
keyword outline or brief notes
2. Memorized Mode:
committed to memory
3. Manuscript Mode:
complete presentation is written out
no memorization
4. Impromptu Mode:
presenting without advance preparation

4. Justifying Preferred Mode in Public Speaking
1. Extemporaneous Mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iNk_J3kxAY
Advantage:
-conversational
-spontaneous
-seems effortless
-most flexible
-allows high quality communication
-invites bodily movements gestures and rapid nonverbal
responses
Disadvantage:
-lots of practice
-different word choices that could change the meaning

5. Justifying Preferred Mode in Public Speaking
2. Memorized Mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp7cWOqcinM
Advantage:
allows maximum use of
delivery skills
Disadvantage:
-permits little or no adoption
-difficult to recover from mistakes
-can sound memorized

6. Justifying Preferred Mode in Public Speaking
3. Manuscript Mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HrdqBSaVz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkkaTvfCwk0
Advantage:
-prevents slips of tongue and poor wording
Disadvantage:
-reduces eye contact
-hinders audience adaptation
-might cause less gestures
-might affect vocal variety
-might cause pacing too rapid or too slow

7. Justifying Preferred Mode in Public Speaking
4. Impromptu Mode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC0AKNQBV80
Advantage:
-minimal planning and practice
-allows spontaneity
-reveals your skill in unplanned circumstances
Disadvantage:
-discourages audience adaptation
-discourages planned research
-discourages detailed preparation
-has uncertain outcome

8. Eight vocal aspects of delivery
1. Rate: speed of delivery
adapt to speaker, audience, situation, content
2. Pause: brief silence for effect
vocalized pause - delaying with sound
(ahh, you know…)
3. Duration: how long something lasts
sounds, words, sentences, parts of speech

9. Eight vocal aspects of delivery
4. Rhythm: the tempo of a speech
-starts off slowly, indicate what is important
-rhythm in words, sentences, paragraphs
-Alliteration: repetition of the individual sounds,
words
5. Pitch: the highness or lowness of the speaker’s voice
6. Volume: relative loudness or softness
-Projection: adjusting to subject, audience,
situation

10. Eight vocal aspects of delivery
7. Enunciation: how you say the words
-Pronunciation: production of the sounds in
words
-Articulation: the physiological process of
creating a sound
8. Fluency: the smoothness and the flow of delivery

11. Five nonverbal aspects of delivery
Eye contact: hold attention
Facial expression: feelings
eyes, eyebrows, forehead, mouth
Gestures:
•emphasize expression
•motion of hands
•and body

12. Five nonverbal aspects of delivery
• Bodily movements: what you do with your entire
body
-Face the audience
-Distance important
• Attire: physical appearance
-clothes, jewelry,
accessories

13. Speech Practice
• Work in group of 3
Get ready to deliver your speech for your peers
Second student evaluates content
Third student evaluates delivery
TIME EACH OTHER

14. Suggestions for physical appearance
• Wear clothing typical for your audience
• Avoid clothes that distract your audience
• Clothing and accessories that contribute to
your credibility
In general:
you dress for the topic,
the audience and the occasion

15. Have a good speech!
Next: Special occasion speech
(manuscript) 2-3 minutes