ELEMENTS OF DELIVERY VISUAL DELIVERY eye contact posture

ELEMENTS OF DELIVERY VISUAL DELIVERY • eye contact • posture • gestures • facial expressions • movement • attire • visual aids

VISUAL DELIVERY: EYE CONTACT Do NOT emulate: • The NARCISSIST: bury your eyes in your script • The EMO: look just above or below the audience’s eyes • The STONER: gaze at the ceiling, walls, your mom, etc. • The STALKER: stare at the people in the audience • The VILLAGE IDIOT: read off the power point without providing Do: any additional commentary • Look all audience members in the eyes • Memorize your main ideas and sources, so that you do not appear to be ignoring the audience

VISUAL DELIVERY: Do NOT POSTURE emulate: • The ROTCer: stand stiffly, locking your knees and out • passing The SLACKER: slouch or lean on the podium, table, or other objects • The RAVER: shift your weight from front to back, or to. PEE-PEE side • side The DANCER: cross legs repeatedly, one over the Do: other • Plant your feet • Stand with your feet shoulder width apart • Balance your weight evenly between both feet • Maintain a straight back

VISUAL DELIVERY: Do NOT GESTURES emulate: • The SLACKER: keep hands in pockets • The STRIPPER: button/unbutton or zip/unzip • clothing The DITZ: play with hair, jewelry and clothing • The ENERGY DRINKER: talk with hands at • 1000 mph G. I. JOE WITH THE KUNG FU GRIP: hold hands at sides • The DETAINEE: hold hands in cuffs behind the back Do: • Provide deliberate gestures with purpose • Use gestures to create actions you are describing • Use gestures to point to visual aids • Use gestures to describe the size and shape of objects • Rest your hands when they are not being used

VISUAL DELIVERY: FACIAL EXPRESSIONS Do NOT emulate: • BEN STEIN: provide no emotional expression • The EMO: hold a depressed look, no matter what the whatsoever topic • The HYPER FREAK: appear happy and energetic, regardless of Do: the topic • Vary your expressions to fit the mood of your speech • Smile during pleasant/positive material • Reserve exaggerated expressions for very humorous or other special times

VISUAL DELIVERY: MOVEMENT Do NOT emulate: • The RIVER DANCER: side step across the stage • The HYPER FREAK: pace mindlessly around the stage • The QUEEN’S GUARD: stand frozen for the entire speech Do: • Plan if and when to move ahead of time • Move during transitions (between points) • Move only if it serves some purpose

VISUAL DELIVERY: ATTIRE Do NOT emulate: • The MODEL: sport attire for an A & F, Hollister, or Gap • Thead. NARCISSIST: flaunt attire to stand out in the crowd • The I’M-TOO-COOL LOOK: show up in jeans, flipflops, tennies, Do: and t-shirts • Wear a button-up shirt or blouse • Wear slacks, khakis, or an appropriate skirt • Wear dress shoes

VISUAL DELIVERY: VISUAL AIDS Do NOT emulate: • The INTERIOR DECORATOR: incorporate loud and fonts • colors The MICROBIOLOGIST: include small wording and pictures • The DETAIL FREAK: construct visuals with too much wording or too many pictures SPEAKER: use visuals without • The IMPROMPTU practicing Do: • Construct clear, simple visuals • Stick to conservative (primary) colors and (easily read) • Blowfonts up each picture fill an entire piece of 8. 5” x 11” paper • Refrain from using any wording, unless it proves crucial

ELEMENTS OF DELIVERY VERBAL DELIVERY • volume • pitch/tone • rate • emphasis • pause • pronunciation

VERBAL DELIVERY: VOLUME Do NOT emulate: • The FANATIC FAN: yell/scream violently at the • audience The EMO: talk so softly that no one can hear you • The ROBOT: speak at the same volume consistently Do: • Speak loud enough so that the back of the room can hear you • Vary the volume to fit the mood of your content • Project softly or loudly to add emphasis

VERBAL DELIVERY: PITCH/TONE Do NOT emulate: • BEN STEIN: speak with a monotone • TIGGER: over fluctuate your voice to the point that sound as though you will hyperventilate Do: • Vary the musical highs and lows in your voice • Fluctuate your voice to support the meanings of phrases • Go up at the end of questions and down at the end of statements • Practice incorporating tone variety so that your voice sounds conversational

VERBAL DELIVERY: RATE Do NOT emulate: • The SPEWER: speak so rapidly that the speech is • lost The DRUNK: speak so that the words become slurred • The PANTING DOG or ASTHMA VICTIM: talk so quickly that Do: it becomes difficult to breath without violently air a rate at which breathing is comfortable • sucking Speakinwith • Slow down to emphasize points • Slow down to relate complex material (such as numbers or statistics) • Look for ways to vary the speaking rate throughout the speech

VERBAL DELIVERY: EMPHASIS Do NOT emulate: • The EMPHATIC INDIVIDUAL: overemphasize every word • The APATHETIC: speak without any emphasis at all Do: • Slow down to add stress to meaning • Over articulate to add stress to meaning • Use softer or louder volume to add meaning

VERBAL DELIVERY: PAUSE Do NOT emulate: • The DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS: stop completely because the speech content is M. I. A. no time for pause of any • The AUCTIONEER: permit kind • The STONER: incorporate lots of pause with verbal fillers, such as uh, um, like, things like that, so, okay, etc. Do: • Tentatively plan where it is best to insert pause in the • script Use pause to add emphasis to a point • Incorporate pause to mark transitions • Provide pause to give the audience a chance to think

VERBAL DELIVERY: PRONUNCIATION Do NOT emulate: • The RIDDLER: pronounce any big words as a question, knowing that theclaim wordone’s is being butchered as it on • The REDNECK: notoriety by insisting leaves the lips pronouncing Do: words in a unique-and incorrect-manner • • (when in doubt) refer to a dictionary Group sounds in the correct syllable Add accent to the proper syllable Make each vowel sound distinct

VERBAL DELIVERY: ARTICULATION Do NOT emulate: • The UNKNOWN LANGUAGE: intertwine words to the point that they. DRUNK: create a slur newwords language • The together into a mush • BOB DYLAN: cut off the ends of words Do: • Maintain the crispness and clarity of every consonant • Include every consonant in every word • Keep each word separated

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