Speech Delivery Flashcards
-Speaking with limited preparation
-Guided by notes
-Delivered conversationally
Extemporaneous
Advantages Extemporaneous
-Helps you look confident
-Engages the audience
Disadvantage Extemporaneous
Inadequate time to plan, organize, and rehearse
-Speaking without advanced preparation
-Unrehearsed speech
-Spoken conversationally
Impromptu
Advantages Impromptu
-Spontaneous or natural speaking
-More focused and brief
Disadvantages Impromptu
-Tendency to be disorganised
-Lacks of connection with the audience
-Nerve-racking for inexperienced speakers and beginners
-Speaking with advanced preparation
-Planed and rehearsed speech
-Reading aloud a written message
Manuscript
Advantages Manuscript
-Exact repetition of the written words
-Guided speech
Disadvantages Manuscript
-Boring and uninteresting presentation
-Lacks audience rapport or connection
-Speaking with advanced preparation
-Planed and rehearsed speech
-Reciting a written message
Memorised
Advantages Memorised
-Exact repetition of written words from memory
-Maintained eye-contact
-Free to move around the stage + gestures
Disadvantages Memorised
-Speaking on a monotone patters
-The speaker may take a fast pace
-Stage fright = difficulty remembering his/her speech
Tools for effective speech delivery
-It’s recommended that you watch and emulate people who speak in public excellently
-Take not of their strategies and approaches
-How the approach & connect with their audience
-How they present themselves & how they use their voice
Audience size depends on the venue size
Speaking to a specific audience size
Advantages/Disadvantages Speaking to a specific audience size
Advantages:
-The speaker can determine the approach with the audience
-More intimate and personal (smaller size)
-More formal
Disadvantages:
-It can be challenging and intimidating
-The larger the audience size the more intimidating
Open courts or grounds, football fields, farms, etc.
Speaking in an open-air venue or outside the building
Advantages/Disadvantages of
speaking in an open-air venue or outside the building
Advantages:
-The speaker will feel more relaxed due to the atmosphere of the venue
Disadvantages:
-The speaker will encounter a lot of communication barriers
-The speaker might be forced to make adjustments, especially in voice projection
Speaking venues that vary according to size: classroom, meeting or conference room, ballroom, social hall
Speaking in different venues
Advantages/Disadvantages of
Speaking in different venues
Advantages:
-The speaker will be exposed to diff. venues, wich will add to one’s public speaking experience
Disadvantages:
-The speaker will have to make big adjustments in terms of nonverbal cues: volume of voice, body language, facial expressions
Its main function is to increase the volume of your voice, not to clarify the pronunciation and enunciation of words
Speaking with a microphone
Advantages/Disadvantages of
Speaking with a microphone
Advantages:
-The speaker can easily get the attention of the audience because of the loudness of the voice
Disadvantages:
-Using a microphone can be challenging because there is a tendency to under- or overuse it
It’s a reading desk with a stand and a slanted top
Speaking with a podium or lectern
Advantages/Disadvantages of
Speaking with a podium or lectern
Advantages:
-Notes can be placed on the slanted top, works best for extemporaneous and manuscript speech
-The lectern can be used as means to hide or cover nervousness or stage fright
Disadvantages:
-Some people have the tendency to hide their hands
Tips for effective speech delivery
- (Tone) Use a conversational style more often
- (Eye Contact) Look your audience members in the eye
- (Volume) Remember to adjust your volume
- (Role of speaking) Vary your rate or speed
- (Voice Mastery) Master your voice and find your pitch
- (Power of Pauses) Use pauses when you emphasize important words
- (Enunciation) Pronounce and enunciate words correctly
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