The Principles of Speech Delivery

Delivery

It refers to the presentation of the speech you have researched, organized, outlined, and practiced.

Speaking from Memory, Speaking from Impromptu, Speaking from Manuscript, Extemporaneous Speaking

4 Types of Speech Delivery

Articulation

It refers to the clarity of sounds and words we produced.

Unawareness and laziness

What are the two common challenges to articulation?

Modulation

It refers to the speaker’s ability to adjust or manipulate the resonance and timbre of one’s voice.

Proper modulation

It gives life to a talk, stirs emotions, and motivates to action.

Lack of modulation

It may give the impression that you have no real interest in your subject.

Voice Modulation/Public Speaking

It is all about how to control your voice when speaking. It means tuning the pitch or tune of the voice so that the message is communicated clearly and well-understood by the audience.

Lips, jaws, and tongue

What are the 3 most important speech organs?

Stage Presence

It refers to the speaker’s ability to “own” the stage, filling it with one’s personality and projecting it to the audience or group of listeners.

Facial Expressions, Gestures, and Movements

It is the meaningful visible symbols of speech. It reflects the speaker’s thinking and emotional attitudes.

Movements and Bodily Actions

Supplements to good speech with their being transformed into actual replacements for the audible code. It is consistent with the meaning and emotion of the words.

Gestures

purposile movements of some parts of the body, but not the entire body. These include movements of heads, shoulders, arms, and occasionally feet.

Descriptive Gestures, Symbolic Gestures, Locative Gestures, Transition Gestures, Dramatic/Imitative/Imitation Gestures

5 Types of Gestures

Descriptive Gestures

literal; build out the meaning of words to enhance a verbal message. They help the audience to visualize the size, shape, movement, location, function, and number of objects.

Symbolic Gestures

representative, figurative

Locative Gestures

pointing a place; location; position/direction

Transition Gestures

It used to move audience from one idea to the next. It can be enumeration, lists, topic shifting.

Dramatic/Imitative/Imitation Gestures

It is an impersonation of another person’s action.

Audience Rapport

It is the name given to the process of creating an understanding and harmonious bond between yourself and someone else.

Rapport

It is the trust and connection that a speaker creates with the audience.

Overcoming Anxiety, Preparing Carefully

What are the key issues in effective speech delivery?