tl;dr? idc this is my shit. so here's what you need to keep in mind to be not only a good speaker and convincing to your audience, but to your professor in order that you might get top marks. things you need to consider --
1) eye contact -- frequency, inclusiveness (left, right, center), @ VIPs/colleagues/all?, @spaces/things? 2) diction and language -- clarity (volume, speed, etc), pronunciation, tone (natural, sing-song, expressive, flat), verbal tics (um, er, like, you know, pauses). NOW, it's okay to pause. if you need to pause for a second, that's fine. but DONT say um or uh. make it a task in your mind not to do so. it's hard, for sure, but you can avoid verbal tics. a lot of people also have a tendency to do this thing with their tone at the end of a sentence where they speak more highly as they make a point. that's the sing-song tone you don't want. make sure while practicing that when you finish a sentence, you just state your point, finalize the sentence, don't let it drift off in some airy sort of way. i used to do it once in a while too, i had to stop it. 3) physical appearance -- professional clothing etc, movement (walking, rocking, etc.), hand gestures, motions 4) use of notes/text -- their effectiveness 5) use of the clock 6) rhetorical strategies -- anecdotes, illustrations, asides, *EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING* (my favorite), humor, etc. ---> i would literally plan humor to be incorporated into my speeches but i would be speaking extemporaneously and worked them in as if it was fully natural and off the top of my head. getting your audience to laugh is an excellent feeling and it will take your nerves off too, try it if you can.
this is so long omg if you want more i will keep going but in general i would suggest you try to look at your speech or presentation as a conversation with your audience, you feel me? if you view it as a conversation and speak like you speak when you're in a basic conversation with someone, you will be relatable and appear well-spoken to your audience
Thank you for your notes!! I did it today and the other person that I was supposed to be opposing didn't even show up so I had the give the argument without anything to go on which was interesting. But I think I did well! I got positive feedback so I think your notes helped! <3
good 4 you shitty about the opposing person, they were prob unprepared but if you did it anyway you prob get props for that glad to help, made me eager to get back in school
1) eye contact -- frequency, inclusiveness (left, right, center), @ VIPs/colleagues/all?, @spaces/things?
2) diction and language -- clarity (volume, speed, etc), pronunciation, tone (natural, sing-song, expressive, flat), verbal tics (um, er, like, you know, pauses). NOW, it's okay to pause. if you need to pause for a second, that's fine. but DONT say um or uh. make it a task in your mind not to do so. it's hard, for sure, but you can avoid verbal tics. a lot of people also have a tendency to do this thing with their tone at the end of a sentence where they speak more highly as they make a point. that's the sing-song tone you don't want. make sure while practicing that when you finish a sentence, you just state your point, finalize the sentence, don't let it drift off in some airy sort of way. i used to do it once in a while too, i had to stop it.
3) physical appearance -- professional clothing etc, movement (walking, rocking, etc.), hand gestures, motions
4) use of notes/text -- their effectiveness
5) use of the clock
6) rhetorical strategies -- anecdotes, illustrations, asides, *EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING* (my favorite), humor, etc.
---> i would literally plan humor to be incorporated into my speeches but i would be speaking extemporaneously and worked them in as if it was fully natural and off the top of my head. getting your audience to laugh is an excellent feeling and it will take your nerves off too, try it if you can.
this is so long omg if you want more i will keep going but in general i would suggest you try to look at your speech or presentation as a conversation with your audience, you feel me? if you view it as a conversation and speak like you speak when you're in a basic conversation with someone, you will be relatable and appear well-spoken to your audience
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shitty about the opposing person, they were prob unprepared but if you did it anyway you prob get props for that
glad to help, made me eager to get back in school
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