Speech Delivery Tips PDF

**[RAPPORT with AUDIENCE] -** \"Building rapport\" is the name given to the process of creating an understanding and harmonious bond between yourself and someone else. Good rapport ensures that the message will be actively listened to. Rapport builders include: dressing and grooming appropriatel...

**[RAPPORT with AUDIENCE] -** \"Building rapport\" is the name given to the process of creating an understanding and harmonious bond between yourself and someone else. Good rapport ensures that the message will be actively listened to. Rapport builders include: dressing and grooming appropriately for the occasion being organized, ready with suitable content demonstrating in your opening statements that you know who you\'re talking to because you\'ve done your homework using inclusive language - \"we\" rather than \"I\" identifying and emphasizing your common ground respectfully and sincerely avoiding jargon unless everyone knows what you\'re talking about showing that you\'re human too by sharing personal experience in the stories you tell being mindful of body language and making eye contact appearing confident, positive, in control and open understanding the impact of your vocal delivery **[STAGE FRIGHT]** is a fear of speaking in front of a group of people. This is often called "performance anxiety". Actors call it "flop sweat". Psychologists call it "topophobia". *Symptoms* - dry mouth - tight throat - sweaty hands - shaky hands - nausea - fast pulse - trembling lips - shaky knees - cold hands - any out-of-the-ordinary outward or inward feeling occurring before or during a presentation ***[How to Manage Stage Fright]*** - learn and practice diaphragmatic breathing - learn to be grounded in your physical body - give yourself permission to feel the nervous tension - use the right joke at the right time - involve your listeners - concentrate on what you're saying, not on how you're saying it prepare, prepare, prepare **[More Tips for Effective Speech Delivery]** Following are more techniques and tips to help you deliver your speech well: 1\. Use a conversational style more often. This is the style that is more natural; it is the style that you always use when you express yourself with your family and friends. Audience members do not like the speaker to sound unnatural or exaggerated. 2\. Look your audience members in the eye so they will feel that they are part of your speech. Eye contact should be maintained to keep the attention of your audience and enhance your delivery. 3\. Remember to adjust your volume to the size of the audience and the venue. When addressing a large audience, modulate your voice in such a way that you speak loudly without sounding like shouting or yelling. 4\. Vary your rate or speed to keep your audience interested and to avoid a monotone pattern. The audience might get bored if you speak very slowly and they might get confused if you speak very fast. Hence, your rate should be at an appropriate speed. 5\. Master your voice and find your pitch level (high or low). If you have a high pitch level, modulate or slightly move it down. If you have a low pitch level, modulate or slightly move it up. Your performance will definitely be affected if you do not modulate. 6\. Use pauses when you emphasize the most important words, phrases, or sentences. Your pauses should not last for three seconds. Otherwise, it will result in dead air or a moment of awkward silence. 7\. Pronounce and enunciate words correctly. You will confuse the audience if you mispronounce words, and it could distract them and affect your credibility. 8\. Avoid fillers or expressions that substitute actual words in your speech because these words are distracting. Examples of fillers are "like," "um," "ah," "uh," and "er." To reduce the use of these fillers, detect the instances when you use them: Do you generally use fillers after each sentence, between different ideas, or whenever you make transitions? Then, instead of using them the next time you deliver a speech, simply stop and pause. 9\. Start your speech by standing straight and balancing your weight. This will give a positive first impression. 10\. Use precise movements. Avoid distracting mannerisms like swaying back and forth, leaning on the podium, licking or biting your lips, playing with your wristwatch or jewelry, scratching parts of your body, frowning, and others. Observe your mannerisms and learn how to avoid them when speaking in public. 11\. Avoid having a poker face or a highly animated face. These facial expressions appear distracting and may even be annoying. Instead, follow the most highly suggested tip: smile. However, make sure that the meaning of your speech reflects in your facial expressions; do not smile if you are talking about something sad. 12\. Dress properly and appropriately. Wearing the proper attire will make you look more confident and professional. Make sure not to overdress, as this may distract your audience. 13\. Observe ethics by coming prepared, being honest with your words, being polite, avoiding offensive words and back-biting or talking negative things about other people, or copying someone's work without proper documentation. 14\. Breathe in and out to relax before your speech. Most importantly, have fun.