Chapter 11: Effective Delivery

What are strategies for presentation practice?

1. Developing presentation outline 2. mentally rehears the speech 3. pratice the speech daily 4. simulate the speech setting

What are the characteristics of an effective presentation?

1. seems natural and uncontrived. Does not call attention to itself or divert form the speech. 2. helps audience to listen, understand, remember and act on speech. 3. builds a sense of community between speaker and audience

What characteristics of an effective presentation are achieved vocally?

By volume (feedback, amplification), pitch, rate, pauses, articulation&enunciation, pronunciation and inflection

What is the difference between impromptu, memorized, manuscript, and extemporaneous modes of presentation?

Impromptu: little to no time to prepare specifically for the speech. Memorized: commiting your speech to memory. Manuscript: prepared word for word and is read instead of memorized. Extemporaneous: prepared and rehearsed but neither written out or memorized

What characteristics of an effective presentation are achieved visually (through your physical actions and appearance?

Movement, facial expression, gesture, physical appearance