Speech buddies ch.10 and 12

10.1 There are several ways to center and focus on your audience so that people will listen more to the speech. We should use inclusive language so that no one will feel left out. Also including the audience in some scenarios and using humor are two other good ways of including people.

10.2 Choose your words wisely, Make sure that that you are concise in your language and not ambiguious

12.1 Volume, pitch, rate, variety, articulation, and pronunciation are five important areas in delivery. What i want to focus on in the next speech is particularly my rate because it was way too fast last speech. By controling these factors, you can effectively give a speech.

12.2 Body language is key to conveying a message. You want to focus on five specific areas, eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, body movement, and appearance. In particular, i feel that i could work on my calming down the gestures that i did in my past 2 speeches. It was kind of distracting to the audience.

12.3 Practicing you speech is one of the most important parts of preping for an upcoming presentation. One tip that they mentioned was practicing in front of a small audience. I feel that because most people get frightened by giving a speech in front of an audience why not gradually desensitize the fear and practice in front of a small group of people.