Eye contact during your speech, and any speech in the future, is highly important. Your eyes should be meeting the eyes of your audience about 90%-95% of the time. This means that you should know your speech well enough to simply glance at your notecards for your next point, then focus on your audience.
Of course if you have statistics, facts, quotes, source citations, etc... you can look down at your cards, but as mentioned, the majority of the time you are focusing on your audience.
Eye contact, and interaction with your visual aid, along with your physical presentation (body positioning, fidgeting, etc...) will be weighted a bit more heavily during this final presentation. This is why practicing for the coming speech is SO INCREDIBLY important.
Please practice WITH your visual aid at least 7 times in order to get more comfortable with your visual aid, and get to know your speech more so you can make eye contact with your audience about 90%-95% of your total speaking time.
A good way to measure this is to practice your speech in front of someone and get their opinion about your eye contact and interaction with your visual aid.
Showing posts with label Actuative Speech Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Actuative Speech Tips. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Clear Course of Action
As you may already know, the last stage of Monroe's Motivated Sequence is the ACTION step. This is generally presented towards the end of your speech. As we mentioned in class during our last meeting, you should probably put this in your conclusion somewhere. The action step advocates a specific course of action.
For example, if your speech is about nutrition, in your conclusion you should mention eating 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables a day according to the new food pyramid. This statement advocated a specific course of action. You are actually telling the audience WHAT you want them to do. So decide what action you want the audience to take, then tell them in your conclusion.
Comment on this blog if you have questions about this.
For example, if your speech is about nutrition, in your conclusion you should mention eating 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables a day according to the new food pyramid. This statement advocated a specific course of action. You are actually telling the audience WHAT you want them to do. So decide what action you want the audience to take, then tell them in your conclusion.
Comment on this blog if you have questions about this.
Using your Visual Aid
Here is another tip for the coming speech. This one is about your visual aid.
Please practice with your VISUAL AID. You might want to put a reminder on your notecards about SLIDE CHANGES. This will cue you when you should push the button to go to your next slide and help you to focus more on your audience without looking at the projection screen (which you should try to avoid completely if possible).
If you need to present something on the slide to your audience, try to explain it in words while focusing on your audience (making eye contact) without focusing too much on the projection screen.
Your visual aid should enhance your speech, not hinder it. As beginning public speakers, sometimes we have a tendency to focus on the computer or projection screen because it's safe and comfortable. You should be focusing on your audience. Make MORE eye contact than you think is necessary. This will help to connect you with your audience. Along the same lines, you should know your speech well enough to focus on your audience without relying too much on your notecards.
More tips to come......
Please practice with your VISUAL AID. You might want to put a reminder on your notecards about SLIDE CHANGES. This will cue you when you should push the button to go to your next slide and help you to focus more on your audience without looking at the projection screen (which you should try to avoid completely if possible).
If you need to present something on the slide to your audience, try to explain it in words while focusing on your audience (making eye contact) without focusing too much on the projection screen.
Your visual aid should enhance your speech, not hinder it. As beginning public speakers, sometimes we have a tendency to focus on the computer or projection screen because it's safe and comfortable. You should be focusing on your audience. Make MORE eye contact than you think is necessary. This will help to connect you with your audience. Along the same lines, you should know your speech well enough to focus on your audience without relying too much on your notecards.
More tips to come......
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Preview and Review of Main Points
Hello Class! Here is a tip for the coming speech....
As we have been doing all semester, please make sure you are PREVIEWING and REVIEWING your main points. This means that you should PREVIEW your three main points in your introduction, and you should subsequently REVIEW your main points in your conclusion.
Previewing informs you audience of where you are going in your speech. When you review your main points, it summarizes what have just covered. As I have mentioned before, this may seem redundant or even unnecessary. However, redundancy helps your audience to remember/retain the information you have presented.
Look for more speech tips throughout the day tomorrow at various times.
As we have been doing all semester, please make sure you are PREVIEWING and REVIEWING your main points. This means that you should PREVIEW your three main points in your introduction, and you should subsequently REVIEW your main points in your conclusion.
Previewing informs you audience of where you are going in your speech. When you review your main points, it summarizes what have just covered. As I have mentioned before, this may seem redundant or even unnecessary. However, redundancy helps your audience to remember/retain the information you have presented.
Look for more speech tips throughout the day tomorrow at various times.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
More Actuative Outline Tips
Some reminders for the Actuative Speech Outline that is due NO LATER than 10am on Friday, May 1st.
Please be sure to include everything that is listed on the Assignment Sheet AND the blog I posted earlier this week. Make sure you have included:
2 instances of Valid Reasoning (Include at the end of the outline as stated in class. Please include WHICH TYPE of reasoning you have used).
2 different methods to establish Credibility (Include at the end of the outline as stated in class. Please include WHICH TYPE of Credibility you have used).
3 different types of Supporting Materials (Include at the end of the outline as stated in class. Please include WHICH TYPE of Supporting Material you have used).
Please be sure to include everything that is listed on the Assignment Sheet AND the blog I posted earlier this week. Make sure you have included:
2 instances of Valid Reasoning (Include at the end of the outline as stated in class. Please include WHICH TYPE of reasoning you have used).
2 different methods to establish Credibility (Include at the end of the outline as stated in class. Please include WHICH TYPE of Credibility you have used).
3 different types of Supporting Materials (Include at the end of the outline as stated in class. Please include WHICH TYPE of Supporting Material you have used).
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Actuative Outline Tips
Hello Class! In case there is any confusion about the Acutative Speech Outline, I wanted to give you some pointers.
*The outline should follow the same format as the previous outlines. You should have a full paragraph introduction (label the following in the intro: Attention Getter, Purpose and Thesis, Establish Credibility and Preview your Main Points). Then, you should have three main points following Monroe's Motivated Sequence (I. Need, II. Satisfaction, III. Visualization). Make sure that you review Monroe's so that you understand each step and apply it appropriately to your outline. Finally, include a full paragraph conclusion (label the following in the conclusion: Review Main Points, Reinforce Purpose and Provide closure for the speech). Make sure to include transition sentences BETWEEN your main points please.
*Monroe's Motivated Sequence is as follow:
Attention Step (This step IS your introduction paragraph)
I. Need Step (you are creating a Need or stating the Problem of your topic)
(Transition Sentence)
II. Satisfaction Step (you are solving the problem or offering a Solution to the problem you just created).
(Transition Sentence)
III. Visualization (you are explaining what the world would be like with OR without your solution). Please note that this a full main point in your speech, so try not to cut this one short. It is also NOT simply a slide on your powerpoint presentation.
Action Step (This IS your conclusion paragraph.) You MUST make an OVERT call to action within your conclusion. You need to clearly state what steps the audience must take next.
Reminders: Our MANDATORY meeting is on May 8th at 12:00pm in HGH225. As I have mentioned over and over again, I will not be on campus after this date, so make every effort to be at the meeting).
Outlines are due NO LATER than May 1st @ 10am. Please submit them prior to this time. Submitting your paper at 10:01am will be considered a late paper, so get your submission in early!
*The outline should follow the same format as the previous outlines. You should have a full paragraph introduction (label the following in the intro: Attention Getter, Purpose and Thesis, Establish Credibility and Preview your Main Points). Then, you should have three main points following Monroe's Motivated Sequence (I. Need, II. Satisfaction, III. Visualization). Make sure that you review Monroe's so that you understand each step and apply it appropriately to your outline. Finally, include a full paragraph conclusion (label the following in the conclusion: Review Main Points, Reinforce Purpose and Provide closure for the speech). Make sure to include transition sentences BETWEEN your main points please.
*Monroe's Motivated Sequence is as follow:
Attention Step (This step IS your introduction paragraph)
I. Need Step (you are creating a Need or stating the Problem of your topic)
(Transition Sentence)
II. Satisfaction Step (you are solving the problem or offering a Solution to the problem you just created).
(Transition Sentence)
III. Visualization (you are explaining what the world would be like with OR without your solution). Please note that this a full main point in your speech, so try not to cut this one short. It is also NOT simply a slide on your powerpoint presentation.
Action Step (This IS your conclusion paragraph.) You MUST make an OVERT call to action within your conclusion. You need to clearly state what steps the audience must take next.
Reminders: Our MANDATORY meeting is on May 8th at 12:00pm in HGH225. As I have mentioned over and over again, I will not be on campus after this date, so make every effort to be at the meeting).
Outlines are due NO LATER than May 1st @ 10am. Please submit them prior to this time. Submitting your paper at 10:01am will be considered a late paper, so get your submission in early!
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