Chp 14 verbal

1. Chapter 14Chapter 14
VerbalVerbal
CommunicationCommunication
It is not what you say, but how you say it.

2. DeliveryDelivery
The mode or manner that a speaker uses
to transmit words to an audience.
Four Types
Manuscript method
Memorized method
Extemporaneous
Impromptu

3. Manuscript methodManuscript method
 Write and read
 Advantages
 Unlikely to make mistake in
content
 Security blanket which gives
confidence
 Disadvantages
 Might lose touch with audience
 Can lose place
 Lose animation
 Unnatural
Manuscript

4. Manuscript methodManuscript method
Special Delivery Tip
Make writing easy to read
Highlight key words
Make sure it looks professional
to audience
MANUSCRIPT

5. Memorized methodMemorized method
 Write and commit speech
to memory
 Advantages
 No notes
 Can plan gestures, facial
expressions, movement
 Easily use props
 Disadvantages
 Can make you nervous
 Can lose place
 Puts the words in charge
 Spend too much energy
remembering
MMemorized

6. Memorized methodMemorized method
Special Delivery Tip
Memorize in small sections
Practice
Most important is beginning
and end of speech
Have a safety valve -
relevant fact you can go to
MEMORIZED

7. Extemporaneous methodExtemporaneous method
Don’t write it down word for
word
Use notes
Write down key points and
transitions
The best type
EExtemp

8. Extemporaneous methodExtemporaneous method
 Advantages
 Natural
 Can pay attention to audience feedback
 Body can get into communication process
 Most believable
 Disadvantages
 Might forget something
 May not be fluent
 But can dynamize your audience
ExtempE

9. Extemporaneous methodExtemporaneous method
Special Delivery Tip:
Control note cards
Only have a few (two are best)
Use an outline
Practice
EXTEMP

10. Impromptu MethodImpromptu Method
Not rehearsed
“Off the Cuff”
Calls for quick mind and
instant audience analysis
You will do this often
IImpromptu

11. Impromptu MethodImpromptu Method
 Advantages
 Natural
 Can pay attention to audience feedback
 Body can get into communication
process
 Can look witty and intelligent
 Disadvantages
 Dead space - vocal pauses
 Fill with “uhs” and “like”
 Can lose train of thought
 Mistakes can cause lose of confidence
IImpromptu

12. Impromptu methodImpromptu method
Special Delivery Tip:
Think
Know your audience
IMPROMPTU

13. What’s Best?What’s Best?
Use some of all four
How?
Memorize Opening
Have Notes
Use impromptu comments
to respond to audience
Have portions (like poem) that you may read
verbatim
Manuscript
ExtempMemorized
Impromptu

14. Using Your VoiceUsing Your Voice
The power source for a
special is the vocal process
The breathing process
provides the power for
voice production or
phonation
Air is important
Read about it on page 379

15. RateRate
Speed is 120 to 180 words
If you talk too fast an audience doesn’t
understand
You run out of breath
How to cure
Take deep breathes
R A T
E
RATERATERATERATE RATERATERATERATE

16. PitchPitch
Highs and lows of your voices
Can’t sell a speech with narrow vocal
range or monotone
Like a bouncing ball - moving all the time
Gives different things emphasis
P I
T
C H

17. PitchPitch
Repeat the following emphasizing different
words (this is inflection)
“I think you are the best”
How does it change the meaning?
Lows
Highs
Emphasis!!!!!!!!!

18. VolumeVolume
The loudness or softness of your voice
Varies by mood or situation
whisper
Yell

19. ArticulationArticulation
The crispness of your
voice
Your tongue, lips and
jaw control this
Don’t drop letters
James Earl Jones is
very precise because
as a child he
stammered

20. PronunciationPronunciation
Saying the sounds properly
Learn how to pronounce everything in
your speech

21. Using Your BodyUsing Your Body
Your body should be a positive extension
of your message
What are some negative signals in a
speech?

22. Platform MovementPlatform Movement
Rhythm and flow -
purposeful movement
Don’t pace
Don ‘t wander
But do move
Accentuate speaking

23. Platform MovementPlatform Movement
 Start at the center or “square up”
 Move when changing sections
 Move to emphasize points
 End at the center
2 1
3
Start
End

24. Platform MovementPlatform Movement
Be comfortable
Move right leg first
Move toward audience
Don’t be extreme

25. Platform MovementPlatform Movement
Be aware of Proxemics or how much
space
Know number of steps
One
3 or 5 step
Be in control

26. GesturesGestures
Posture is how you hold your body
Gestures are the body in motion
Head, arms, and hands

27. GesturesGestures
“Never rise to speak ‘til you have
something to say; and when you have said
it, cease.”
-18th century American clergyman, John
Witherspoon

28. GesturesGestures
Be comfortable holding hands at side
Gesture above the waist
Up and out and down

29. GesturesGestures
Learn Gesture Zone
Learn to “Lift and Lay” Your Hands
No “flyaway”
No “judo-chop”
No “penguin-wave”
Practice the “String” Idea

30. Your FaceYour Face
If your face doesn’t sell it, your audience
doesn’t believe it
“The eyes are the widows to the soul”

31. Keep Eye Strategies inKeep Eye Strategies in
MindMind
Look at each person for a
number of seconds
Make eye contact at the
far ends
Have eye contact with
people, not things

32. What for feedbackWhat for feedback
Fidgeting?
Nodding and smiling?
Leaning back or forward?
Confused?
People straining to hear?

33. Recalling the FactsRecalling the Facts
 What are the four methods of delivery?
 How are they different and what are the advantages and
disadvantages of each?
 What is the power source for your voice?
 In addition to volume, what are the elements of your
delivery?
 What is the stress you give to certain words called?
 How important is it to know how to pronounce words?
 What other element in addition to your voice contributes
to delivery?
 How should you handle facial expressions, eye contact,
body movement, etc.?
Looking Back on Page 402 of textbook

34. VocabularyVocabulary
 delivery
 manuscript method
 memorized method
 extemporaneous method
 impromptu method
 vocalized pause
 power source
 vocal process
 oral cavity
 Rate
 pitch
 monotone
 inflection
 volume
 articulation
 pronunciation
 platform movement
 proxemics
 posture
List on Page 371 of textbook