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PUBLIC

SPEAKING

Fundamentals
of Public Speaking

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
1. ENERGY
2. EYE CONTACT
3. FACIAL EXPRESSION
4. GESTURES
5. MOVEMENT
6. NON-WORDS
7. PAUSES
8. SPEAKING PACE

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
ENERGY
Most of us prefer to watch a presentation
where the speaker is clearly making an
effort to connect with the audience. Energy
comes out as vocal variety, gestures and
facial expression, helping you show passion
and gain positive listener response. Energy
is also a great mask, effectively covering up
nervousness and other distractions.

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking

EYE CONTACT
Maintain eye contact with individual
audience members long enough to
complete your thought (3-5 seconds),
rather than shifting your gaze from
side to side.

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
Use smiles, frowns, and other varied
expressions to keep your audience engaged.
Take a tip from stage actors: bigger
audiences call for bigger expressions.

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
GESTURES
Use natural movements of your arms,
hands and body to emphasize your
main points. Avoid actions such as
pointing, arms crossed or on your hips,
or playing with your fingers.

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
MOVEMENT
Purposeful movement, such as walking
across the stage or stepping forward to
approach the audience, helps to create a
stronger connection with your listeners.
To help avoid nervous rocking or shifting,
plant your feet when you're done moving.

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
NON-WORDS
By all means possible, work to
eliminate meaningless words (such as
umm, OK, uhh, and others) from your
presentations. They are extremely
distracting to your listeners. SNAP!

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
PAUSES
Taking short breaks between thoughts
helps the audience focus on your
message, and also helps the speaker
eliminate non-words. Pause early and
often, we always say!

Fundamentals of Public
Speaking
SPEAKING PACE
Should you speak quickly or slowly? Both,
if you want to hold your audiences
attention for your entire presentation.
Speed
helps
convey
passion
and
excitement, while slowing down helps
people focus on main points and big ideas.
Just not TOO quickly or slowly!

SPEECH WRITING PROCESS

PURPOSE OF WRITING

4 Basic Purposes of
Writing
1.-Narrative
2.-Expository
3.-Descriptive
4.-Persuasive

NARRATIVE WRITING
Writing TELLS A STORY or relates a series
of events.
example:
A
composition
describing
your
explorations among rocks and tide pools
along the ocean shore.

NARRATIVE WRITING

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Writing DESCRIBES a person, place or thing.
Example:
A brochure describing giant redwoods, a
"Lost Kitten" poster that tells exactly what
the kitten looks like.

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

EXPOSITORY WRITING
Writing
gives
EXPLAINS.

INFORMATION

or

Example:
An article entitled "How the Internet
has Changed Our lives"

EXPOSITORY WRITING

PERSUASIVE WRITING
Writing attempts to CONVINCE someone
to do or believe something.
Example.
An advertisement, an article about
importance of water conservation,...

PERSUASIVE WRITING

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