Delivering the Speech (p.

63)
A. Stage Deportments
 Walk purposely to the lectern/ podium
 Lay your notes on the lectern
 Look at your listeners. Maintain eye contact with them
 Begin your speech with a confident tone of voice
 Speak in a firm, clear voice. Vary the pitch, rate and
loudness. Stress the meaning of your statement.
 Use a conversational tone. Spontaneity and intimacy will
result to a better communication
 Make a good conclusion- the final impression you will leave
with your listeners
 Stage deportments and discipline
 POSTURE
• YOUR SPEAKING POSTURE- How you
position your body when you speak
communicates its own set of visual messages
to an audience.
• reflects your attitude, telling your listeners
whether you’re confident, alert, and in
command of yourself and the speaking
situation.
 GESTURES
 specific
bodily movement that reinforces a verbal
message or conveys a particular thought or emotion.
Although gestures may be made with the head,
shoulders, or even the legs and feet, most are made with
the hands and arms.
 Why Gestures?
 Gestures are probably the most evocative form of
nonverbal communication a speaker can employ. No
other kind of physical action can enhance your
speeches in as many ways

 Clarify and support your words. Gestures strengthen the

audience’s understanding of your verbal message.
 Dramatize your ideas. Together with what you say,
gestures help paint vivid pictures in your listeners’ minds.
 Lend emphasis and vitality to the spoken word. Gestures
convey your feelings and attitudes more clearly than what
you say.
 Help dissipate nervous tension. Purposeful gestures
are a good outlet for the nervous energy inherent in a
speaking situation.

 Function as visual aids. Gestures enhance audience

attentiveness and retention.

 Are highly visible. Gestures provide visual support

when you address a large number of people
and the entire audience may not see your eyes.
  EYE CONTACT
When you speak, you involve your listeners with
your eyes, making your presentation direct,
personal, and conversational.

 Facial expression.
The movements of your eyes, mouth, and facial
muscles can build a connection with your
audience
facial expression can convey the feelings of the
presenter, anything from passion for the subject,
to depth of concern for the audience.
Although we exert a lot of effort writing
down our speech and searching for
references to substantiate what we say,
the audience actually pays more attention to our body
language. The movement of our body, especially our
face and our hands, are meant to add
emphasis to what we say. However, when
executed the wrong way, our gestures will
act more like distractions.
Some of the bodily actions or gestures we
should avoid:

1. Not using gestures at all.

 We appear so still and so un-alive.
 this is not a good way to start a speech. Use your
hands- keep them at elbow level and move them
comfortably and naturally
to match your words.

2. Putting and keeping hands in our pocket, any pocket.

 We appear as if we are too relaxed, and this may set
the wrong tone- that we are not very prepared or we
have little respect to our audience
3. Putting hands at your back.
 This posture is mostly for military when they
are at ease or about to be given orders.
 It is discouraged for speakers

 the speaker is supposed to move his arms,

elbows and hands to add emphasis to his
point. Doing this may mean the speaker is
hesitant or too lazy.
4. Pointing your index finger at the audience.
 This carries with it a very accusatory
message.
 If you wish to point, do it with your palm open,
relaxed and outstretched. You do not want to
single out a person in the audience with this
gesture.
5. Crossing your hands on your chest.
 This literally creates a barrier between you
and your audience.
 It means you are so formal and so objective
your message is not likely to have any heart or
emotion in it.
 This also means you do not like the people
around you very much.
6. Gripping the podium or the table
in front of you.
 The podium is intended to hold a
copy of our speech so that he does
not have to hold it and that he is
free to move his hands.
7. Covering your face.
 Some speakers are too shy, they intend to do
this. However, the audience still deserves the
chance to hear what you have to say and they
need to hear it clearly. Covering your face gets
your mouth blocked as well, so they end not
hearing anything, and not seeing anything
either.
8. Looking up and away from the audience.
 Eye-contact evokes sincerity and passion in
what you say. Looking away means you are
either so shy to even glance at the people in
the room
Misconceptions about PUBLIC SPEAKING

 High Anxiety
 Singer vs the Song
 Too much rehearsal
 Memorize your speech
 great pontificator
 over their heads
 silence is not golden
 the grand finale
 PPT