#speakgoals

This guy has it together. What makes him so successful at public speaking? The manner in which you speak is called your delivery! There are different types of delivery: manuscript, memorized, and extemporaneous.

Manuscript: Write out your material word for word and reference those words from notes during your speech

Memorized: Commit to knowing your speech by heart with no notes

Extemporaneous: Outline your ideas and organize your thoughts without writing word for word, but have notes to guide you

A POWER SOURCE is the energy that makes things go. The power source of a speaker is all in the voice. You can have the most brilliant ideas that would help save the world, but if you cannot articulate them through your POWER SOURCE, aka your voice, will they really ever understand your brilliance?

Rate: The speed at which we speak. Many times the rate of our voice gets super fast when we are nervous. Others speak sooooo slowly that the audience gets bored (insert bad teacher joke). The important thing to know about the speed at which you speak is: Be aware! Know if you need to speed up or slow down. Vary it a little throughout the speech to keep your audience into your topic!

Pitch: The voice notes you make while speaking, highs and lows of your voice. When you are monotone (at the same rate and pitch) your audience will tune you out. It is dull and lifeless. A way to combat this is using inflection and stress. That means you create emphasis on certain words.

Repeat the following sentence, each time stressing a different word for a different effect: How does inflection, stress change the meaning?

I think that you are the best.

I think that you are the best.

I think that you are the best.

I think that you are the best.

I think that you are the best.

I think that you are the best.