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Speech Delivery Help

TARGET AREAS
En	Enunciation:  How precisely did the speaker pronounce his or her  words?

Cx 	Connection:  How effectively did the speaker connect with the 
audience overall?
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http://www.speaking-tips.com/Articles/Connecting-With-An-Audience.aspx

Di 	"Distracters":  How frequently did the speaker avoid distracting 
habits such as shifting weight, tapping, "praying hands," teeth-sucking, 
etc.?
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http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/laskowski2.html

Dic	Diction:  How precisely did the speaker choose specific words for 
effect?
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http://www.weblators.com/speakeasy/word.htm

E.C.	Eye Contact:  How well did the speaker sustain sufficient "sweeping" 
eye contact to connect with the audience?
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http://www.bremercommunications.com/Eye_Contact.htm

F.E.	Facial Expressions:  How expressive were the speaker's eyebrows and 
smiles (when appropriate)?  Did they establish a connection with the 
audience?
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http://totalcommunicator.com/body_article_print.html

Ge	Gestures:  How naturally and well-timed were the speaker's use of 
the hands and forearms to enhance  aspects of the speech?
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http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/laskowski2.html

In	Inflection:  How regularly and appropriately did the reader vary
the pitch of his or her voice?

http://www.therapytimes.com/content=6201J6484896BE841

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http://www.thesykesgrp.com/CatinHat.htm

P.P.	Pregnant Pauses:  How natural were the speaker's use of pauses for 
effect?
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http://www.public-speaking-tips.net/pauses.htm

Po	Poise:  How relaxed and confident did the speaker appear?  The link 
below addresses how to conquer FEAR of public speaking and how to RELAX.
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http://www.stresscure.com/jobstress/speak.html

Pr	Projection:  How well did the speaker make him or herself heard 
across the room by "punching" important words?
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http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6317_11-1037476-2.html

St 	Style: How well did the speaker vary sentence constructions and 
sentence length?
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http://www.zzapp.org/terdoyle/pubspeak/organize/style.html#sound

U.S.	Up-speak:  How often did the speaker avoid interrogative inflection 
when making declarative statements?  (Sometimes called "uptalk" or "high-
rise-terminals.")
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http://www.home-business-ideas-opportunities.com/articles/uptalk_speech.htm

V.N.F.	Verbal Non-Fluencies:  How well did the speaker avoid "ums" 
and "uhs"?
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http://ohiopatient.net/training/5LessonDelivery.htm

ADDITIONAL HELP...
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Tongue Twisters:     Practice these knotty phrases to help you articulate 
(enunciate) your words more precisely when you speak.   Categorized by sound 
and letter.            
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http://thinks.com/words/tonguetwisters.htm

See and hear the organs of speech work together to create phonetically 
accurate enunciation.  (Click on the English Library link to start the 
tutorial.)
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http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html#

Video Clip #1 (Compare to speech #2 below.)   Allow clip to load, then 
press "play."
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http://college.hmco.com/communication/andrews/public_speaking/1e/instructors/video/clip4.html

Video Clip #2 (Compare to speech #1 above.)  Allow clip to load, then 
press "play."
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http://college.hmco.com/communication/andrews/public_speaking/1e/instructors/video/clip5.html

How to transform your FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING into your greatest strength.
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http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/zimmer5.html

Don't fall into "verbal slouchery" when you speak...
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http://ronaldbrucemeyer.com/archive/sloucher.htm

Four-hundred-and-two more tongue twisters...
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm

Review the details of enunciation here. (Note:  They 
call "stops" "plosives".)
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics/ConsonantsII/Phonetics3b.html

Phonetics
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html#

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