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Evaluating Speeches: Opportunities
Evaluating Speeches: Goals
Evaluating Speeches: Relevant Information
Evaluating Speeches: Adaptation of Material
Evaluating Speeches: Introduction
Evaluating Speeches: Body
Evaluating Speeches: Transitions
Evaluating Speeches: Conclusion
Evaluating Speeches: Language
Evaluating Speeches: Vocal Expression
Evaluating Speeches: Enthusiasm
Evaluating Speeches: Face
Evaluating Speeches: Posture & Gestures
Evaluating Speeches: Spontaneity
Evaluating Speeches: Flow
Evaluating Speeches: Poise & Confidence
Evaluating Speeches: Visual Aids
Summary: Is the speaker conversational? Appearing spontaneous engages the audience. Learn how to evaluate a speech's spontaneity from a professional speaker and communication instructor in this free public speaking video series.
Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more
"We're still working on presentation and the evaluation of the presentation of our speaker and the next thing we want to ask ourself is was this spontaneous? What we mean by spontaneous is did the presenter have a feel for being in the moment? Did he or she come across in a conversational style? Did this appear as if I'm talking to you about this for the first time even though I know what I'm talking about, I have an outline here, I've even rehearsed it a little bit, but I'm talking to you in this moment -that's spontaneous. Or, was the presenter more like giving the speech like maybe they had it memorized and "I can't blink right now because if I do I'll forget the words that I've got memorized." That's not spontaneous. So you want to take a look at the spontaneity of the presenter."
eHow Article: Evaluating Speeches: Spontaneity
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