Adapting & Delivering Speech Chapter 19 Adapting & Delivering Speech

Adapting & Delivering Speech Audience Diversity and Delivery Adapt presentation to your audience Avoid ethnocentric mindset Less dramatic style for high context listeners Monitor level of immediacy Monitor your emotional expression Use gestures with care

Adapting & Delivering Speech Delivering your speech Get plenty of rest before your speech Watch what you eat Acknowledge anxiety Review confident speaking techniques Chapter 2

Adapting & Delivering Speech Delivering your speech Arrive early for speech Check equipment Relax before you deliver Visualize success

Adapting & Delivering Speech Responding to questions During Q&A Delivery changes to impromptu speaking To make Q&A less challenging Prepare Repeat or rephrase the question Stay on message Ask yourself the 1st question Listen impartially

Adapting & Delivering Speech To make Q&A less challenging Neutralize hostile questions When you don’t know, admit it Be brief Use organizational signposts Indicate when the Q&A period is concluding