1. Stage Fright Facilitative stage fright Debilitative stage fright
Can improve your speech
Debilitative stage fright
Fear keeps you from thinking clearly
Fear makes you want to escape

2. Debilitative Stage Fright - Sources
Past Experiences
Irrational Thinking
Catastrophic failure (if something bad can happen it will)
Perfection (the desire to be flawless)
Approval (the desire to please everyone)
Overgeneralization (blows things out of proportion)

3. Overcoming Debilitative Stage Fright
Be Rational
Be Receiver Oriented
Be Positive
Be Prepared

4. Types of Delivery
Extemporaneous - Planned in advance, delivered in a spontaneous manner
Impromptu - No prep time
Manuscript – read word for word from a prepared text
Memorized - learned

5. Visual Aspects of Delivery
Appearance
Movement
Posture
Facial Expression
Eye Contact

6. Auditory Aspects of Delivery
Volume
Rate
Pitch
Articulation
Deletion – leaving off part of a word
Substitution – replace part of a work with an incorrect sound
Addition – adding extra parts to words
Slurring -

7. Practicing Your Speech
“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail”
Basketball Coach John Wooden
Practice Steps:
Talk through the speech to yourself
Tape-record the speech
Present in front of a small group of people
Present in front of at least 1 person in your class