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Discuss Chapter the meaning and importance of nonverbal expectancy theory and emotional contagion
theory.
Know the methods of delivery and the advantages/disadvantages of each.
Discuss the characteristics of effective delivery.
Know the factors of nonverbal communication in delivery and why they are important.
Know the guidelines for adapting your verbal and nonverbal messages to a culturally diverse
audience.
Know the tips for rehearsing your speech.
Understand the concept of immediacy and strategies for developing it with your audience.
Nonverbal expectancy theory- If the listeners expectations about how communication should be
expressed are violated than they will feel less favorable toward the speaker
Emotional Contagion theory- People tend to catch on to and notice the emotions of others
Methods of DeliveryManuscript: reading a speech from a written text.
Memorized Speaking: delivering a speech word for word from memory
Impromptu speaking: devlivering a speech without advance prepartation
Extemporaneous speaking- speaking from a written or memorized speech outline without
memorizing the exact wording of the speech
Effective speech giving- eye contact, gestures, posture, movement, facial expression, vocal delivery
Culturally diverse audience- Common sense
Immediacy- Monitor how immediate you are with your audience with out well you know them.
Chapter 14
Understand the purposes and explain the ways presentation aids communicate ideas to your
audience.
Know guidelines for developing and using presentation (including aids electronic presentation
aids).
Understand guidelines for visual aids including PowerPoint.
Know the criteria for selecting visual aids
Purpose of Presentation Aids- Aids understanding, aids memory, aids listeners organizing ideas,
helps gain and maintain attention, aids illustrating a sequence of events or ideas
Developing and Using presentation aids- easy to see, simple, suit your audience
speech and speech enviorment, attractive and well prepared, legal and
nonthreathening. Look at your audience when using, explain rather than just show aid,
avoid passing around aid, time the use of aid, aid keep attention focused on aid, make
sure you can operate hardware
Chapter 15
Know the goals of an informative speech.
Differentiate the types of informative speeches.
Know the strategies to enhance audience understanding.
Define and distinguish the differences between strategies to maintain audience interest and
strategies to enhance audience recall.
Goals: Enhance understanding, maintain interest, to be remembered,
Types: About objects, people, procedures, ideas, events
To enhance audience understanding: Speak with clarity, use principles and techniques of adult
learning, clarify unfamiliar or complex ideas, use visual reinforcement
Maintain interest: establish a reason for audience to listen to you, tell a story, present relatable
information, use unexpected
Enhance audience recall: Build in redundancy, make key ideas short and simple, pace your
information flow, reinforce key ideas