Involve Your Audience

Listening vs. Seeing

How?

Step 1: Georgia on my Mind:Planning

• When preparing your speech, your audience should never be far from your mind

• Relate to your audience

Step 2: Elementary Dr. Watson:Thinking

• Involve them in thinking with an outline

• Don’t keep them guessing

• Don’t be afraid to tell your audience what to look for

Step 3: I can see clearly now:Visual

• Visual aides

• Drawings

• PowerPoint (LOTS OF PICTURES)

Step 4: Did you get that?Writing

• Write down notes

• Give them a paper to fill out

Step 5: Do you understand the words that are coming out of

my mouth?Hearing

• Record

• Keep pace

• Pronounce

Step 6: Are you ready kids?Vocal

• Ask questions

• Get opinions

• Repeat

• Tell one another

Step 7: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes:

Action

• Create a point with movement

• Involve them in stories

• Move on the stage

• Give opportunities

Step 8: That was a good one:Humor

• Enhance not distract

• Value: Benefits the human mind and body

• What makes something funny: The truth, ridiculous exaggeration, surprise.

• Know your kind of humor

• High Risk Humor

• Low Risk Humor

• Beware of the Double edged sword