Oral Communication
Preparation:
Read: Norman R. Augustine, Augustine's Laws
Read: William Safire, Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History
Sucessful Oral Communication
Content
- Have a point of view, opinion, thesis
Preparation
- Practice
- Organize
- Be clear and concise
"It's a sound bite world" - Norman Augustine
Be able to communicate main idea in 10 or less words
Confidence and Passion
If you don't believe it, no one else will
Body Language and Use of Voice
- Eye Contact
Listen / Know Audience
You have to convince people that what you are saying is worth listening to
How to Catch the Attention of Audience
Generalize Results
- Describe Principles; Present Big Picture
Be Entertaining
- Use interesting and easily remembered turns of phrases to describe main point or use quotes
- Utilize repetition and meter
- Mock the local, scapegoat (physicists?)
- parables and metaphors
- be unpredictable
Be Quantitative (Lord Kelvin)
Leave a good visual impression
an example
The Army Way:
- Tell them what you are about to tell them
- Tell them
- Tell them what you just told them
The"I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. is very effective communication and a must-read.
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