Effective Speeches
and Meetings
and Meetings
Name the 3 types of messages in a speech.
What are the Physical Message, Visual Message, Story Message?
This is what happens when you have everything in harmony. Your speech is right. Everyone receives it well. They enjoy listening to it as much as you enjoy delivering it.
What is engagement?
Name the three examples of voice inflection and give an example of each using the word work.
What are stressing, stretching, and pausing?
Something that will restrict interaction and eye contact
What is reading from a script?
What are gestures?
The use of hand, arm, or body movements to express thoughts or emotions.
What your planned speech should be focused on regardless of the type of audience?
The audience's perspective.
These are two of the most powerful keys to audience comprehension and retention.
What is defining the message and choosing the right medium or visuals?
Without voice inflection, your audience will not be engaged.
True or False
What is True?
Name the body's way of communicating without using spoken word
What is body language?
In presentations and meetings, this type of gesture helps the audience understand similarities, differences, and changes.
What is Comparison/Contrast?
Name 3 out of 4 goals of leading a meeting or giving a speech.
What are, get you to focus and listen, make you understand, activate your imagination, and persuade you?
These three major elements are to be considered when designing a presentation.
What are defining the message, crafting a compelling storyline, and using effective visual aids?
This is the change in pitch or tone of your voice. Its variation.
What is voice inflection?
This is something that novice speakers will use to rest their wandering hands and to provide some sense of security.
What is a podium?
You might use this type of gesture to help your audience understand a process from beginning to end.
What are number/sequence gestures?
The most important part of preparing any speech or meeting.
What is deciding what you want to accomplish?
Good presenters craft a strong storyline. Name the three elements that need to be included.
What are the introduction, body, and conclusion?
Name the four different words to use voice inflection.
What are action words, descriptive words, comparison words, and negative words?
Name the three characteristics of great meeting leaders or presenters.
What are confidence and command, connection and courage?
You want your audience to understand the most important words. You would use this type of gesture and physical message skill.
What are emphasis, focus, and voice inflection?
When preparing to make your speech or lead a meeting, you need to know your ____ and your ____.
What is your purpose and your audience?
This is like a formal meeting, but may not have a specific goal.
What is a discussion meeting?
A presentation without voice inflection is flat, colorful, and has no emphasis.
True or False
What is False?
Name the four skill areas for the physical message.
1) Posture 2) Eye Contact 3) Gestures 4) Voice Inflection
The gestures for illustration/location do not help the audience visualize the size, shape, dimension, or location of your explanation.
True of False
What is False?