Speaker Will Know the Audience
DEFINITION
Yourself as the speaker, knowing and understanding who you will be talking too
PURPOSE
- To persuade/inform the audience
- To deliver your speech
- To entertain the audience
WHAT IT WILL LOOK & SOUND LIKE
Look-
- intrigued audience
- smiling audience
- Participation
- Well use of surroundings/ space given
- Many questions
- Connections
- Respectful, yet joyful volume
TIPS & ADVICE
- Find ways to connect with the audience (interests, background, age...)
- Research (cultures, religion, acceptable gestures)
- Use familiar words or phrases they will understand
- Call & Response technique at the beginning to see if they are familiar with the topic
- Dress for the occasion
Your audience shouldn't look like this...
Nor like this...
But like this!