| content | "<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you have your outline ready, your next step is to practice its delivery. While the outline (including the structure and content) is the “what,” your delivery is your “how.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How we speak has a great impact on the message that is received.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Think of the last time you heard a monotonous talk. Even if the content might have been interesting, if delivered poorly, people may have not paid attention or received the wrong message.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How can you deliver a talk that your audience will want to listen to?</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In general, a well-delivered talk is conversational, dynamic, and fitting in style to your topic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Verbal Delivery</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is a list of factors to consider in order to enhance your verbal delivery</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">1</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Speed </strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slow down and be mindful of talking too fast, especially if you are a native English speaker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vary your speed to help your talk sound conversational and dynamic</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 1em; background-color: transparent; white-space: pre;">Pause </span></strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome pauses. They can be a great way to provide emphasis, convey certain emotions, or give you time to think</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">2</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Replace filler words like “um” or “like” with pauses</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Avoid rambling</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: sub;">1. An English acronym to help remember the components of verbal delivery is SPEV, which stands for Speech, Pause, Emotion, Volume</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: sub;">2. Andrew Dlugan writes a blog post sharing the benefits and techniques of using pauses in your talk: http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/pause-speech/</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Emotion</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use a warm, conversational and non-monotonous tone</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exhibit emotions that are relevant to you and your talk. Do you want to express wonder, surprise, anger, excitement?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t force emotions. People can sense inauthenticity </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are comfortable doing so, express vulnerability</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Volume</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use a volume that is loud enough so that people can hear you but one that is not overwhelming</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t whisper and don’t yell</span></li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nonverbal Delivery </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is a list of factors to consider in order to enhance your verbal delivery</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">1</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Gesture</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use hand gestures that are appropriate to your content</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use hand gestures to help animate your talk</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Eye Contact</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use a gentle gaze</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look directly on your screen or into the camera</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If possible, try to read your audience's faces: are they attentive? Bored? Frowning in disagreement?"</span></li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Expression</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a relaxed, cheerful and attentive facial expression</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use facial expressions that align with your emotions, for example showing sadness on your face when you are expressing sadness emotionally</span></li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Posture</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a relaxed posture</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Open up instead of close off your body</span></li>
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