Links for Chapter 10:   Delivery

General Guidelines for Delivery

Effective delivery is important for successful public speaking and interviewing. A site for college students preparing for job interviews, CollegeGrad.com, gives some useful ideas.

Compare the ideas for college students with "Five Ways to Make Your Body Speak, ideas for effective delivery offered by a professional public speaker.

Specific Elements of Delivery

Gestures can add life to a presentation; this site offers suggestions.

Nervous about eye contact? Check out this advice for someone having difficulty maintaining eye contact in conversation.

The Voice Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center provides recommendations on maintaining a healthy voice.

Nonverbal Communication and Emotion

Nonverbal communication is critical to the expression of emotion in public speaking. This site created by researcher Arvid Kappas lets you explore research on psychophysiology and interactions between emotions and the face and voice.

President Clinton’s delivery has been scrutinized in the last year for what it revealed about his veracity. Check out an article from BBC News that provides pictures and commentary about Clinton’s videotaped testimony.

Nonverbal Communication and Culture

American Sign Language demonstrates the power of individuals to communicate without speech.

For discussions of the nuances of nonverbal communication in countries beyond the United States, check out sites describing Japan and Brazil.

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