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"We begin by examining twleve ways to gain and maintain audience attendtion. Perhaps these suggestions will inspire you to think of even better ideas for your own speech. Remember these suggestions are not just a bag of tricks you perform for dramatic effect. Instead, you gain and maintain the audience's attention by involving your audience in your topic." 1. Bring to the speech presentation the object or person about which you are speaking 2. Invite your audience to participate 3. Cause your clothing to relate to your speech 4. Exercise your audience's imagination 5. Start with a sight or a sound 6. Arouse audience curiosity 7. Role-Play 8. Show a few slides or a very short film or video 9. Present a brief quotation or have the audience read something you have provided 10. State striking facts or statistics 11. Disclose yourselft 12. Tell a story or narration (Pearson & Nelson, An Introduction to Human Communication: Understand & Sharing, pp.259-60) Application: Imagine that you are asked to speak to a group of people on "Things to Do Where We Live." How would you adapt that message to a group of elementary school children? To newcomers at your college? To people who have just been transfered to your area through their employment? Look at one of the sites above to find ideas about effectively adapting to your audience. You may find it usefull for students in your class to complete an inventory to analyze their attitudes. For a short political analysis, click here.
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