It’s okay to use technical terms and expressions called jargon when informing a general audience because the audience will need to know technical terms and expressions.

One thing ethical listeners do well is prejudge the speaker.

Speakers use repetition; and writers strive to use just as much repetition as speakers.

The This I Believe speech should be given in third person to help the audience relate to the speaker in a meaningful way.

It is best to try to establish eye contact with the entire audience no matter how many people are present.

A speaker needs to be mindful of the pitch, pace and power of his/her voice when presenting.

As the speaker prepares, it’s good to think about the listeners knowledge of the subject to be presented.

In Monroe’s Motivate Sequence, the brakelight occurs

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence is a cause and effect- based outline for a persuasive speech.

When a speaker contacts the audience in advance of the speech, the speaker may send a questionnaire to secure opinions about the topic to be discussed.