1 - Feedback on your speaking habits
As a starting point, it is a good idea to get feedback on your speaking habits.
- Prepare a three-minute talk that aims to sum up what you do in your research.
- Choose whatever structure you’d like to do it in, and don’t worry too much about content at this stage. You can refer back to your inverted pyramid from a previous module.
- Do not use any props or slides.
- Find someone (or several people if possible) who you would feel comfortable presenting to who will give you feedback. Ask them to feedback on the following:
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Feature
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Notes/feedback
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Voice volume
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How audible are you?
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Physical ‘ticks’
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Are you doing anything distracting? E.g. moving hands a lot, pointing, or rotating body too much.
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Verbal ‘ticks’
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Are you using certain ‘fillers’ repeatedly? E.g. ‘...and like’, ‘Look, I mean’, ‘Uhmmm’
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Eye contact
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Where are your eyes going? Are you making eye contact? With just one person or the whole room?
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Tone of voice
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Are you changing the pitch of your voice depending on the content?
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Waving/reading off notes
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If you are holding notes, what are you doing with them? What are you doing with your hands?
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Body posture/legs
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How are you standing? Where are your arms? What are you doing with your legs?
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Breathing
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Are you taking natural pauses to breathe?
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Speed of talking
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Is it easy to follow the speed at which you are talking?
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Passion, purpose, positivity
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What is your general demeanour like when talking?
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