• Use your voice and your body to present yourself
and your message in an effective, compelling
way.
• Overcome speech anxiety and use any nervousness
to your advantage.
• Use visual aids to enhance your message.
• Adapt general principles to your speaking situation,
with emphasis on the dimensions of informing,
persuading, and entertaining.
• Understand and benefit from reactions to your
speeches so that the audience’s response helps
you improve your skills.
This set of skills has been studied and taught for
about 2,500 years (in different ways over the years, of
course), so you are taking part in a very old and valuable
academic tradition.