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The people-oriented listener is interested in the speaker. People-oriented listeners listen to the message in order to learn how the speaker thinks and how they feel about their message.

Overall, our memories are known to be fallible. We forget about half of what we hear immediately after hearing it, recall 35 percent after eight hours, and recall 20 percent after a day. Owen Hargie, Skilled Interpersonal Interaction: Research, Theory, and Practice (London: Routledge, 2011), 189–99.

Listeners and speakers can use strategies to overcome Listener Fatigue. As a speaker, make sure your speech has a balance between new information and supporting materials such as stories and examples….Hen giving feedback:

1. Be Descriptive.
2. Be Specific.
3. Be Positive.
4. Be Constructive.
5. Be Sensitive.
6. Be Realistic.

Coping with listening fatigue

1. Take a break from the noise. If you don’t wear hearing aids, consider taking a walk in nature or along a quiet street or finding somewhere to close your eyes and relax for a few minutes.
2. Practice deep breathing.
3. Eliminate background noise whenever possible.
4. Take a nap.

Listening effectively is hard work. The heart rate quickens, respiration increases, and your body temperature rises. Just like a stress response, it can be physically and psychologically draining.

self actualization

Use your voice expressively and meaningfully.

• Minimize the uhs, ums, likes and y’knows.
• Enunciate words clearly. Don’t mumble or garble them.
• Speak with appropriate loudness and speed. Consider audience, place and topic.
• Use variations in speed, inflections, and force to enhance your meaning and hold audience attention.

There are a total of 9 parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

Here are seven effective methods to open a speech or presentation:

1. Quote. Opening with a relevant quote can help set the tone for the rest of your speech.
2. “What If” Scenario. Immediately drawing your audience into your speech works wonders.
3. “Imagine” Scenario.
4. Question.
5. Silence.
6. Statistic.
7. Powerful Statement/Phrase.

Here are the five steps to writing a powerful speech that will move your listeners:

1. Consider the audience’s needs.
2. Catch the audience’s attention.
3. Hold the audience’s attention for the next 15 minutes.
4. Offer a solution to their problem.
5. Provide a call to action.

For a three-minute speech, choose no more than five main points. Write three to five short items that support each of your main points. Number them. Using capital letters may help differentiate them from your main points at a glance.

Motivate and Influence an Audience

1. Educate. Provide your audience with extensive information on your topic.
2. Entertain. Give them the facts laced with a good dose of humour.
3. Experience. Get the audience involved.
4. Enthusiasm.
5. Example.
6. Encourage.
7. Excellence.
8. Expertise.

These 5 skills are absolutely necessary for successful communication in the workplace or private life.

• Listening. Listening is one of the most important aspects of communication.
• Straight talking.
• Non-verbal communication.
• Stress management.
• Emotion control.

Here are some other techniques you can use to make your speech memorable.

• Deliver a performance, rather than a speech.
• Use the power of eye contact.
• Don’t hide behind the lectern.
• Posture matters.
• Tell compelling stories.
• Vary your cadence.
• Speak about what you know and care about.

10 tips for becoming an effective presenter

1. Know your audience. Who am I talking to?
2. Sketch out your structure. How long have I got to speak?
3. Develop your content. When you have your structure, think about your slide deck and your script.
4. Find your natural voice.
5. Rehearse.
6. Be spontaneous.
7. Cover off practical issues.
8. Make eye contact.