$1.$ Make effective eye contact during a speech. To communicate effectively with North American audiences, make eye contact with the entire audience before and during your speech.

$2.$ Use gestures effectively while speaking. Use natural, definite, and varied gestures that fit your personality and help you communicate your message to your particular audience.

$3.$ Move purposefully in ways that enhance your mes

sage while speaking.

Use movement to emphasize your verbal messages,

to make your audience feel closer to you, and to

help listeners understand the transitions and organi

zation of your speech.

$4.$ Display an appropriate posture while delivering a

speech.

Posture communicates the intensity of your emo

tions and your interest in your audience and speech.

Avoid slouching and drooping.

$5.$ Use facial expressions to enhance verbal messages.

Rehearse using universally recognized facial ex

pressions that match the emotions of your verbal

messages.

$6.$ Choose appropriate attire for making a speech.

Analyze your audience and speaking situation to de

termine what to wear when you deliver your speech.