Effective Communication Style - Effective communication - Economy of words

Hey, it's Tracy and we're talking about style and expressing yourself as a public speaker. I want to talk just briefly about words. Don't waste them. It's real important when you're communicating, especially when you're giving a speech, that you don't just talk in circles about, well, you know, the thing that you're trying to talk about because, well, what you're really trying to say is that you want to explain this thing but -- you know what I'm talking about, OK? Talk straight to the point. You want to take your sentences and you want to make sure that they are clear and to the point. Don't waste words going over and over and over. It is OK to be repetitive. It's real important, in fact, that you repeat yourself in your speeches. I'm talking about primarily in the sense of transitional phrases. Don't just labor on and on and on and on about the three legged dog or whatever it is that you're giving your speech about. You want to talk about the various aspects and then give a brief repeat of what you talked about. Don't waste your words. Remember our friends connotative and denotative? You want to use those, too, when you're communicating. Approach things from a standpoint of a dictionary definition. But, you also want to approach things from how you feel about them and how you want your audience to respond and to feel about them. That's really important as a part of style.