Speaking & Presentation
Like everything else in EE Lab, we question presentational patterns typical to extemporaneous speaking. We discourage the adoption of the “typical extemper style” and encourage students to adopt a natural, fluent style suitable both for extemp and the world beyond. Extemp speakers typically believe they have to speak in a style that represents the accumulation of previous good speakers’ bad habits; while we believe a natural, clear speaking style best helps students.
Our staff will include guest appearances by some of the best speaking coaches and former competitors in Extemp today. Rigorous practice speaking schedules will not only allow students to get work on speaking, but each set of practice speeches will also allow students to integrate the concepts they have just learned into actual speeches of their own; and get feedback immediately from their lecture or seminar leaders.
Our own faculty is small, but we routinely draw from among guest coaches, such as Josh Bone, Joe Vaughan and others, and work to make sure each student is exposed to a number of voices and viewpoints even beyond our own staff in their work sessions.
