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Index
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
C HAPTER O NE
Your Body
Understanding Adrenaline
Creating Your Own Performance Ritual
Controlling Your Lower Body
Plant Your Feet
Stand Still
Flexible Knees
Center Your Hips
Move with a Purpose
Tactical Breathing
The Mechanics of Conscious Breathing
Breathe In and Speak Out
Oxygenate Your Thinking Brain
What Do You Do with Your Hands?
The Science of Natural Gestures
The Art of Natural Gestures
Jump-Start Your Own Gestures
Get the Feel of It First
The Zone of Gesture
The Impulse to Gesture
The Ready Position
The “Invisible” Ready Position
Never Say Never
The Mechanics of Readiness
The Secret Handshake
The Three Rs of Natural Gesture
Give, Chop, and Show
Gesture “On the Shelf”
Some Gestures are Distracting
Don’t Hold a Pen
Summing Up Gestures
Posture and Alignment
Your Neck and Head
Align Your Spine
Advocating While Sitting
Your Face
Your Mouth
Your Furrowed Brow
Eye Contact
Eyes and Notes
Summary
Talk to Yourself
C HAPTER T WO
Your Brain
Adrenaline and the Time Warp
Seeking the Zone of Concentration
Echo Memory
Thinking On Your Feet
Do Not Read
Do Not Recite
Structured Improvisation
Do Not Read and Talk Simultaneously
Notes as Your Visual Aid
Plan to Forget
Scripting as a Preliminary Step
Avoid Thinking Backward
Chunking
Structure: Primacy and Recency
Attitude is a Tactical Choice
Mirror Neurons
Using Electronic Evidence in the Courtroom
Summary
Talk to Yourself
C HAPTER T HREE
Your Voice
Listening to Yourself
Your Lungs and Diaphragm
Intercostal Muscles and Your Rib Cage
Project Your Voice with Breath
Vocal Fatigue
Your Larynx and Vocal Cords
Articulators and Articulation
Warm Up to Be Articulate
Making Persuasive Choices
Energy Up, Pace Down
Speak in Phrases, Not Whole Sentences
The Mechanics of Phrasing
Vary the Pace
Use Your First Utterances to Set the Pace
Begin Sentences Deliberately
Eliminate Thinking Noises
Mind the Gap
Emphasis and Meaning
Volume, Pitch, and Duration
Why Not Just Read?
When You Must Read
Gestures and Emphasis
Monotone
Conduct Yourself
Be Smooth
Practice Beginnings with Gestures
Visualize Your Performance
Prosody: The Music of Natural Conversation
Audible Punctuation
Ending with Confidence
Tone of Voice and Attitude
Practicing Verbal Skills
Summary
Talk to Yourself
C HAPTER F OUR
How to Practice
To Know vs. Know How
Practice: Resistance and Avoidance
Practicing with a Mirror
Rationalizations That Inhibit Practicing
Be Patient
How to Practice, Step-by-Step
Run Your Body’s Checklist
Warm Up Your Voice
Speak in Phrases
Gesture Immediately
Talk First and Write Second
Practice Your Beginning
Practice Your Ending
Practice Transitions and Headlines
Practice Jump-Starting Your Gestures
When You Must Read Aloud: Practice!
When You Recite from Memory
Notes and Visual Aids
Practice Courtroom Rituals Aloud
Make a Video
Exercises to Solve Specific Problems
Informal Practice Sessions
Practice During Everyday Conversations
Observe, Adapt, Adopt
The Law of Opposites
Practicing for the Mental Game
Summary
Talk to Yourself
C HAPTER F IVE
Applying Your Skills at Trial
Jury Selection
Opening Statement
Direct Examination
Cross Examination
Closing Argument
Summary
Talk to Yourself
Appendices
Appendix One: Speaker’s Checklist
Appendix Two: Video Self-Review Checklist
Appendix Three: Essential Delivery Skills While Sitting for Arbitration
Appendix Four: Essential Delivery Skills to Argue a Motion or Appeal
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
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