The Articulate Attorney · Public Speaking for Lawyers by Johnson, Brian K. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Titlepage Copyright Contents Foreword Introduction Chapter One: Your Body

Understanding Adrenaline The Ultimate Performance Ritual Controlling Your Lower Body

Plant Your Feet Stand Still Flexible Knees Center Your Hips Move with a Purpose

Conscious, Controlled 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

What Do You Do with Your Hands When You Are Not Gesturing?

The Ready Position The “Invisible” Ready Position Never Say Never The Mechanics of Readiness The Secret Handshake Don’t Hold a Pen Some Gestures Are Distracting

The Three Rs of Natural Gesture

Give, Chop, and Show Gesture “on the Shelf” Summing up Gestures

Posture and Alignment

Your Neck and Head Align Your Spine Speaking While Sitting

Your Face

Your Mouth Your Furrowed Brow Eye Contact Eyes and Notes

Summary Talk to Yourself

Chapter Two: 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 What about Powerpoint? Summary Talk to Yourself

Chapter Three: Your Voice

Listening to Yourself Your Lungs and Diaphragm

Intercostal Muscles and Your Ribcage Project Your Voice with Breath Vocal Fatigue Your Larynx and Vocal Cords Articulators and Articulation Warm up to Be Articulate

Making Expressive 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 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

Practicing Verbal Skills Summary Talk to Yourself

Chapter Four: 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

Practice in the Actual Room 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 When You Must Read Aloud: Practice! When You Recite From Memory Notes and Visual Aids 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 Challenge

One Final Thought

Summary Talk to Yourself

Appendices

Appendix One

Speaker’s Checklist

Appendix Two

Video Self-Review Checklist

Bibliography Index About the Authors

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