Present with pizazz

Without a good delivery, messages are lost by people focusing more on mistakes or bad delivery. But bad delivery does not just comes from someone who does not use their nonverbals effectively. Though these people would be shaking or sweating, chewing gum or even lacking something simple like using gestures to emphasize parts of the speech, bad delivery could also come from someone with overemphasis on the wrong parts, changing their tone to emphasize the wrong parts and so forth, making it less clear to the audience what is most important.

When one speaks, not only is it important that the message is clear and key parts are emphasized, but that the audience can connect. This is where the pizazz comes in. Style is how you formulate as well as present your message. Passion and knowledge of ethos, logos, and pathos are used to evoke something inside of the audience, to draw them into the message and outside of their self in a way. Pizazz is about taking the audience somewhere they have never been, feel something they have never felt, and even connect with the speaker and new concepts.

When I think of pizazz and delivery I think of MLK Jr. In his time he gave some very powerful speeches, to connect people with the concept that all men are created equal. He connected with his audiences, talked about how he was like everyone else, yet he was able to effect great numbers of people to see that changes needed to be made. His speeches were emotional, logical, and definitely connected to the audience, but more importantly, they were passionate. Not only was it a topic he cared a lot about, but he presented with passion, bringing that feeling to everyone else. He also had excellent delivery, able to emphasize important points for the audience and bring his message to others not only clearly, but strongly.
Pizazz is how changes are made. Pizazz is how minds are changed, and he had it.