"Jocelyn is phenomenal, so I want to clear something up: this is not acting, theatre, performance, or dramatics. This is PUBLIC SPEAKING! No one listens, learns, and gains from any speaker who is not willing to step out of his/her comfort zone, connect with the audience, and instill an environment that permits sharing between audience and speaker. To do that, you need to engage your body language, stage, voice, hands, etc. Remember that the goal is not to sound good, but for the listener to engage with and receive the message, and to change from it. Hence, successful and effective 21st century public speaking may require (what may look like to be) elements of dramatics and performance. That's ok. Anything to achieve the responsibility and mandate of the public speaker. Jocelyn, and many other speakers at this competition like Anastarcia Palacios, did just that!!!! "
@TRahjey