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3 ways to get your point across while wearing a mask – tips from an award-winning speech coach

  • Written by Cheryl Chambers, Instructor of Communication and Head Coach, MSU Speech & Debate Team, Mississippi State University
3 ways to get your point across while wearing a mask – tips from an award-winning speech coachMasks hide just part of how you communicate.Hispanolistic/E+ via Getty Images

You wear your mask, keep six feet between yourself and others and are committed to safety. But the measures that help minimize your risk of COVID-19 can also have an impact on your interactions with others.

As you stroll the aisle of a supermarket, you approach someone...

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