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Business

Presentations

Chapter 12

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Today’s Agenda

Introduction to Speaking Skills

Purpose and Audience

Fear of Public Speaking

Organizing Your Speech

Visual Aids

Delivery Techniques

Today’s Agenda

Introduction to Speaking Skills

Purpose and Audience

Fear of Public Speaking

Organizing Your Speech

Visual Aids

Delivery Techniques

Speaking Skills and Your Career

Speaking skills:

Can lead to career success

May increase opportunities for promotion

Are useful at every career stage

Are the most desired soft skill sought in job applicants

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Good and Bad Presentations: What do we already know?

Think back to a particularly “bad” presentation. What made it bad?

Think back to a particularly moving, memorable or impressive presentation. What made it so?

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Let’s watch…..

The Pitch

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Today’s Agenda

Introduction to Speaking Skills

Purpose and Audience

Fear of Public Speaking

Organizing Your Speech

Visual Aids

Delivery Techniques

Knowing Your Purpose

What do you want to accomplish?

What do

you want your listeners to remember

or do?

?

?

?

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Knowing Your Purpose

What might be some possible purpose(s) of your individual presentation in this class?

Given those purposes, how might you adapt your presentation?

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Anticipate audience reaction

How to relate to their needs

What techniques will work

How to ensure they’ll remember

Knowing Your Audience

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Succeeding With Four Audience Types

Friendly

Neutral

Uninterested

Hostile

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What type of audience are you?

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Today’s Agenda

Introduction to Speaking Skills

Purpose and Audience

Fear of Public Speaking

Organizing Your Speech

Visual Aids

Delivery Techniques

Does Public Speaking Scare You?

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How anxious do you get before a presentation?

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Please break into groups and discuss exercise 12.5 in text:

What scares you the most about making a presentation?

What are some ideas to help overcome these fears?

Combat Stage Fright

Breathe deeply.

Convert your fear.

Use positive self-talk.

Know your topic and come prepared.

Ignore any stumbles.

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Today’s Agenda

Introduction to Speaking Skills

Purpose and Audience

Fear of Public Speaking

Organizing Your Speech

Visual Aids

Delivery Techniques

Organization and Repetition

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Tell them what you are going to tell them.

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Tell them.

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Tell them what you have told them.

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The Introduction

Capture listeners’ attention and get them involved.

Identify yourself and build your credibility.

Preview your main points.

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How to Capture Attention

What are some good ways to get the audience’s attention?

What have you seen that works?

How to Capture Attention

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Question

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Startling fact

Three guys board a plane…

Joke

Once upon a time…

Story

“I have a dream…”

Quotation

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How to Build Credibility

Describe your position, knowledge, or education experience.

Dress professionally.

Maintain eye contact.

Connect with your audience.

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Focus on a limited number of main points.

Develop each point with adequate explanation and details.

Use a clear organizational strategy, for example, chronological order or importance.

The Body

Structuring the Presentation

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Summarize the presentation’s main themes.

Leave audience with a specific, noteworthy take-away.

Include a statement or closing thought that indicates you are finished.

The Conclusion

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Today’s Agenda

Introduction to Speaking Skills

Purpose and Audience

Fear of Public Speaking

Organizing Your Speech

Visual Aids

Delivery Techniques

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Purposes of Good Visual Aids

Emphasize and clarify main points.

Improve comprehension and retention.

Increase audience interest.

Make speaker appear more professional, better prepared, more persuasive.

Jog the speaker’s memory.

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What problems have you observed with visuals in general and PowerPoint slides in particular?

Life After Death by PowerPoint

Today’s Agenda

Introduction to Speaking Skills

Purpose and Audience

Fear of Public Speaking

Organizing Your Speech

Visual Aids

Delivery Techniques

Choose a Delivery Method

Memorization

Reading

From Notes

Extemporaneous Method

No!

No!

Yes!

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Before Your Presentation

Prepare thoroughly.

Rehearse repeatedly.

Dress professionally.

Time yourself.

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Before Your Presentation

Check the room.

Practice stress reduction.

Greet audience members.

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During Your Presentation

Begin with a pause.

Present your first line from memory.

Don’t read from your notes.

Maintain eye contact.

Control your voice and avoid meaningless fillers.

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During Your Presentation

Show enthusiasm.

Skip the apologies.

Know when to pause on important points.

Slow down.

Don’t read from the slides.

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During Your Presentation

Move naturally.

Use verbal aids effectively.

Summarize your main points, and drive home your main idea.

Avoid digressions.

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Distribute handouts.

Reinforce

your main points.

Repeat questions.

Encourage questions.

After Your Presentation

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Questions?

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