Speech paper and Power point
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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…..
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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
z z z z z
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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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Ch. 12 / Slide 27
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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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