MGMT 350-Final Written Self-Reflection Report

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Business Presentations

Chapter 12

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

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?

Let’s watch….. The Pitch

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????

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?

Anticipate audience reaction

How to relate to

their needs

What techniques will work

How to ensure they’ll

remember

Knowing Your Audience

Succeeding With Four Audience Types

Friendly Neutral Uninterest ed

Hostile

z z z z z

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?

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.

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.

2

Tell them.

3

Tell them what you have told

them.

The Introduction

• Capture listeners’ attention and get them involved.

• Identify yourself and build your credibility.

• Preview your main points.

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

? Question

!!! Startling fact

Three guys board a plane…

Joke

Once upon a time…

Story

“I have a dream…”

Quotation

How to Build Credibility

Describe your position, knowledge, or education experience.

Dress professionally.

Maintain eye contact.

Connect with your audience.

• 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

• 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 25

Today’s Agenda

• Introduction to Speaking Skills • Purpose and Audience • Fear of Public Speaking • Organizing Your Speech • Visual Aids • Delivery Techniques

Present like Steve Jobs

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.

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!

Before Your Presentation

• Prepare thoroughly. • Rehearse repeatedly.

• Dress professionally. • Time yourself.

Before Your Presentation

• Check the room.

• Practice stress reduction. • Greet audience members.

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.

During Your Presentation

• Show enthusiasm. • Skip the apologies.

• Know when to pause on important points.

• Slow down.

• Don’t read from the slides.

During Your Presentation

• Move naturally. • Use verbal aids effectively.

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

• Avoid digressions.

Distribute handouts. Reinforce

your main points.

Repeat questions.

Encourage questions.

After Your Presentation

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Questions?