Chapter 14

Delivering Presentations

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• Connect with your audience

• Enhance your words with effective presentation aids

• Make efficient use of your practice time

Chapter Objectives

Controlling Your Nervousness

•Communication Apprehension (CA) is…An individual’s level of

fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons

Controlling Your Nervousness

•State communication apprehensionSituational anxiety

•Trait communication apprehensionEnduring tendency to be

apprehensive about communication in all contexts

Controlling Your Nervousness

•Systematic desensitization– Deep muscle relaxation to

counter physiological symptoms

– Construct hierarchies of CA-eliciting stimuli

– Graduated pairing of anxiety-eliciting situations with relaxed state

Controlling Your Nervousness

• Cognitive Restructuring

– Identify anxiety-producing self-talk

– Replace the negative statements with coping statements

•Task statements

•Context statements

•Self-evaluation statements

Controlling Your Nervousness

• Building Your Confidence– Think positive

– Prepare and practice

– Plan for the worst-case scenario

– Use positive visualization

– Use relaxation techniques

– Realize people aren’t judging you

Methods of Delivery

•Speaking from Manuscript

•Speaking from Memory

•Speaking Spontaneously

•Speaking Extemporaneously

Guidelines for Effective Delivery

• Effective vocal delivery– Vary your pitch– Adjust your volume– Adjust your speaking rate– Use pauses– Speak clearly and

precisely•Pronunciation•Articulation

Guidelines for Effective Delivery

•Effective visual delivery– Effective eye behavior– Incorporate facial

expressions and gestures

– Control body movements

Guidelines for Effective Delivery

•Connecting with your audience – Expressing emotion

– Interacting with your audience

Effective Presentation Aids

•The Function of Presentation Aids– Help listeners process and

retain information– Promote interest and

motivation– Convey information clearly

and concisely

Effective Presentation Aids

• When to Use Presentation Aids– Enhancing or substituting words

•Props•Demonstrations•Models and objects•Pictures•Diagrams and drawings

– Displaying data or facts•Graphs•Tables•Charts

Effective Presentation Aids

•The Pitfalls of Presentation Software– Too much information on

the slides

– You are giving a speech, not a slide show

Practicing Your Speech

• Remember your speaking outline

• Practice using presentation aids

• Simulate the situation

• Practice your delivery