Fun Forward: An Introductory

Workshop to Presentation Skills

Tuesday, November 13th, 2018

David Kinne, Clearwater Marine Aquarium

What Are You Afraid of?

To the average person, if youhave to go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casketthan doing the eulogy.~ Jerry Seinfeld

What Are Your Fears About Public Speaking?

Activity: Flip Chart Your Fears• Rotate to Other Charts• Check Mark Common Fears• Debrief: What Fears Were

Most Common?

Common Fears

• Embarrassment• Something goes wrong• Forget or not seem

knowledgeable• Looking foolish• Unfamiliar with material

How do you Overcome these Fears?

Build Confidence Through:

• Knowledge of Topic• Awareness of Body Language• Organized Information• Improve Technical Skills• And Most Importantly:

Practice, Practice, Practice!

Handout

Knowledge

• Assume you are an Expert

• Begin with the End in Mind

• “Tell Them What you’re gonna tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them.”

Knowledge

• Checks for Understanding• Interactivity• Are Handouts a Good Idea?

Body Language & Verbal Language Activity

Watch VideoFocus on Body Language and Verbal Language

Body Language & Verbal Language Activity

Debrief: What Issues did you identify from the Video?

Body Language

• Posture• Smiling• Eye contact• Movement – Too Little / Too

Much• Extraneous and /or Repeating

Gestures• Fidgeting

Verbal Language

• Rate of Speech• Volume• Tone• Jargon

Avoiding Death by PowerPoint

TEDx Talk by David JP Phillips

five design principles that will cognitively and psychologically

optimize your PowerPoint slides

One Message

1 + 1 = 0No Text Sentences

SIZEMoving objectsSignaling colors like red and yellowContrast rich objectsBig objectsHeadlines?

SIZE

Moving objectsSignaling colors like red and yellowContrast rich objectsBig objectsHeadlines?

Contrast

Controls focusDark BackgroundsYou are the presentation

Contrast

Controls focusDark BackgroundsYou are the presentation

Contrast

Controls focusDark BackgroundsYou are the presentation

Contrast

Controls focusDark BackgroundsYou are the presentation

Objects

5-6 per pageCounting takes 500% more time and energy

Fun PlaceThe Place for Fun!TM

• Due to the heat, all water has generally evaporated by 11:00 am daily. This is due to the thermal motion of molecules of liquid being sufficient to overcome the surface tension, that is, its kinetic energy exceeds the work function of cohesion at the surface. It is beyond our control. Nothing we can do about it because, science.

• The lack of water results in an increase of what our Safety Team, Sean, calls “Gnarly Road Rash.”

• On the upside, drowning risk significantly reduced during afternoon hours.

• We are also legally prohibited from calling ourselves an “Amusement” Park until we gather enough data proving guests are actually amused.

• Amusement data is currently being collected by a variety of means.

• Introduce next speaker.

Fun PlaceThe Place for Fun!TM

• Water evaporated by 11:00 am daily • Downside: “Gnarly Road Rash”• Upside: Fewer Drownings

Fun PlaceThe Place for Fun!TM

• Water evaporated by 11:00 am daily • Downside: “Gnarly Road Rash”• Upside: Fewer Drownings

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Quarterly Smiles Per Minute (SPM)

Eligible Smiles in SPM Data Collection: : / :-) :} :-] :-| : \ :-E :-p ;-) :-$ :-O :-& <(-,-)>

“Every face has a smile, even if you think it doesn’t, it probably does. …so seriously, just

keep making balloon animals while you’re on the clock Kevin,it’s your job…”-Fun Place Entertainment

Operations Supervisor

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Quiz

1. Name One Way to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking

• Knowledge of Topic• Awareness of Body Language• Organized Information• Improve Technical Skills• Practice, Practice, Practice!

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2. Name Two Body Language Problems to Avoid

• Posture• Smiling• Eye contact• Movement – Too Little / Too

Much• Extraneous and /or Repeating

Gestures• Fidgeting

Quiz

3. Name Two Verbal Language Problems to Avoid

• Rate of Speech• Volume• Tone• Jargon

4. Name Two PowerPoint Design Principles

• One Message• No Sentences• Size• Contrast• 5-6 Objects

If you had a question, what would it be?