PRESENTATION SKILLS

David McGuffee

DEVELOP

•INTRODUCTION

•BODY

•CONCLUSION

IntroductionIntroduction

• Get their attention

• Purpose of the presentation

• Credibility

• Thesis statement

• Preview

BodyBody

• CHRONOLOGICAL

• TOPICAL

• CAUSE AND EFFECT

• PROBLEM SOLUTION

1. CHRONOLOGICAL

Arranges your speech by organizing its points in order of time.

2. TOPICAL PATTERN

When the main points of the presentation have no effect on the overall message being presented.

3. CAUSE AND EFFECT

Used to relate something known to be a “cause” to its “effects.”

4. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION

Demonstrates the nature of and significance of a problem and then to

provide a proposed solution.

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

• Let them know its coming!

• Summarize your main points and goals.

• Leave the audience with something to think about.

YOURSELF• Its all about knowing your boundaries!

• Do I really know what I am talking about?

• Can I really talk for 2 hours about presentation skills?

• Am I funny?

Nonverbal

• Aural • volume • pitch• rate• vocal pauses

• Visual• facial behavior• eye contact• gestures• body movement

AURAL CHANNELAURAL CHANNEL

• VOICE• “ I have a dream?”• “ I have a dream..”• “ I have a dream!”

3 MAJOR AURAL CHANNELS

• Volume

• Vocal Variety

• Pronunciation and Articulation

3 MAJOR VISUAL CHANNELS

• Facial and eye contact

• Gestures and body movement

• Dress and props

NAKED

• “What can I do if I am to scared to speak?”

• “I get all tense.”

• “I get weak at the knees.”

• “I never even make it to the stage.”

PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY

• Fear or anxiety associated with actual anticipation of communication as a speaker to an audience.

1. PREPARE AND PRACTICE

• Manage your time

• don’t skimp on research

• rehearse delivering the speech

2. MODIFY THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES

• “No need to panic, I'm going to be fine.”

• “I have researched, I have rehearsed, and gosh darnit people like me.”

3. VISUALIZE SUCCESS

4. DEPERSONALIZE THE EVALUATION

• Take all the suggestions you can get!

• Don’t take any suggestions personally

• Be positive about feedback

AUDIENCE

A public speaker should be considered an Advertising agent. The

information he is giving is the product and he must sale it to the

audience.

SALE THE PRODUCT

• What is my product?

• Who is my audience?

• Why are they going to listen?

• How can I spark their attention?

• What are they expecting from me?

THE SETTING

• Location• Size• Time• Arrangement

• Surveys• Interviews• Written sources• Other speakers

MEMORY

How am I going to memorize all that information.?

MEMORIZATION

• Unnatural

• Reduces eye contact

• Time consuming

• POTENTIAL DISASTER!

1. Speaking form Manuscript

• Nobody came to hear a bed time story!

• Snooze fest.

• Enthusiasm is limited

• Monotonous

• Eye contact

2. IMPROMPTU

• Unprofessional

• Unorganized and out of control

• Known as procrastination

3. SPEAKING EXTEMPORANEOUSLY

• Speaking from an outline of key words and phrases.

• Most preferred method

• Natural

• Allows eye contact

• Greater freedom for movement

INITIATING THE SPEECH

What can I do to help my speech move smoothly and on time?

USE VISUAL AIDS!

• Helps listeners process the information

• Help to inform

• HELPS TO REDUCE ANXIETY

• Creates a professional Image

TYPES OF PRESENTATION AIDS

• Charts • Videos• Slides• Pictures • Graphs

• Transparencies• Power point• Handouts• Multimedia• Audio aids

PREPARING THE PRESENTATION AIDS

• Keep them simple

• Make sure that they look professional

• Practice with them before hand

• Anticipate

• DON’T OVERDO IT.

CREATIVITY

IN CONCLUSION

• Develop the presentation

• Yourself

• Naked

• Audience

• Memory

• Initiate

• Creative