Speech & Presentation

Rahul Xavier SinghThe Washington Center

5/21/2010

About Me

• Selling • Presenting• Speaking• Teaching• Debating• Coordinating• Facilitating• Planning

 

• Anant Corporation• Accenture• USPS• Aetna• Miller Brewery• Merrill Lynch• ATT• MCI Worldcom

Why we are here.

"To inspire Students at the Washington Center to develop and cultivate their presentation

skills by showing them how to craft their

presentation and become a finished speaker. "

Agenda

Presentation (30 m)  • You

 • Message

 • Slides

 • Resources

Workshop (30 m) • Table Topics

 • Groups

 • Deliver a Speech

You : Ethos

• Credibility -> People will listen. • Confidence -> You and your audience feels

good. • Knowledge -> Your audience is there to learn. • Poise -> Show's that you are not tired. • Manner -> Formal speech shows

professionalism. • Style -> Unique style makes you memorable. 

You : Pathos

• Energy -> You must have inner strength. • Passion -> You must have inner fire. • Tone -> Tone adds quality to your voice. • Voice -> A unique voice differentiates you. • Rythm -> A good speech has a cadence.

You : Logos

• Truth -> It will set you free. They will trust. 

• Experience -> Nothing beats first hand stories.

 • Stories -> Captures attention. Yours or not. • References -> Name dropping is ok

sometimes. • Visuals -> Pictures and videos are good

evidence.

Video!

Here's a video of a presentation.

Message : Purpose

• What do you want the Audience to do?o Buy a book?o Come to a city?o Vote on a referendum?

• What's in it for them?o Learn something new?o Experience a new pleasure?o Tax cut?

• One Sentence Purpose is easy to work with.

Message : Purpose

"To empower individuals, non-profits, small-businesses to leverage their goals through the power of the internet to create a better world for ourselves and our children."

Message : Purpose

"To inspire Students at the Washington Center to develop and cultivate their presentation

skills by showing them how to craft their

presentation and become a finished speaker. "  

Message: Structure

Introduction Sections Conclusion Theme Indicators Mantras

Introduction Argument 1Supporting Evidence 1.1Supporting Evidence 2.1 Argument 2Supporting Evidence 2.1Supporting Evidence 2.1 Conclusion

Message: Delivery

Practice Speaking. Listen to yourself. Get Critiques.  Practice with others. "Speak like Churchill,Stand like Lincoln"

Message: Delivery

 

Message : Tips & Tricks

Power Pause Eye Contact Movement  Quotes Poems

"We, me, why now" Ask questions. Speak to one person at a time. Breathe.  Hand movement.

Slides : Keep it simple.

Beginning Agenda Slides Conclusion / Take Away Resources End

Have a backup plan.  Can you deliver the speechwithout the slides? Do you need to make hand outs? Send it to people digitally.

Resources

Great Sites• http://talkforchange.wordpress.com• http://www.learnoutloud.com/• http://www.americanrhetoric.com/• http://www.toastmasters.org/• http://www.slideshare.net

Great Books• Speak like Churchill, Stand like Lincoln• The Lost Art of the Great Speech• Presenting to Win: The art of telling your story• Rhetoric