3. DEFINING GOALS
⢠Think about who your listeners are
⢠Determine your goals with the communication
⢠Consider what listeners expect
⢠Find out how much time you have
⢠Shorter is always better
⢠Enough to deliver the point
4. SCENERY
⢠Size of the audience
⢠Location of the presentation
⢠Equipment
5. AUDIENCE
⢠Smaller audiences are less formal
⢠Smaller audiences can take questions during the
presentation
⢠Larger audiences require more formality
⢠Questions should wait until the end of the
presentation for a large audience
6. LOCATION
⢠Fixed seating requires one type of presentation.
⢠Movable seating allows more flexibility
⢠Chairs in a circle â less formal
⢠Chairs in rows facing forward â more formal
8. SINGLE SOURCE
⢠Plan verbal and visual as parts of the same source
material
⢠Consider â people can only focus on one task
⢠Reading
⢠Listening
⢠Facebooking
⢠Graphics are easy to scan (âreadâ), thus can be
used at the same time.
9. GRAPHICS
⢠Allow for source material to be presented
⢠Provides interesting and engaging material
11. SCRIPTED TALK
⢠Written out and delivered word for word
⢠Allows you to work out exact phrasing
⢠Ideal for complex information
⢠Ideal for nervous presentation
⢠All your words are right in front of you
⢠Keep within a time limit
⢠Hard to sound natural
⢠Cannot alter in response to audience
12. OUTLINED TALK
⢠Prepare an outline of what you will say
⢠In the middle approach
⢠Flexible
⢠Can speed up, slow down, or eliminate material
⢠Ideal for small groups on familiar topics
⢠Requires familiarity with subject matter
⢠May be too flexible for beginning speakers
13. IMPROMPTU TALK
⢠Spur of the moment, no preparation
⢠Requires total familiarity with the subject
⢠Natural speaking style
⢠Small group
14. VISUAL MEDIUM
⢠Depends on what is available
⢠Computer Projection
⢠Overhead transparencies
⢠Chalkboard/Whiteboard
⢠Handouts
15. COMPUTER
⢠Polished slides
⢠Prepare slides quickly
⢠Expand media
⢠Need a dark room, kind of
⢠Slides cannot usually be altered during presentation
⢠Preparation can be time consuming
⢠Can detract from content
16. TRANSPARENCIES
⢠Can be made simply
⢠Widely available
⢠Can reorder slides as you give talk
⢠Look plain
⢠Canât include other media
17. WHITEBOARD/CHALKBOARD
⢠Requires no preparation
⢠Very flexible
⢠Small meetings
⢠No media
⢠Delay presentation while you write
18. HANDOUTS
⢠Gives viewers a takeaway document
⢠Aids with note taking
⢠Can be distracting
⢠Requires preparation
⢠Cannot be changed after the fact
19. INTEGRATION PLANNING
⢠Your purpose and audience
⢠What the audience expects
⢠Your resources
⢠Slides use key words, you use sentences
20. FOCUS
⢠Focus on a few main points
⢠Listeners have difficulty focusing
⢠No more than twenty minutes
⢠Listeners cannot âflip backâ
⢠Relevant points to listener needs
⢠Break down into points
21. SIMPLE STRUCTURE
⢠Introduction > Body > Conclusion
⢠Intro - Introduce the topic
⢠Intro - Explain relevance
⢠Intro - Forecast organization of the presentation
⢠Body - Present three or four main points
⢠Conclusion - Sum up your main points
⢠Conclusion - Identify next steps
⢠Conclusion - Take questions
22. SIGNALING THE STRUCTURE
⢠Forecast â tell what the structure will be
⢠Show a graphic that outlines the major parts
⢠Signal Transitions â Show a graphic for the next point
⢠Pause before beginning next topic
⢠Move about
⢠Slow pace
⢠Review â Best for the conclusion
23. CONVERSATIONAL STYLE
⢠Builds rapport
⢠When preparing â imaging the audience
⢠Use you and your
⢠Use personal pronouns
⢠Shorter, simple sentences
⢠Words listeners will understand
⢠Enthusiasm
⢠Gestures
24. MAKING GRAPHICS
⢠Large typeface
⢠Light background â dark letters (high contrast)
⢠Easy to read typeface
⢠Key words
⢠Bulleted lists
⢠Brief titles
⢠Consistent design
25. DISPLAYING GRAPHICS
⢠Only when you are talking about it
⢠Long enough for viewers to understand
⢠Explain key points
⢠Avoid reading
⢠Stand beside projections
26. INVOLVING AUDIENCE
⢠Eye contact
⢠Outline or script, look away briefly
⢠Focus on an individual
⢠Focus AROUND an individual
⢠Invite questions
⢠Give âtakeawaysâ
⢠Business cards
⢠Handouts
27. PREPARING FOR INTERRUPTIONS
⢠Respond courteously
⢠Maintain good relations with the audience
⢠Even antagonistic audience members
⢠Mark a clear time for questions
⢠Speak to interruptions immediately, then return
28. REHEARSAL
⢠In front of people
⢠Delivery of key points
⢠Timing
⢠Rehearse with graphics
29. NERVES
⢠Accept it.
⢠Arrive early
⢠Relax before the talk
⢠Speak with audience before the presentation
⢠Everyone understands
⢠Use the energy
30. YOUR PRESENTATION
⢠3 minute minimum â 5 minute maximum
⢠Progress Report
⢠Proposal and Research
⢠Possible directions
⢠Difficulty youâre having
⢠Interesting information youâve found
31. WRITING ASSIGNMENT
⢠Script a short presentation to a classmate about
your favorite hobby.
⢠Tell your classmate about the following
⢠What is the hobby?
⢠How popular is it in North America?
⢠How popular is it worldwide?
⢠How did you find out about the hobby?
⢠What introduced you to it?
⢠How often do you engage in the hobby?
⢠Outline and write as much as you can of the
presentation until the end of class.