1. Delivering the Presentation
Chapter 13-Adler

2. Layout
• Types of delivery
• Guidelines for delivery
• Question and answer session
• Speaking with confidence

3. TYPES OF DELIVERY
• Manuscript Presentations
– Reading word for word
– Boring, halting, jerky
– May make mistakes without even knowing
– Mechanical and lifeless
– Lack of sincerity and credibility
– May be too long and detailed for oral communic.

4. • Memorized Presentations
– Sounds memorized
– Material controls you, rather than other way
around
– Robs you of being natural
– Guarantees stage-fright
– Focus on remembering instead of getting involved
– Sometimes it is necessary to memorize parts
• Salesman – Essential features of a product

5. • Extemporaneous Presentations
– Planned and rehearsed, not word for word
– Seems spontaneous and even effortless
– Will never be the exact same twice
– May respond to audience’s nonverbal cues for
details
– Notes are used as reminders. Characteristics:
• Notes should be brief
• Notes should be legible
• Notes should not be unobstructive

6. • Impromptu Presentations
– Unexpected, off-the-cuff talk
– Most of the time will be on subject you know
– Listeners won’t expect perfection
– Guidelines
• Predict when you may be asked
• Accept invitation with assurance
• Present a definite viewpoint early
• Present reasons, logic, or facts to support viewpoint
• Don’t apologize
• Don’t ramble on