Lecture Six Oral Presentations Chapter Fifteen

PRESENTATION BASICS WHY ARE YOU GIVING PRESENTATION TO WHOM ARE YOU SPEAKING WHERE WILL PRESENTATION BE GIVEN WHEN WILL PRESENTATION BE GIVEN WHAT IS THE PURPOSE

KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE Determine audience knowledge, attitudes, likes and dislikes Use check sheet on pages Visit audience work sites. Read articles written about the audience. Interview a number of the people who will be in the audience. Arrive early and mix with the audience. Determine length (maximum attention minutes

CONSTRUCTION BASICS INTRODUCTION –Tell them what you are going to tell them –Relate subject to audience BODY –Tell them –Support each main idea with sub points support each sub point CONCLUSION –Tell them what you told them –Relate subject to audience –Establish Goodwill

EFFECTIVE INTRODUCTIONS Open with a clear statement of purpose Avoid humor or trite remarks Avoid apologies DO –Use a startling or shocking statement –Present a hypothetical statement –Use historical events –Ask a question or questions –Refer to a current event –Use a quotation

PACKAGING INFORMATION COMPARISON DEFINITIONS EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATIONS (More Detailed Than Examples STATISTICS STORIES TESTIMONY

PERSUASIVE PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATION PATTERN –Scientific/Problem Solving Define the Problem Examine Cause and Effects Enumerate and Evaluate Options Recommend

PERSUASIVE PRESENTATIONS (2) STATE THE CASE –Introduction –Thesis Statement –Supporting Contentions –Close Reiterating Proposition PSYCHOLOGICAL- PROGRESSIVE –Arouse, Dissatisfy,Gratify,Picture, Move

PERSUASIVE VARIABLES SOURCE –Competence, Trustworthiness, Education, Occupation, Experience, Likability, Similarity, Gender. MESSAGE –Indirect or Explicit –Refute Arguments –Provide Concrete Examples CONTEXT –Importance, Recency, Media, Persistence

INFORMATIONAL MESSAGES ARRANGEMENT OF INFORMATION –CHRONOLOGICAL –SPATIAL –TOPICAL –CLASSIFICATION –SEQUENTIAL –PROBLEM/ SOLUTION –COMPARATIVE –ADVANTAGES/ DISADVANTAGES –CAUSE/EFFECT

VISUAL SUPPORT CHARTS AND GRAPHS VIDEO ELECTRONIC MEETINGS OVERHEADS COMPUTER GENERATED GRAPHICS SLIDES FLIP CHARTS

PRESENTATION BASICS NOTE CARDS –Don’t Read –Use 5 x 7 or 4 x 6 –Don’t Try to Hide Them TIME STAND UP STRAIGHT MOVE GESTURE USE APPROPRIATE VOICE DEAL WITH QUESTIONS (Page 213) PRACTICE CLEAR CLOSE (Brief Summary of Points)

SHOW TIME WARM UP MAKE A STRONG POSITIVE ENTRANCE ESTABLISH CONTACT WORK ON WARMTH AND SPONTANEITY CLOSE STRONG AND CORDIAL