1. Making Your Oral Presentation AWESOME Stephen C. Alder, Ph.D. Chief, Division of Public Health Faculty Advisor, Global Health Scholars January 14, 2014

2. Your Goal

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4. Overview 1.Rule #1 2.What’s your SOCO? 3.Managing your Awesome 4.What can we learn from Ted 5.The Bottom Line

5. Rule #1

6. QUIZ What is the first rule of public speaking?

7. ANSWER Know your audience!

8. What’s your SOCO?

9. Single Overriding Communication Objective

10. CDC SOCO Strategy 1.Key point(s) – up to 3

11. CDC SOCO Strategy 1.Key point(s) – up to 3 2.3-4 major facts or statistics per point

12. CDC SOCO Strategy 1.Key point(s) – up to 3 2.3-4 major facts or statistics per point 3.Who are primary and secondary audiences

13. CDC SOCO Strategy 1.Key point(s) – up to 3 2.3-4 major facts or statistics per point 3.Who are primary and secondary audiences 4.One key message (think thesis statement)

14. CDC SOCO Strategy 1.Key point(s) – up to 3 2.3-4 major facts or statistics per point 3.Who are primary and secondary audiences 4.One key message (think thesis statement) 5.End well – what is the ‘take-away’?

15. Managing your Awesome

16. Rules of Awesome (The 4 Cs) CLEAR CONCISE CONSISTENT COMPELLING judyhoffman.com

17. In other words – think of this

18. Not this Not this Not this

19. “Always leave them wanting more” PT Barnum

20. What can we learn from TED

21. How to Give a Killer Presentation: Lessons from TED by Chris Anderson Harvard Business Review June 2013

22. What To Do Frame Your Story

23. What To Do Frame Your Story Plan Your Delivery

24. What To Do Frame Your Story Plan Your Delivery Develop Stage Presence

25. What To Do Frame Your Story Plan Your Delivery Develop Stage Presence Plan The Multimedia

26. What To Do Frame Your Story Plan Your Delivery Develop Stage Presence Plan The Multimedia Put It All Together

27. A successful talk is a little miracle – people see the world differently afterward.

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29. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 10.Take a really long time to explain what your talk is about.

30. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 10.Take a really long time to explain what your talk is about. 9. Speak slowly and dramatically. Why talk when you can orate?

31. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 10.Take a really long time to explain what your talk is about. 9. Speak slowly and dramatically. Why talk when you can orate? 8. Make sure you subtly let everyone know how important you are.

32. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 10.Take a really long time to explain what your talk is about. 9. Speak slowly and dramatically. Why talk when you can orate? 8. Make sure you subtly let everyone know how important you are. 7. Refer to your book repeatedly. Even better, quote yourself from it.

33. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 10.Take a really long time to explain what your talk is about. 9. Speak slowly and dramatically. Why talk when you can orate? 8. Make sure you subtly let everyone know how important you are. 7. Refer to your book repeatedly. Even better, quote yourself from it. 6. Cram your slides with numerous text and bullet points and multiple fonts.

34. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 5. Use lots of unexplained technical jargon to make yourself sound smart.

35. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 5. Use lots of unexplained technical jargon to make yourself sound smart. 4. Speak at great length about the history of your organization and its glorious achievements.

36. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 5. Use lots of unexplained technical jargon to make yourself sound smart. 4. Speak at great length about the history of your organization and its glorious achievements. 3. Don’t bother rehearsing to check how long your talk is running.

37. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 5. Use lots of unexplained technical jargon to make yourself sound smart. 4. Speak at great length about the history of your organization and its glorious achievements. 3. Don’t bother rehearsing to check how long your talk is running. 2. Sound as if you’re reciting your talk from memory.

38. 10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 5. Use lots of unexplained technical jargon to make yourself sound smart. 4. Speak at great length about the history of your organization and its glorious achievements. 3. Don’t bother rehearsing to check how long your talk is running. 2. Sound as if you’re reciting your talk from memory. 1. Never make eye contact with anyone in the audience.

39. The Bottom Line

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42. nbp.org

43. And Finally

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45. Any Questions? heatrethoughts.files.wordpress.com

46. Afterword

47. 1 Minute Rule When using PowerPoint – think 1 slide per minute for making a presenation

48. Appearing Smart vs. Being Smart People who are truly smart are able to take the most complex of topics and make them accessible – people who are unable to do this are not masters of their subject matter