1. Oral Communication
Week Two

2. Question of the Day
What is one thing that you do (or could do) to help improve your self-confidence?

3. Giving Presentations
Throughout this class, each of you will have a chance to give a presentation
With your group, you will create a minute presentation where every member of the group speaks equally
You will sign up TODAY in groups of 4 or 5.
Write your names and your topic under the date of your presentation

4. Rubric (how your presentations will be graded)
Preparedness
Volume
Content
Speaks Clearly
Enthusiasm
Posture and Eye Contact
Time-Limit
Power Point Presentation
(see website for details for points in each category)

5. Preparing your Presentation
Organize your presentation like you would a piece of writing
Make an outline
Share that outline with the audience at the beginning so they know what to expect
Keeps your presentation clear and easy to follow

6. Preparing your Presentation
Presentations have the same structure as essays: a beginning, middle, and an end.
Make sure one topic leads to the next and use transitions to help things move smoothly

7. Preparing your Presentation
Don’t memorize!
Instead, say your presentation out loud or in your mind and write down some key phrases and sentences
Create cue cards for your reference
Put bullet points of main points or things that are hard to remember
Don’t write out everything or you will end up just reading your presentation

8. Preparing your Presentation
Practice!
Practice your presentation at least 3 times even if you are alone

9. Using Visuals
Use visuals to enhance your visual message, not distract from it…

10. Using Visuals
Use words, sentences, symbols, graphs, charts, symbols, pictures, etc.
Support your message – use them for a reason
Focus on one idea per visual

11. Using Visuals Set the tone with the use of colors and images
Make sure they are legible to the most distant viewers
Use colors that complement each other
ex. No yellow on white

12. Using Visuals Support your ideas and the flow of your presentation
Change backgrounds to change pace
Change backgrounds to introduce a new topic

13. PowerPoint Guidelines
You don’t want to write in sentences on your PowerPoint slides. You don’t want to write out everything you are going to say on each slide. You don’t want to have one giant paragraph that you are just going to read off your slide when it comes up because it is hard to follow and you will lose your listeners before you even get halfway through it because they will be trying to read the slide that you are reading to them and they will not be paying attention to what you are saying.

14. PowerPoint Guidelines
Use 18 point font or larger on a Power Point
Limit the number of words per line (6 or 7 maximum)
Choose your font carefully
Fonts tell the listeners something about you:
Times New Roman is formal.
Lucida Handwriting is hard to read
Don’t use too many fonts (or font sizes) at once

15. PowerPoint Guidelines
Keep everything simple:
Colors
Animations
Transitions
Sound
Content
Pictures

16. PowerPoint Guidelines
Keep your slides consistent
Use the same fonts and colors
Use the same size text

17. PowerPoint Guidelines
Use Spell Check!
Go to “Tools” at the top of your screen and then select “Spelling”
Particularly helpful if English is not your first language…

18. Remember! You don’t have to use PowerPoint!
It’s a good tool sometimes, not always.

19. Giving your Presentation
Don’t rely on your slides or your notecards!
Interact with your audience
Ask questions
Give time at the end for them to ask you questions
Make eye contact

20. Giving your Presentation
Speak loudly and clearly
Don’t speak too slowly or quickly
Change the loudness and pace of your voice throughout
Don’t talk in monotone

21. Giving your Presentation
Be confident
Move around (but not too much)
Don’t get tripped up on small grammar errors or “umms”

22. Good Presentation Guidelines
Organize
Provide structure and framework to your presentation (an outline)
Illustrate
Help listeners visualize – tell a story using visuals and charts
Repeat
Help the audience remember the main ideas by repeating them (audiences only listen 25-50% of the time)

23. Power Poses

24. Power Poses

25. Power Poses What does “Fake it til you make it” mean?
What does Amy Cuddy say about primates behavior?
How do power poses influence humans scientifically speaking?
What are the different applications of power poses?

26. Next Class
Presentations begin!
Who is presenting?