1. Speaking Skills

2. Professional Attire - Ladies
No open toed shoes in winter or fall
Pants are fine; capris are not
Skirt length (brushes ground in East, one thumb above knee in West)
Neckline – East 18 in; West 20 in
Pull hair back in East

3. Gentlemen No hats No pens, change, or keys in pockets
Shoes, belt, and socks should not clash
Wear dress shirt with tie
Wear t-shirt under dress shirt
Color acceptable in West
Hair off of collar
No shorts
Dress shoes
Jackets: buttons and removal

4. Poise / Posture

5. BLAST

6. Vocal Warm Ups
Monica
Leather

7. Speaking Skills The rain in Spain falls mainly on the Plain.
In Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire hurricanes hardly happen.
The arsonist has oddly shaped feet.
The human torch was denied a bank loan.

8. The UM Policy

9. Visual Aids

10. Visual Aids Two sheets of paper.
On one sheet, make a drawing of anything.

11. Visual Aids
Exchange drawing with someone who was not your partner from the speaking exercise.
Return to your partner from the speaking exercise.

12. Visual Aids
One person will explain the drawing (all descriptions are okay) while the other person draws it. Only rule is cannot show the person the drawing.
When time is called, switch roles.

14. Careful Selection of Material
Printed material
Overhead transparencies
Slides
Flip charts
Writing boards
Video tapes / discs
Models

15. Quality Purpose – help you and audience
Limit content – simplicity wins
6-8 words per line
5-7 lines per slide
Large type: bold / italics / underline for emphasis
Pictures are worth 1,000 words
Do not copy text …it’s too small to read

16. Effective graphics should be simple and clear.

17. Template
Title
Overview
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Questions

19. Technical Briefing Due: Topic: Anything engineering or technical
Time: Maximum of two minutes (no questions)
Requirements: visual aids, professional attire, and handout copy of slides

20. Human Powered Vehicle Challenge
Candice Bauer

21. Overview
Events
Endurance
Vehicles
Single Rider
Multi-Rider
Utility

22. Endurance

23. Single - Rider

24. Multi - Rider

25. Utility

26. It is not as easy as it looks

27. New Design

28. Back to Drawing Board

29. Before and After

30. Conclusion
Events
Endurance
Vehicles
Single Rider
Multi-Rider
Utility

31. Presentation Rubrics http://wolfweb. unr

32. Questions
Visual Aids
Speaking Skills
Technical Briefing

33. shut up to be appreciated.
Summary
Stand up to be seen;
speak up to be heard;
shut up to be appreciated.