1. PRESENTATION SKILLS FLW EO Office

2. 2 Overview  Introduction to Military Briefings  Types of Briefings  Fundamentals of Speaking  Briefing Format

3. FLW EO Office 3 Introduction to Military Briefings  Purpose  Presentations  Formal  Informal

4. FLW EO Office 4 Types of Briefings  Information Briefing  Decision Briefing  Advocacy Briefing

5. FLW EO Office 5 Fundamentals of Speaking  Overcome Nervousness  Preparation  Confidence  Establish Eye Contact  Initial Remarks  Be Deliberate

6. FLW EO Office 6 Fundamentals of Speaking  Speaker Appearance  Proper Dress  Good Posture  Facial Expressions  Gestures  Visual Aids

7. FLW EO Office 7 Fundamentals of Speaking  Voice  Quality  Pitch  Volume  Rate of Speech

8. FLW EO Office 8 Fundamentals of Speaking  Speech Delivery  Word Choice  Sentence Formation  Pauses  Filler Words  Enunciation and Pronunciation  Length

9. FLW EO Office 9 Briefing Format  Introduction  Introduce Self an Topic  Give Credentials  Relevant Attention Step  Purpose – Clearly stated propose and explained relevance to the audience  Overview  Presented Controlling Ideas clearly and logically

10. FLW EO Office 10 Briefing Format  Focus  Clear simple statement of controlling ideas and major parts.  Information enhanced purpose  Relevance – Information was valuable to the audience  Analysis  Developed major parts, used wide variety of supporting data that sufficiently detailed major parts

11. FLW EO Office 11 Briefing Format  Sequence – Followed overview and contributed to analysis and understanding of topic  Transitions – Related previous point to next major point  Eye Contact – Maintained eye contact with audience  Movements and Gestures – Movements and facial expressions improved the presentation by emphasizing major points

12. FLW EO Office 12 Briefing Format  Voice – Used voice inflection to emphasize important points  Word Use – Explained new terms, did not use acronyms, used inclusionary language  Visual Aids  Presentation  Books  Video Tape (up to 2 min)

13. FLW EO Office 13 Briefing Format  Summary – Reemphasize controlling ideas, do not introduce new material  Closure – Closing statement relevant to the topic such as a passage from a book or a quote  Time  Optimum time for presentation is 12:30 to 13:30.  Failing (NO-GO) over 15 min or less than 11 min

14. FLW EO Office 14 Summary  Introduction to Military Briefings  Types of Briefings  Fundamentals of Speaking  Briefing Format