1. Lecture Six Oral Presentations Chapter Fifteen

2. 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

3. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE Determine audience knowledge, attitudes, likes and dislikes Use check sheet on pages 329 - 330 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 20 -30 minutes

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

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

9. 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

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

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

12. 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)

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