2. PRESENTATION SKILLS David McGuffee

3. DEVELOP INTRODUCTION BODY CONCLUSION

4. Introduction Get their attention Purpose of the presentation Credibility Thesis statement Preview

5. Body CHRONOLOGICAL TOPICAL CAUSE AND EFFECT PROBLEM SOLUTION

6. 1. CHRONOLOGICAL Arranges your speech by organizing its points in order of time.

7. 2. TOPICAL PATTERN When the main points of the presentation have no effect on the overall message being presented.

8. 3. CAUSE AND EFFECT Used to relate something known to be a “cause” to its “effects.”

9. 4. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION Demonstrates the nature of and significance of a problem and then to provide a proposed solution.

10. CONCLUSION Let them know its coming! Summarize your main points and goals. Leave the audience with something to think about.

11. YOURSELF Its all about knowing your boundaries! Do I really know what I am talking about? Can I really talk for 2 hours about presentation skills? Am I funny?

12. Nonverbal Aural volume pitch rate vocal pauses Visual facial behavior eye contact gestures body movement

13. AURAL CHANNEL VOICE “ I have a dream?” “ I have a dream..” “ I have a dream!”

14. 3 MAJOR AURAL CHANNELS Volume Vocal Variety Pronunciation and Articulation

15. 3 MAJOR VISUAL CHANNELS Facial and eye contact Gestures and body movement Dress and props

16. NAKED “What can I do if I am to scared to speak?” “I get all tense.” “I get weak at the knees.” “I never even make it to the stage.”

17. PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY Fear or anxiety associated with actual anticipation of communication as a speaker to an audience.

18. 1. PREPARE AND PRACTICE Manage your time don’t skimp on research rehearse delivering the speech

19. 2. MODIFY THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES “No need to panic, I'm going to be fine.” “I have researched, I have rehearsed, and gosh darnit people like me.”

20. 3. VISUALIZE SUCCESS

21. 4. DEPERSONALIZE THE EVALUATION Take all the suggestions you can get! Don’t take any suggestions personally Be positive about feedback

22. AUDIENCE A public speaker should be considered an Advertising agent. The information he is giving is the product and he must sale it to the audience.

23. SALE THE PRODUCT What is my product? Who is my audience? Why are they going to listen? How can I spark their attention? What are they expecting from me?

24. THE SETTING Location Size Time Arrangement Surveys Interviews Written sources Other speakers

25. MEMORY How am I going to memorize all that information.?

26. MEMORIZATION Unnatural Reduces eye contact Time consuming POTENTIAL DISASTER!

27. 1. Speaking form Manuscript Nobody came to hear a bed time story! Snooze fest. Enthusiasm is limited Monotonous Eye contact

28. 2. IMPROMPTU Unprofessional Unorganized and out of control Known as procrastination

29. 3. SPEAKING EXTEMPORANEOUSLY Speaking from an outline of key words and phrases. Most preferred method Natural Allows eye contact Greater freedom for movement

30. INITIATING THE SPEECH What can I do to help my speech move smoothly and on time?

31. USE VISUAL AIDS! Helps listeners process the information Help to inform HELPS TO REDUCE ANXIETY Creates a professional Image

32. TYPES OF PRESENTATION AIDS Charts Videos Slides Pictures Graphs Transparencies Power point Handouts Multimedia Audio aids

33. PREPARING THE PRESENTATION AIDS Keep them simple Make sure that they look professional Practice with them before hand Anticipate DON’T OVERDO IT.

34. CREATIVITY

35. IN CONCLUSION D evelop the presentation Y ourself N aked A udience M emory I nitiate C reative