Ch. 14 Mrs. Curry PREPARING FOR PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

 Professional presentation: an informed, organized oral statement made to a group of professional or social peers, supervisors, clients, or members of the general public.  Most presentations fall into one of two categories:  Formal  Informal INTRODUCING PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

 Scheduled in advance and usually involves individual or team research and audiovisual, or AV, support.  Requirements:  Carefully structured format and outline  Formal language strategies and delivery techniques FORMAL PRESENTATION

 Occur on a daily or ongoing basis.  Usually shorter and more spontaneous  Involve smaller audience INFORMAL PRESENTATION

 Selection: choose topics and ideas carefully  Organization: you are responsible for presenting a well put- together speech  Style: appropriate language and clothing  Memory: allows you to make eye contact with your audience rather than just reading them your paper or notecards  Delivery: use appropriate verbal and nonverbal skills; eye contact, speaking volume, hand gestures, etc. BASIC SKILLS NEEDED BY PRESENTERS

 Attendance: Who will be listening to your presentation?  Time: How much time do you have to give your speech? The amount of time determines how many details/how much information you can fit into your presentation.  First step in the presentation process: selecting a topic  The more you know about the occasion, the better you will be able to adapt your message and choose appropriate ideas and information. CONSIDER THE OCCASION

 Informative presentation: conveys ideas and information in a clear, accurate, and objective manner to gain the audience’s interest.  Assume role of teacher or newscaster DETERMINE THE PURPOSE

 Persuasive presentation: attempts to get an audience to voluntarily change its thoughts, beliefs, or actions on a topic. DETERMINE THE PURPOSE (CONT.)

 Motivational presentation: inspires or encourages an audience  Encourage happiness, confidence, and self-worth  Example: graduation speech DETERMINE THE PURPOSE (CONT.)

 What is the first thing you usually do when you need to find information or conduct research for a class?  Locate Information  Library, internet, books, articles RESEARCHING THE PRESENTATION TOPIC

 Secondary source: an information source such as a book, periodical, radio or television program, or an internet article that has been written by someone else about a particular topic. RESEARCHING

 Common places:  Books  Periodicals- newspapers, magazines, journals  Internet LOOKING FOR SECONDARY SOURCES

 Anyone can put anything on the internet. Wikipedia has an edit option and can be edited by anyone who feels like messing with it.  Unreliable, maybe outdated RISK OF THE INTERNET

 Primary source: someone, including yourself, who has firsthand knowledge or experience regarding a topic.  Example: quote from famous person, interviews, surveys RESEARCH

 Consider:  Source Qualifications: What is the author’s education or training related to this topic? What is author’s experience with this subject?  Source Credibility: What is the professional reputation of this source? What is the personal reputation of this source?  Source Competence: Assess the ability of the source to make a qualified observation  Relevance of Information: How does this idea relate or apply to my topic? WHAT SOURCES ARE APPROPRIATE?