PPT

Module 20

Making Oral
Presentations

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Making Oral Presentations

Learning Objectives
 While public speaking can be intimidating, Module
20 provides skills to deliver oral presentations
comfortably and effectively. After completing the
module, you should be able to
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Making Oral Presentations

Learning Objectives
 LO 20-1 Apply strategies for good presentation plans.
 LO 20-2 Apply strategies for strong openers and
closes
 LO 20-3 Apply strategies for best vocal delivery.
 LO 20-4 Apply strategies for good presentation
organization.
 LO 20-5 Apply strategies for effective presentation
delivery.
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Making Oral Presentations

Learning Objectives
 LO 20-6 Explain techniques for audience question
responses.
 LO 20-7 List guidelines for group presentations.
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Purposes of Oral Presentations

Informative Presentations
 Inform or teach the audience.
Persuasive Presentations
 Motivate the audience to act.
Goodwill Presentations
 Entertain and validate the audience.
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To Plan a Presentation, Choose

Your main point.

The kind of presentation.
 Monologue
 Guided
 Sales
Ways to involve the audience.
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To Create and Show Visuals

 Make one main point

per visual.
 Give each visual a title.
 Try to limit information
to 35 words.
 Don’t put your visual up
until you’re ready to talk
about it.
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Strong Openers May Use

A startling statement.
A narration or anecdote.
A question.
A quotation.
An overview of the main points
immediately after the opener.
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Strong Closes May

Restate your main point.

Refer to your opener.
End with a vivid, positive picture.
Tell the audience exactly what to
do to solve the problem you’ve
discussed.
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To Find Your Best Voice

 Sound energetic and enthusiastic.

 Focus on
 Pitch: whether a voice sounds high or
low.
 Intonation: variation in pitch, stress, or
tone.
 Tempo: speed.
 Volume: loudness or softness.
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Patterns of Organization

Chronological
 Start with the past, move to the present, and end by
looking ahead.
Problem-Causes-Solution
 Explain the symptoms of the problem, identify its
causes, and suggest a solution.
Excluding Alternatives
1. Explain the symptoms of the problem.
2. Explain the obvious solutions first and show why
they won’t solve the problem.
3. End by discussing a solution that will work.
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Patterns of Organization continued

Pro-Con
 Give all the reasons in favor of something, then those
against it.

1-2-3
 Discuss three aspects of a topic.
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To Deliver an Effective
Presentation

Transform fear.
Use eye contact.
Stand and gesture effectively.
Use notes and visuals.
Anticipate questions.
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Group Presentation Tips

For divided presentations

 Plan transitions.
 Enforce time limits strictly.
 Coordinate your visuals so that the presentation
seems a coherent whole.
 Practice the presentation as a group at least once;
more is better.
 For integrated presentations
 Write a very detailed outline.
 Choose points and examples.
 Create visuals.