- Analyze your audience and purpose
- Talks may be designed to inform, instruct, persuade, or all three
- Select the type of presentation you want to make
- Oral Presentations
- Advantages
- Interactive
- Use body language
- Allows for give and take
- You can adjust to your audience's reactions
- Disadvantages
- Written reports allow you time to think about what you're saying and how you're saying it
- One attempt for an oral report
- Limited in complexity
- You can lose listeners
- Things to avoid
- no eye contact
- hiding behind a lectern
- fidgeting
- rambling
- too much material
- nonexistent visuals
- visuals that are difficult to see
- visuals that are difficult to interpret
- settings that are too noisy, hot, cold, large, small, bright, or dark
- Select a Type of Presentation
- Informative
- Training/ Instructional
- Persuasive
- Action Plan
- Sales
- Select a Delivery
- Memorized
- Impromptu
- Scripted
- Extemporaneous
- Choose the appropriate technology
- Perform research, write an outline, prepare visuals
- Research your topic
- Aim for simplicity
- Anticipate questions
- Outline the presentation
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion
- Create audience-friendly slides using presentation software
- Tables
- Graphics
- Charts
- Illustrations
- Diagrams
- Create a presentation story board
- Be realistic about your visuals
- Be selective
- Use presentation software like powerpoint or Prezi
- Don't rely too heavily on technology
- Have a backup plan
- Balance text and visuals
- Keep it simple
- End with a conclusions/ questions slide
- Deliver your presentation
- Rehearse
- Check on the setting
- Build a relationship with your audience
- Guide listeners
- Plan how you will use on- computer visual aids
- Understand how and when to use webinars or slide sharing tools
- Webinars allow for presentations through the internet
- Changes in time zones prevent some people from being present for a webinar
- Slide sharing is better in these cases because someone can view the presentation later and they can edit it
Ch. 25: Oral Presentations and Webinars
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