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
 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.
 MAKING ORAL PRESENTATIONS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• LO 20-6 EXPLAIN TECHNIQUES FOR AUDIENCE QUESTION
RESPONSES.
• LO 20-7 LIST GUIDELINES FOR GROUP PRESENTATIONS.
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.
 TO PLAN A PRESENTATION, CHOOSE
• YOUR MAIN POINT.
• THE KIND OF PRESENTATION.
• MONOLOGUE
• GUIDED
• SALES
• WAYS TO INVOLVE THE
AUDIENCE.
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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
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.

 TO DELIVER AN EFFECTIVE
PRESENTATION
• TRANSFORM FEAR.
• USE EYE CONTACT.
• STAND AND GESTURE EFFECTIVELY.
• USE NOTES AND VISUALS.
• ANTICIPATE QUESTIONS.
 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.