Delivering Your
Presentation
HCOM-100
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Delivering Your Presentation
PREVIEW
Methods of Speech Delivery
 Effective Verbal Delivery
 Effective Nonverbal Delivery
 Effective Presentation Aids
 Final Tips for Rehearsing and Delivering
your presentation
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Methods of Speech Delivery
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Manuscript Speaking
 Rarely
done well enough to be interesting
 Guidelines
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Type your manuscript in short, easy-to-scan phrases
Use appropriate nonverbal messages
Do not read the speech too quickly
Vary the rhythm, inflections, and pace of your delivery
Use gestures and movement to add nonverbal interest
Methods of Speech Delivery
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Memorized Speaking
 Guidelines
Do not deliver your memorized speech too rapidly
 Avoid patterns of vocal inflection that make the
presentation sound recited
 Use gestures and movement to add interest and
emphasis to your message
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Methods of Speech Delivery
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Impromptu Speaking
 “off
the cuff”
 Guidelines
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Consider your audience
Be brief
Organize
Draw upon your personal experience and knowledge
Use gestures and movement that arise naturally from what
you are saying
Be aware of the potential impact of your communication
Methods of Speech Delivery
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Extemporaneous Speaking
 Method
of delivery preferred by most audiences
 Guidelines
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Use a full-content preparation outline when you begin to
rehearse your presentation
Prepare an abbreviated delivery outline and speaking notes
Do not try to memorize your message word for word
As you deliver your presentation, adapt it to your audience
Methods of Speech Delivery
RECAP
Methods of Delivery
Manuscript
Reading a speech from written text
Memorized
Giving a speech word for word from memory
without using notes
Impromptu
Delivering a presentation without advance
preparation
Extemporaneous
Speaking from a written or memorized outline
without having memorized the exact wording of
the presentation
Effective Verbal Delivery
Using words well
 Crafting memorable word structure
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Using Words Well
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Specific, Concrete Words
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Unbiased Words
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Add color and interest to your language
Simple Words
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Do not offend any sexual, racial, cultural, or religious group
Vivid Words
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Refers to an object or action in the most specific way possible
Immediately understandable
Correct Words
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Grammatical and usage errors communicate a lack of
preparation
Crafting Memorable
Word Structures
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Figurative Language
 Metaphors
(implied
comparisons)
 Similes (over
comparisons)
 Personification
(attribution of human
qualities to non-human
things or ideas)
Crafting Memorable
Word Structures
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Drama
 Omission
(strip a phrase or sentence of
nonessential words that the audience
expects)
 Inversion (invert the usual subject-verbobject sentence pattern)
 Suspension (saving a key word or phrase for
the end of a sentence)
Crafting Memorable
Word Structures
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Cadence
 Parallelism
(two or more clauses have the
same grammatical pattern)
 Antithesis (the two structures contrast)
 Repetition (repeat key word or phrase)
 Alliteration (repetition of an initial consonant
sound several times in a phrase, clause, or
sentence)
Effective Nonverbal Delivery
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Eye contact
Physical delivery
 Gestures
 Movement
 Posture
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Facial expression
Effective Nonverbal Delivery
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Vocal Delivery
 Volume
 Pitch
 Rate
 Articulation
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Appearance
Effective Nonverbal Delivery
RECAP
Characteristics of Nonverbal Delivery
Gestures should be relaxed, definite, varied, and appropriate.
Movement should be purposeful
Posture should feel natural and be appropriate to your topic, audience,
and occasion
Eye Contact should be established before you say anything and
sustained throughout your presentation
Facial Expression should be alert, friendly, and appropriate
Volume should be loud enough to be heard and varied
Pitch should be varied to sustain audience interest
Rate should be neither too fast or too slow
Articulation should be clear and distinct
Appearance should conform to what the audience expects
Effective Presentation Aids
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The term presentation aid refers to any object
that your audience can look at to help them
understand your ideas.
Advantages
 Gain
and maintain audience attention
 Communicate your organization of ideas
 Illustrate sequences of events or procedures
 Help your audience understand and remember your
message
Types of Presentation Aids
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Objects
Models
People
Drawings
Photographs
Maps
Graphs
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Bar
Pie
line
Types of Presentation Aids
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Charts
Video Tapes
CD-ROMS and DVDs
Audio Tapes and
Audio CDs
Computer-Generated
Presentation Aids
Create and present professional-looking
visual aids inexpensively and easily
 PowerPoint
 Adapt to audiences that expect
sophisticated technical support
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Guidelines for Preparing
Presentation Aids
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Select the right presentation aids.
 Adapt
to your audience
 Be aware of your specific purpose
 Consider your own skill and experience
 Take into account the room in which you will speak
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Make your presentation aids easy to see
Keep your presentation aids simple
Polish your presentation aids
Guidelines for Using
Presentation Aids
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Rehearse with your presentation aids
Maintain eye contact with your audience, not your
presentation aids
Explain your presentation aids
Time your presentation aids to coincide with your
discussion of them
Do not pass objects, or other small items among your
audience
Use handouts effectively
Use small children and animals with caution
Use technology thoughtfully
Final Tips for Delivering
Your Presentation
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Finish your full-content outline several days
before you must deliver the presentation
Practice, Practice, Practice
Practice good delivery skills while rehearsing
If possible, practice your presentation for
someone else
Tape record or videotape your presentation
Final Tips for Delivering
Your Presentation (Cont.)
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Re-create the speaking situation in your final
rehearsals
Get plenty of rest the night before you speak
Arrive early
Review and apply the suggestions in Chapter 11
for becoming a more confident speaker.
After you have delivered your presentation, seek
feedback from members of your audience.
What questions do you have?
Homework:
Reading?
Turn
in assignments?