Chapter 19
Making Oral
Presentations
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Chapter 19 Learning Objectives
LO 19-1 Identify purposes of presentations
LO 19-2 Plan strategy for presentations
LO 19-3 Organize effective presentations
LO 19-4 Plan visuals for presentations
LO 19-5 Deliver effective presentations
LO 19-6 Handle questions during presentations
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Purposes in Oral Presentation
Guides choice of strategy and content
Informative—inform or teach audience
Persuasive—motivate audience to act or
believe
Goodwill—entertain and validate audience
Make purpose as specific as possible
Not introduction
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Planning Presentation Strategy
Simplify details, visuals, words, and
sentences
Make it simpler than written message to
same audience
Analyze audience as you do for written
message and adapt accordingly
Think about physical conditions in which
you’ll speak
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Choosing the Kind of Presentation
Monologue—presenter speaks without
interruption
Guided discussion—
Speaker presents issues audience agreed
to earlier
Presenter serves as facilitator, tapping
audience knowledge
Interactive—a conversation, like sales
presentations
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Adapting to Your Audience
Don’t seek major opinion
change in one
presentation
Make ideas relevant to
audience by linking what
you say to their interests
Show audience that
topic affects them
directly
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Choosing Information
Select information that is interesting and
persuasive to audience
Plan to answer audience’s questions and
objections
Limit to three main points
Show relationship between main points
Link points to audience’s knowledge
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Planning Strong Opening & Closing
Positions of emphasis
Interest audience and emphasize key
points
Memorize opener and closer
Strong opener patterns:
Startling
statement
Narration or anecdote
Question
Quotation
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Five Organization Patterns
Chronological
Problem-causes-solution
Pro-con
1-2-3
Excluding alternatives
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Planning Visuals
Create professional image and strong
impact
Help the audience remember your
points
Can serve as an outline for your talk
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Designing PowerPoint Slides
Use a big font
Use bullet-point phrases, not sentences
Use clear, concise language
Make only three to five points per slide
Customize your slides
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Designing Prezi
Consider many of the design tips on the
last slide
Display hierarchies and spatial
relationships
Use zooming and panning with restraint
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Delivering an Effective Presentation
Dealing with fear
Using eye contact
Developing a good
speaking voice
Standing and gesturing
Using notes and visuals
Involving your audience
Practicing
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Handling Questions
Anticipate questions; prepare to answer
them
Tell audience early how you’ll handle them
Don’t nod or say That’s a good question!,
unless you say it every time
Repeat question before you answer
Link answer to purpose and points made
Reword hostile or biased questions
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Giving Team Presentations
Introduce each group member
Pay close attention to other members
when they present
Plan transitions
Enforce time limits strictly
Coordinate visuals for coherence
Practice, practice, practice!
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