Presentational Delivery

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Presentational Delivery
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Vocalics

• Work for variety
• Push the range of your pitch, rate and volume.
• Be conversational
• Record yourself-- do you sound like you are
  reciting a speech or talking to your audience
  about something meaningful to you?
• Watch upspeak
• Phrasing sentences as questions can make you
  sound unsure of yourself.
• Articulate
• Pronounce word endings (Ds, Ts, Ks) and full
  vowel sounds.

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Exercise 1

• Say the following with as much passion as you can
  muster
• You ask, What is our aim? I can answer in one
  word Victory--victory at all costs. Victory in
  spite of terror, victory, however long and hard
  the road may be for without victory, there is no
  survival. (Churchill)
• Did you pronounce the k in ask?
• What about the t in costs?

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Exercise 2

• Say the following emphasizing all of the unique
  vowel sounds
• Beware of the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that
  bite, the claws that catch! Beware of the Jubjub
  bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch! (Lewis
  Carroll)
• Did you say Bite or Baht?
• Are your short a sounds flat and
  nasal-sounding?

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Kinesics

• Movement
• Bodily movement should be purposeful (no pacing).
• Gestures
• Gesture above the waist and away from the body.
• Keep wrists strong.
• Dont fiddle with those cards or remotes.
• Stance/Posture
• Keep both feet planted, weight evenly
  distributed.
• Dont lean on the podium.

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Face Eyes

• Eye contact
• Sustain 2-3 seconds with each person.
• Cover the whole room (even far right and left).
• Stay out of those notes (90 note free).
• Intro and conclusion should be completely
  note-free.
• Face
• Practice in front of a mirror.
• Do you look like youre giving a speech or
  sharing information that is important to you?

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PowerPoint Delivery

• All about being

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Slick with the Click
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Delivery Mistakes

• Clicking Mistakes
• There should be no vocal pause when you click
  the images should just appear behind you as you
  talk.
• Talking to Screen
• The 1 mistake in PowerPoint delivery dont
  retreat to the screen instead of making eye
  contact with your audience.
• Letting PowerPoint Take Over
• Youre giving the speech the slides are there
  simply to illustrate a couple of things that
  youre saying.

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Slide Mistakes

• Overloading Slides
• Reduce sentences to key words
• Harsh Fonts/Colors
• Spelling Errors/Typos
• Ruins credibility
• Over-the-top Bells and Whistles
• inconsistency in layout and capitalization
• (i.e., look at this slide)

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• NOTE This learning module would not be
  appropriate for an oral presentation. It has WAY
  too much text! Reserve PowerPoint for information
  you cant convey orally. This includes

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What to Include

• Keyword Lists
• If you have a long list of something that you
  want your audience to absorb all at once.
• Note Avoid animation on lists. Often, clicking
  through point by point will drain the energy from
  your speech.

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Influenza Symptoms

• Dry Cough
• Aches in legs
• Fever
• Chills
• Headache
• Weakness

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What to Include

• Keyword Lists
• Visuals

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For example, this image comes up as you say
The Belgian Blue Bull illustrates this
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Maps can be very helpful visuals for historical
events, world conflicts, etc.
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What to Include

• Keyword Lists
• Visuals
• Dense Quotations

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His Philsophy

• The very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our
  common distinction between having and wanting.
• --Surprised by Joy

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What to Include

• Keyword Lists
• Visuals
• Dense Quotations
• Statistics

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Additional Note

• When you arent referencing something on a slide,
  click to a black slide or no show on the system
  remote. Leaving an image up behind you can
  distract your audience from your next point.

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How to Practice

• After youve researched and prepared your outline
  
• (usually takes several drafts)
• Always practice out loud.
• Run your speech with a timer 7-10 times. The
  first 3 will be terriblekeep at it!
• Resist the urge to write out a script and
  memorize it. You will look and sound speechy,
  and we will have a difficult time absorbing what
  you say.
• Break it down-- practice individual segments
  (Intro, Point 1, Point 2) and think of them as
  mini 1-2 minute speeches. Ideally, run through
  these segments when it is impossible to reference
  notes (e.g., while driving, in the shower, etc.).
• If you plan to use PowerPoint, practice in the
  lab with the remote. Make your clicking second
  nature so that it looks seamless and natural.