HOW TO MAKE A GREAT TALK

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HOW TO MAKE A GREAT TALK

• by Dina F. Mandoli
• Designed for the MCB Graduate Program at
  University of Washington
• Modified for ASPB

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HOW TO VIEW THIS PRESENTATION

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• Dina Mandoli

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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• I. TYPES OF TALKS
• II. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• A. MECHANICS
• B. TONE AND FLOW

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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• I. TYPES OF TALKS
• II. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• A. MECHANICS
• B. TONE AND FLOW

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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• I. TYPES OF TALKS
• Formal
• Informal
• Spontaneous
• 12 minute
• 45 minute
• Job.arghhhh!!

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TYPES OF TALKS

• Formal - practice timing!

• Informal - no rambling allowed

• Spontaneous - important, overlooked

• 12 minute - has one punch line

• 45 minute - has 1 or 2 themes

• Job - practice, practice, practice

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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• I. TYPES OF TALKS
• II. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• A. MECHANICS
• B. TONE AND FLOW

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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• II. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• A. MECHANICS
• Audience rapport
• Organization
• Flow of ideas
• Crystallizing ideas
• Style
• B. TONE FLOW
• Adapting to the circumstance
• Personal appearance
• Audience rapport
• Pace of the talk

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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• II. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• A. MECHANICS
• Audience rapport
• Organization
• Flow of ideas
• Crystallizing ideas
• Style
• B. TONE FLOW
• Adapting to the circumstance
• Personal appearance
• Audience rapport
• Pace of the talk

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AUDIENCE RAPPORT

• Say hi.

Earn their trust.
Keep their trust.
Say bye.
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ORGANIZATION
IntroductionRationaleResultsSummary

• Share your organization

• sub-summary slides mark sections, define
  logic, crystallize ideas

• transitions

• have a clear endingThank you

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ORGANIZATIONAL AIDS
Facts about people

• Their thoughts stray during a 45 minute talk.

• They need repetition both to remember things

• and to crystallize integrate new information.

• They need to trust a speaker to learn.

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FLOW OF IDEAS

• Make what you want the audience to know OBVIOUS
  from the start of the talk - tell them the punch
  line first.
• Remind the audience of where you have been,
  where you are going and why often enough that
  they follow your train of thought.
• Remember to

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WHY CRYSTALLIZE IDEAS?

• Cements concepts and integrates data.
• Gives the chance for folks who drifted off or
  were drawing a cartoon to catch up.
• Relieves stress of folks who didnt get it.
• Allows folks with different learning styles or
  from different backgrounds to see where you are
  going.

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CRYSTALLIZING IDEAS
You know the work better than anyone!

• Simple slides help the audience
• Hypothesis Ifthen,
• logic We reasoned that
• titles that are informative
• sub-summary
• overall summary.

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STYLE
Depends on your comfort zone personality.

• Jokes
• Sunsets
• Backgrounds
• Font
• Colors
• Show and tell
• Bullets Transitions Movies Animation.

Depends on the audience you are addressing.
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TRACING THE ROOTS OF THINGS IS NOT OBVIOUS
Science, 1993, Random Samples, 161679
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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• II. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• A. MECHANICS
• Audience rapport
• Organization
• Flow of ideas
• Crystallizing ideas
• Style
• B. TONE FLOW
• Adapting to the circumstance
• Personal appearance
• Audience rapport
• Pace of the talk

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KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE, KNOW YOUR ROOM,KNOW YOUR
TIMING, KNOW YOURSELF.

• Kindergarteners versus adults
• Big versus little
• Short versus long
• Reminders transitions

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GETTING THE ATTENTION OF THE AUDIENCE

• Please guess the amount of time that you have to
  get the attention of your audience and what you
  should wear for a talk.
• Now, please go into slide show mode to see some
  answers. Do take the time to look at the URLs.
  They are amusing if nothing else

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THE 11 SECOND RULE

• What is the occasion?
• What is the message?
• What are the consequences?

http//www.quintcareers.com/dress_for_success.html
http//www.quintcareers.com/dress_for_men.html

• Women
• - dress with heels
• suit with skirt
• suit with pants
• coordinates with jacket
• - jeans and T-shirt
• - power accessories

Men - dress suit with tie - slacks
a jacket pipe - jeans and T-shirt
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THE 11 SECOND RULE

• What is the occasion?
• What is the message?
• What are the consequences?

http//www.quintcareers.com/dress_for_success.html
http//www.quintcareers.com/dress_for_men.html

• Women
• - dress with heels
• suit with skirt
• suit with pants
• coordinates with jacket
• - jeans and T-shirt
• - power accessories

Men - dress suit with tie - slacks
a jacket pipe - jeans and T-shirt
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WHY SHOULD I CARE?

• Be enthusiastic
• Be present (Puzzled?)
• Be interactive (violate borders)

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AUDIENCE RAPPORT
Interact at many levels

• Establish rapport with body language
• keep it with a loud, clear voice
• and open body language
• keep eye contact with audience,
• give them space to think
• match the depth/breadth of the information to
  their needs.

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THE RELATIVE VALUE OF WAYS OF COMMUNICATING

• What is the relative impact of your body
  language, your tone and your words? On the next
  slide you will see the answers so get your
  guesses in mind and then go to slide show mode.
  Again, do take the time to look at the URLs.

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PACE OF THE TALK
Memorize Pick highs lows, then emphasize with
Intro sentence, transitions, summary

• body language ( )
• pauses
• slow down or speed up delivery ( )
• an extra slide
• the words you choose ( ).

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http//skepdic.com/neurolin.html
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http//entrepreneurs.about.com/cs/marketing/a/uc06
2003.htm
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PACE OF THE TALK
Memorize Pick highs lows, then emphasize with
Intro sentence, transitions, summary

• body language ( )
• pauses
• slow down or speed up delivery ( )
• an extra slide
• the words you choose ( ).

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http//skepdic.com/neurolin.html
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http//entrepreneurs.about.com/cs/marketing/a/uc06
2003.htm
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AND ONE LAST THING
Mind your manners!
In words (Tommy, )
In tone (matching the context)
In physical displays! (gender based
interactions and self-stroking)
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POWER asymMETRIES
Mirroring level of interaction (emails) Always
err on the side of politeness Avoid
fawning Avoid self-erasure Avoid sliding into
another mode near the end of the interaction.
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DESIGNING A GREAT TALK

• I. TYPES OF TALKS
• Formal
• Informal
• Spontaneous
• 12 minute
• 45 minute
• Job.arghhhh!!

• II. STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• Audience rapport
• Organization
• Pace of talk
• Flow of ideas
• Crystallizing ideas
• Style