Annisa Lee

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Biliteracy Trilingualism and Speech Communication
PRESENTING A SPEECH

• Annisa Lee
• School of Journalism and Communication
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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ORATORY

• The oratorical art, orator
• The art of public speaking in an eloquent or
  effective manner,
• The exercise of rhetorical skill in oral
  discourse (Webster Dictionary)
• Words for power and influence, for the pursuit of
  truth (Socrates)
• Success or death

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BENEFITS

• Why do you join this group?
• Basic in life, in professions
• Get what you want proposal, papers, pitching,
  power and points
• Channel, content and ideology
• Ask questions and initiate discussion
• Fun

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OBJECTIVES

• Statement of intent
• Uncertainty of message - certainty of failure
• Out of focus, out of mind
• How many objectives can you achieve?
• One objective for 30 minutes
• Use one hour to prepare for 5 minutes of talk

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IDENTIFY THE AUDIENCE

• Who, what, where, when, how
• Matching aims
• Provide solutions
• Direct and effective way to get attention
• Be them, know them a hundred battles, a hundred
  victories

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IDENTIFY THE AUDIENCE

• Believe in your ideas
• Not the transmission, but the reception
• Not the speaker, but the audience
• Rise above clutter, be creative
• Sustain the idea to enhance recall

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COMMUNICATION PROCESS
Senders Field of Experience
Receivers Field of Experience
NOISE
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STRUCTURE

• Arrange thoughts in a meaningful order
• Avoid complex and convoluted structure
• Logical argument deduce ideas to a reasonable
  conclusion / solution
• Stick to the theme and original question

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HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITION
Main topic
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HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITION

• Catchy first paragraph
• Repeat and give details about main topic
• Develop themes within sub-points and add more
  information
• Repeat and develop very small units
• News editing from bottom up

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HD PYRAMID
Presentation skills
Eyes
Hierarchical composition
Communication Process
Face
Stance
Audience
Develop message
Boredom
Affirmation
Identification
Involvement
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THE DELIVERY

• Eyes, voice, expression, appearance and stance
• Intricate human body gestures
• Presenter is the focus of attention
• Presenter can kill the message or magnify it a
  hundred times
• Tips

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STAGE FRIGHT

• Surf with the adrenaline
• Anxiety is not as noticeable as you think
• Smile, look at notes, pause take your time to
  regroup - it is not as long as you think
• Deep breathing
• Sequential relaxation
• Practice, practice and practice

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NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

• How do you know that a guy likes you,
• or not?

• Yawning, hand on mouth
• Looking around
• Moving a lot

• Stroking hair
• Staring at you or try to look at you
• Hands in pockets

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EYES

• The window to your soul
• First and most effective body part to show your
  sincerity, openness and confidence
• Intimacy, duration and intensity
• Eye contact in every direction or imaginary
  targets for 5-6 seconds
• Eye contact with audience in the back
• you cant see them but they can see you
• Smile

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VOICE

• Projection loudness, monotone
• Variation pitch and speed
• Not ordinary voice
• Look for reaction
• Take your time
• A pause or change in tone for each new start

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EXPRESSION

• Facial reinforcement compensation for the
  distance
• You unsure audience unsure
• You confused audience confused
• Smiling

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APPEARANCE

• Personal choice
• Dress for the audience
• Convey subliminal message of your credibility

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STANCE

• Acting
• Walk around imaginary stations
• Break boredom
• Dynamic tool to reinforce the message
• Hands (air, pen, pocket) still except to make a
  point, then resume gesture

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TRICKS

• Make an impression
• Repeat, explain and reinforce the key message
• Draw a picture, a mental one
• Visual aids
• Narrative, personal anecdotes story always sells
• Jokes inoffensive, relieve tension, enhance
  memory
• Short and sweet can crystallize the main ideas
  to 30 seconds
• Rehearsals

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EVALUATION

• Alone
• With friends
• A friend in the audience
• Anything wrong with
• Preparation?
• Message?
• Delivery?