Making an Impromptu Presentation

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Making an Impromptu Presentation

• AGCM 4203
• Professional Development in Agricultural
  Communications

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Effective Presentations
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Nothing is more important in life than the
ability to communicate effectively Gerald
Ford
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The ability to write and speak in public are
considered critical skills needed in a new
employee if they cant communicate and work
in teams they are not going to make it in the
business world Focus Group Interview with
Agribusiness Employers
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Questions

• What is an impromptu presentation?
• When have you been asked to make an impromptu
  presentation?
• When might you be called upon to make an
  impromptu presentation?

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It usually takes me more than three weeks to
prepare a good impromptu speech Mark Twain
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Impromptu Presentation Steps

• Begin with a positive thank you
• Move to the front
• Acknowledge the speaker
• Pause to relax
• Paraphrase (re-state) the question

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Impromptu Presentation Steps

• Make 1 to 3 positive points
• Select key points
• What are the important facts?
• What message do I want to send?
• What is important to the audience?

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Impromptu Presentation Steps

• Support your points with facts, data, and
  examples
• Adds clarity
• Know your source of information
• Dont know, then say so

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Impromptu Presentation Steps

• Offer a brief summary or closing
• Maybe use a quote
• Importance
• Offer thanks for the opportunity

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Impromptu Presentation Steps

1. Begin with a positive thank you
2. Make 1 to 3 positive points
3. Support your points with facts, data, and
   examples
4. Offer a brief summary or closing

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All the great speakers were bad speakers at
first Ralph Waldo Emerson
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For this class

1. Give one impromptu presentation at some point
   during the semester
2. I will put you on the spot at some point during
   the semester
3. You will be graded and the impromptu is worth 25
   pts.