Effective Oral Presentation Skills
Enhance your oral presentation skills with tips on delivery, organization, and visual aids. Learn about verbal and non-verbal communication, audience engagement, and tools for organizing your presentation effectively.
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SPEAK @ Illinois Skills for Presenting Engineering and Applied Knowledge Kimberlyn Harrison Department of Communication
PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING
Preview 1. Delivery Skills 2. Organization Techniques 3. Visual Aids * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Delivery Two kinds of delivery Verbal Non-Verbal * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Delivery- Non-Verbal Posture: Stand/sit up straight Shoulders rolled back Eye Contact Look at the camera Remove obstacles to seeing your face (remove hats, push hair back) * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Delivery- Non-Verbal Breathing Take a deep breath before you begin Take deep breaths at transition points Your audience will not mind that you are breathing In fact, it might help them understand you better! Pacing and clarity are often improved by slowing down to breath * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Delivery- Verbal Volume: Especially important on zoom! Speak loudly and clearly, enunciate as best as possible Pacing Speak at a conversational speed Great way to accomplish this is speaking from an outline Not reading or memorized * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Organization Organization is key! Audiences for oral presentations can t go back and reread what they heard Oral presentations can be hard to follow, but they do not need to be Tools to Organize your Presentation: A. Repetition B. Thesis statement and preview statement C. Creating your Main Points D. Transitions E. Conclusion statement * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
A. Repetition EXAMPLES: Again, our object was [X], so we focused on this element a lot. Don t be afraid to repeat major concepts or ideas In order to achieve [previously stated objective], we also focused on this Repetition helps audiences remember So as you can see, our results showed [restate results] * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
B. Thesis Statement and Preview Statement Thesis Statement What is the purpose of your presentation today? Persuade? Inform? Ask Questions? In this speech, I will . Preview How will the presentation be organized? Today we will tell you about [A], then [B], then [C]. * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
C. Preparing Main Points Potential Elements to include: Statement of project objectives Explanation of design process Explanation of findings Problem/Solution Structure works well for technical presentations Start with the problem Then explain your solution Then explain if it worked / next steps * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
D. Transitions Between Main Points EXAMPLES: First, I d like to explain the objectives for our project Remind your audience of your structure by transitioning between your main points Review, Preview Now that I have discussed the design process, [Jeremy] is going to talk about areas for future research * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
E. Conclusion EXAMPLE: In conclusion, today we have presented our senior design project, explaining A, B, and C Remind the audience of your organization at the end of your presentation Restate thesis statement and preview statement * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
VISUAL AIDS Visual aids can help you stay organized and help your audience Design elements: Simple and clear; minimal text Use standard fonts and colors; make sure it is readable Use images when possible; just make sure they are clean and professional * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Your Visual Aid should support your speech. It should not be your speech! * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Using text to your advantage Feel free to bold or underline or even color the things you deem important. But not like this. That hurts a little too much. * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
90% of regular smokers had their first cigarette before their 18th birthday. CDC, 2008
Communicating Data so your audience knows where to look * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
FORMULA Putting Math on Slides Don t do this often . But when you do, here s an example of how: VARIABLES Tested on protypes G and F RESULTS 27.35 and 34.3 * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
Practice with your visual aid * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
RECAP 1. Delivery 2. Organization 3. Visual Aids * Delivery * Organization * Visual Aids *
