STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations

1. DETERMINE THE PURPOSE

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
2. ANALYZE THE AUDIENCE & OCCASION.

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
3. SELECT THE MAIN IDEAS FOR THE MESSAGE

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
4. RESEARCH THE TOPIC

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
5. ORGANIZE THE DATA & WRITE THE DRAFT.

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
5. ORGANIZE THE DATA & WRITE THE DRAFT.

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
6. CREATE VISUAL AIDS.

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS A: Steps for Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
7. REHEARSE THE TALK.

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS B: 04 WAYS OF DELIVERING THE ORAL MESSAGE

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS C: 04 WAYS OF DELIVERING THE ORAL MESSAGE

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE ORAL DELIVERY C: 05 WAYS TO ADD VALUE TO ORAL DELIVERY

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE ORAL DELIVERY C: 05 WAYS TO ADD VALUE TO ORAL DELIVERY
C-1 : PITCH

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE ORAL DELIVERY C: 05 WAYS TO ADD VALUE TO ORAL DELIVERY C-2 : RATE

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE ORAL DELIVERY C: 05 WAYS TO ADD VALUE TO ORAL DELIVERY C-3 : VOLUME

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE ORAL DELIVERY C: 05 WAYS TO ADD VALUE TO ORAL DELIVERY C-4 : VOCAL QUALITY

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE ORAL DELIVERY C: 05 WAYS TO ADD VALUE TO ORAL DELIVERY C-5 : PRONOUNCIATION

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

1:

POSTURE

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

2.

MOVEMENT

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

2:

MOVEMENT

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

3. :

GESTURES

Movements of Hands, arms, head, shoulders. KINESICS: Science of body movements. Gestures are a part.

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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

3. :

GESTURES
SUGGESTIONS VARY GESTURES: Helps to hold attention of
audience.

a.

AVOID CONTINUOUS GESTURES: Overuse of

b. c. gestures weakens the emphasis.

WATCH TIMING: Gestures should accompany the

oral thought, NOT PRECEDE OR FOLLOW IT.

ADAPT GESTURES: A large audience may not be

d. able to see a small gesture. Adapt to size of the group
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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

4.

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
A smile or laugh suggests that your topic interests you.

EYE CONTACT: Speakers who bury heads in notes or speak to the screen behind them LOSE A SENSE OF DIRECTNESS WITH AUDIENCE Good eye contact with audience- suggests RESPECT + GOODWILL = FAVOURABLE impression of one as a speaker.
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STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

5.

APPEARANCE
What to wear to interviews, sales meetings, social gatherings- IMPORTANT- Affects listeners

- Some companies are more casual in dress, others less or not. - LEARNING THE COMPANY CULTURE includes LEARNING ITS DRESS CODE. SMART CASUAL OR BUSINESS CASUAL SYMBOLS OF APPEARANCE.
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STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING STAGE FRIGHT

Being at ease OR Simply giving the impression of being at ease DIFFICULT for most people. Speaking before an audience- RATED as Most fearful thing some people do Regardless of culture, stage fear is UNIVERSAL. Signs of discomfort: (Heart rate increases, blood
pressure & body temperature rises, mouth feels dry, voice is trembling & palms are sweaty) IMPORTANT: Speaker may be aware of it but audience may not
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STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING STAGE FRIGHT

08 SUGGESTIONS TO DECREASE INTENSITY OF STAGE FEAR
1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 KNOW YOUR SUBJECT WELL. REHEARSE YOUR TALK SEVERAL TIMES. REQUEST- IN ADVANCE- A LECTURN. PRECHECK ANY EQUIPMENT YOU WILL NEED. TAKE PEN, NOTES OR MARKING PENCIL WITH YOU. BREATHE DEEPLY & SLOWLY BEFORE SPEAKING. MOVE DURING THE SPEECH. APPROACH THE LECTURN WITH ASSURANCE & ENTHUSIASM.
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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING LISTENING SKILLS FAULTS IN LISTENING:

Much information that speaker shares orally is LOST because of Listeners poor listening habits. Listening efficiency is no better than 25-30 % (Studies).

Listening is a NEGLECTED STUDY in schools & colleges even though in business world, it is considered a SIGNIFICANT PART of a managers COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING LISTENING SKILLS

FAULTS IN LISTENING- CAUSES
PREJUDICE AGAINST THE SPEAKER: 1
Can one maintain attention when speakers position, attitude or belief is entirely contrary to your own?

EXTERNAL DISTRACTIONS: 2

Noisy fans, poor lighting, distracting background music, overheated or cold rooms etc

THINKING SPEED:

Good speakers speak @ 80-160 words/ min, people have capacity to think @ up to 800 words/min. When audience is not processing speakers words, focused elsewhere, soon would be off & far away from words of speaker- MISSING SOME IMPORTANT POINTS.
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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING LISTENING SKILLS

FAULTS IN LISTENING- CAUSES
PREMATURE EVALUATION: 4
Our thinking speed OUTSPACES the speakers rate of speech. One arrives at the concluding thought quickly, often quite different from what speaker intended.

SEMANTIC STERIOTYPES: Internal reaction words vary from person to 5

person and are influenced by individual feelings, attitudes, biases etc. carried inside oneself. One tunes out the speaker coz A WORD annoys us & keep hammering in brain that effective listening gets impaired.

DELIVERY:
A monotone speakers can readily put listeners to sleep or cause them to lose interest.
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STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING LISTENING SKILLS

1. 2 BE PREPARED. Before attending, try to learn something about speaker, topic, audience etc. ACCENT THE POSITIVE. Do it with +ve attitude LISTEN TO UNDESRTAND, NOT REFUTE ( ) Respect point of view of speaker if you disagree. Dont allow personal biases & attitude towards speakers /view influence your listening to the message. FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION. Towards speaker only. CONCENTRATE ON CONTEXT. Construct mental outline
of where speaker is going & listen for idea progression.

3 4 5

6 TAKE NOTES. Jot down ideas/incomplete sentences/ 7

words. Help eventually when recalling what speaker said.

CURB THE IMPULSE TO INTERRUPT. Listen attentively

until speaker invites questions. E.g., interviews, conferences,

8 SUMMARIZE & EVALUATE. Restate in your own words what you think was said.
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