making presentations jennifer powers isp 499z january 27, 2003
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10 Steps for Powerful Presentations
1. Knowing your listeners2. Identifying your purpose3. Organizing your presentation4. Speaking clearly5. Controlling nervousness
From: Powerful Presentation Skills, Becker and Becker, 1994
10 Steps for Powerful Presentations
6. Choosing language7. Controlling nonverbal behavior8. Using visuals9. Handling questions10. The final touch
1. Knowing your listeners
Why?• Streamline presentation• Simplify preparation• Customize materials• Feel more comfortable• Reduce anxiety
1. Knowing your listeners
How? Listeners checklist (pp. 2–4)• Why am I speaking?• Why are they listening?• What are their attitudes/behaviors
likely to be?• What relationship do we have?• What relationship do they have with
each other?
1. Knowing your listeners
Why, continued• What do they know about this topic?• What would they like to know?• How will they use this information?• What are they doing before and after
I speak?• What are the logistics of the speaking
situation?
2. Identifying your purpose
Five purposes• Persuading• Informing• Motivating• Entertaining• Inspiring
2. Identifying your purpose
Supporting techniques• Persuading through ethos
(reputation/credibility)• Persuading through pathos
(emotions)• Persuading through logos (logic)
2. Identifying your purpose
Supporting techniques, continued• Informing through telling• Informing through teaching• Informing through training
2. Identifying your purpose
Supporting techniques, continued• The motivation matrix
o Motivated by Ethos Pathos Logos
o Motivated for Accomplishment Recognition Power
2. Identifying your purpose
Accomplishment
Recognition Power
Ethos (credibility)
Pathos (emotion)
Logos (logic)
3. Organizing your presentation
Inductive organizationDeductive organizationThe four-step outlineNumerical transition
7. Controlling nonverbal behavior
2 golden rules• Be yourself• Don’t do anything that draws
attention to itself
7. Controlling nonverbal behavior
Supporting techniques• Dress• Facial expression• Eye contact• Body movement• Hand and arm gestures• Conditions affecting behavior
9. Handling questions
When you don’t want questions…• Submitted in writing• Answered privately• Asked later
9. Handling questions
When you do want questions…• Encouraging questions• Listening to questions• Responding to questions• How to say “I don’t know”