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Presentation Methods
Presentation Method
1. Presenting Extemporaneously
2. Memorizing
3. Reading
4. Impromptu
Extemporaneous
• Allows speaker a to use notes or an outline
• Cards or full sheet of paper
• It allows more eye contact with an audience
• More verbal and nonverbal involvement with the audience
• Permits you to establish rapport
• Enables you to move with ease
Memorizing
• Few speakers today memorize complete speeches
• Often first few words of a statement can be memorized
• A risk of memorization is forgetting your precise words
• Groping for words in front of an audience decreases your credibility
Reading
• Major political figures and others who do not want to make a mistake read
speech
• Today speakers on television often read from a teleprompter
• A device allowing them to read their words directly from a script passing in
front of the camera lens
• Pronunciation aids
• Where to look in an audience
Impromptu