VIDEO - Darren LaCroix

Public Speaking
Practice makes perfect

Learning Outcome
To develop confidence when speaking before a group

To present information, ideas and opinions in a coherent and organized fashion

What is a public speaking?

Public speaking is the art, process, or act of effectively addressing the public to inform, persuade or entertain them.

What makes a good speech?

Effective presentation must to be well designed and delivered

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What makes a good presentation?

The three areas Percentage

VERBAL (CONTENT & WORDS)

VOCAL (VOICE)

VISUAL (BODY LANGUAGE & VISUAL AIDS)

What makes a good presentation?

Words (7%)

Body Language (50%)

Voice (38%)
A study by Albert Mehrabian, Professor at UCLA

The three areas

What are they?

Percentage

The content of your speech, VERBAL the words. What the audience hears: your voice tone, pitch, volume, speed, flow, emphasis, accent and enunciation What the audience sees: your body language, clothes, hair and personal grooming, and your visual aids.

7%

VOCAL

38%

VISUAL

55%

Types of Speech
Informative speech : to educate an audience about a topic Persuasive speech : attempts to sway the attitudes, beliefs or values of an audience Entertaining speech : making fun of people, institutions, or events to solicit humorous feedback

How much does the audience already know about the subject?

Who is your audience?

Some aspects to consider

What kind of audience s going to see and hear the presentation?

What do I hope to achieve?

How can I make my talk interesting?

Why am I giving this presentation?

Age Group Male/Female Ratio Education Level Profession Ethnics Background BACK

Religion Marital Status Audience Size Income Level Club Membership

Preparing a Speech
1. Select a topic. 2. Gather information from books, personal interviews and internet searches. 3. Narrow your topic 4. Organize your material to maintain cohesiveness. 5. Practice your speech to develop a good oral delivery.

Give significant implications for audience

Be a topic that you are familiar with

Choosing a topic
Be a topic that you want to know more about it

Be appropriate for both audience and speaker

Setting Objective

e.g. to describe the five features of the new XYZ mobile phone to a group of ten dealers in fifteen minutes.

For example:
Im going to say a few things to a group of tour operators about selling holidays in Malaysia, why they should promote Malaysia and all that sort of thing

SMART
Objective: To describe the four Malaysian attractions of beaches, cities, wildlife parks and the hill country to a group of twenty UK tour operators. The time limit is 20 minutes.

In pairs set a SMART objectives and aims for the following situations (you will have to use your imaginations a little)
1. Ill just talk for a bit about the new car we are selling

2. My talk based around presentations, different things you need to do planning, then something about structure, body language and so on

3. The talk is to introduce the company to some new employees. Ill run through all the background of what they need to know about our company

Possible Answers
1. Im going to tell you about the 5 new safety features of our new GLX model. It will take me about 10 minutes. In the next 5 hours we will look at the 7 key factors to consider when you are planning and preparing a presentation and practice doing them. I am here to tell you the 6 most important things you need to know about working for this company, and who to report to.

2.

3.

Outline
Introduction Main Presentation Closing
y Tell them what you are going to tell them y Tell them y Tell them what you told them

Introduction
Greet
Well, good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming. Before we start Id like to introduce myself. My name is and I am the(position) Introduce Yourself of(company) Im here today to talk about. Im going to look at three main areas. First, Ill talk about. After that I will And finally.. Timing

State the purpose

Outline Main Points

My presentation will take around 10 minutes if you have any questions, Ill be happy to answer them at the end of my talk.

When to ask Questions

Main Presentation
First of all, Id like to look at.. Any questions so far? Secondly,. I must emphasize that. The question is..

Introducing first topic Questions Making Transition Focusing Making Transition Referring to Visual Making Transition

Id like you to look at.. You will see that. As you can see from the graph,.. The figures show that

Now lets move on to the question of.. For example.. Giving Example This bring me to my last point, which is. As you know. On the other hand. Finally.. To end

Making Transition Contrasting

Conclusion
Signaling to end

Right. That covers everything I wanted to say about. Before I finish, let me briefly go through the main points again. First I talked about., then I described about., then I described,,,, and finally I ..
Summarise main points

Id like to finish by saying

Closing

Clear Concluding Sentence

Right, I think thats everything. Let me finish by thanking you very much for your attention. And now, if you have any questions, Ill be happy to try to answer then.
Invite Questions

Conclusion - Tips
What should we never do in a conclusion? Say you will finish and carry on Start giving new information (if you forget sth its too late)

A Strong Opening !
How can you get your audiences attention at the beginning of the presentation? People form 90 % of their impression in the first 90 seconds

Hooks / Startling
As we have just mentioned when you start a presentation, you have to get your audience involved you hook them, you can use questions, pictures, actions, an interesting fact or anecdote.

Practice
You will be given a topic. In groups decide on the content of the presentation and write on a mahjong paper provided to show this. Then one member of the group will give the introduction to the presentation. You do not need to plan the whole presentation you only need to practice the introduction. Brainstorm the facts and ideas Select the relevant ideas Put them in the order Write the outline on a mahjong paper Choose a member of the group to present your ideas to the other participants. The presentation should take no more than 5 minutes.

Your Voice
The most important tool for your presentations is of course your voice. In groups brainstorm areas to consider. Voice Projection / Volume Pace and Pausing Intonation and Stress / Vocal Variety Pronunciation and Articulation

Voice Projection
You must be audible to everybody in the audience. Check that they can hear you at the back. Vary the volume to add colour and interest to your voice.

Pace and Pausing

In writing we use punctuation to separate ideas but in speaking we cannot do that. Instead, we can use pauses of different lengths. When you read it: Anyone can be a successful manager, but of course the unprepared, the untrained and those given too much responsibility before theyre ready will fail. Thats what this mornings presentation is about. When you present it: Anyone can be a successful manager, ____but of course the unprepared, ____the untrained and those given too much responsibility before theyre ready ____will fail. ____Thats what this mornings presentation ____is about. Pause at the end of sentences. Dont be afraid of periods of silence to let points sink in. pauses can also create suspense. Speak more slowly than in normal conversation, especially at the start of the presentation when the audience need to tune in to your voice.

Intonation and Stress

When you are speaking formally you need to add interest to what you say by varying your intonation. You need to extend your range of pitch, tone and volume to do it consciously.

3. Intonation and Stress

As a business EVOLVES it goes through FOUR BASIC STAGES. and at every stage of the business LIFE cycle your companys financial needs are going to CHANGE. So, what are those FOUR STAGES? Well, obviously, when your business is NEW what you need most of ALL is INVESTMENT capital and a detailed BUSINESS plan.

But once your business is established and GROWING and youve got a solid CUSTOMER base, then its time to look into INVESMENT and the proper use of your RESOURCES. Companies that fail to GROW simply DECLINE. so, as your business EXPANDS. youre almost certainly going to need additional FINANCING. And FINALLY, by the time the business is MATURE, youll want to get an accurate VALUATION so that, should you WANT to, you can sell off the company at a decent PROFIT.

Power of non-verbal communication

Power of non-verbal communication

Youre the most powerful message 60 70 % impact is from non-verbal First impression Open double handed gesture (just like in social gathering) Leaning forward a little Lots of eye contact

Top Ten Positive Gestures

Top Ten Positive Gestures

Attitude
Excited Passionate Enthusiasm Sells

Start with a bang! Craft your presentation beautifully. Finish with a message to be remembered. Video - How to Give a Good Presentation