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Mastering Oral Presentations: Tips & Techniques for Effective Communication

Learn how to turn paper material into dynamic presentations, plan engaging talks, develop a persuasive speaking voice, and confidently deliver group presentations. Answer key questions on organization, openers, closes, and audience interaction. Discover effective visual creation and delivery strategies, strong openers, and closes, plus patterns of organization for impactful speeches. Overcome fear, master eye contact, gestures, notes, and anticipate questions for successful presentations.

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Mastering Oral Presentations: Tips & Techniques for Effective Communication

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  1. To learn how to Turn material from a paper document into a presentation. Plan and deliver oral presentations. Develop a good speaking voice. Give group presentations. Making Oral Presentations

  2. Start by answering these questions: What decisions do I need to make as I plan a presentation? How should I organize a presentation? How can I create a strong opener and close? Making Oral Presentations

  3. Start by answering these questions: What are the keys to delivering an effective presentation? How should I handle questions from the audience? What are the guidelines for group presentations? Making Oral Presentations

  4. Purposes of Oral Presentations • Informative Presentations • Inform or teach the audience. • Persuasive Presentations • Motivate the audience to act. • Goodwill Presentations • Entertain and validate the audience.

  5. To Plan a Presentation, Choose • Your main point. • The kind of presentation. • Monologue • Guided • Sales • Ways to involve the audience.

  6. Make one main point per visual. Give each visual a title. Limit information to 35 words or less. Don’t put your visual up until you’re ready to talk about it. To Create and Show Visuals

  7. Strong Openers May Use • A startling statement. • A narration or anecdote. • A question. • A quotation. • An overview of the main points immediately after the opener.

  8. Strong Closes May • Restate your main point. • Refer to your opener. • End with a vivid, positive picture. • Tell the audience exactly what to do to solve the problem you’ve discussed.

  9. Patterns of Organization • Chronological • Problem-Causes-Solution • Excluding Alternatives • Pro-Con • 1-2-3

  10. To Deliver an Effective Presentation • Transform fear. • Use eye contact. • Stand and gesture effectively. • Use notes and visuals. • Anticipate questions.

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