This memo examines the strengths and weaknesses of my presentation on March 19, 2010. In addition, the memo discusses my goals for improvement in future presentations as well as a review of Aly Sherali’s presentation.
Presentation Strengths
My organization, voice, and passion were all strong points of my presentation. This allowed me to effectively engage my audience and convey my content in an efficient and logical way.
Organization
Tim Koegel, author of The Exceptional Presenter, explains that there are two essential facets of organizing a presentation: developing a structure that allows you to frame your objective and cover your material smoothly, and looking organized to your audience (Koegel, 31-32). I structured my slides and
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Even if a presenter is the leading authority on a topic, being unprepared can signal the opposite to the audience and cause them to disengage before the presentation even starts (Koegel, 45). I arrived to the venue early, made sure my presentation was easily accessible, and checked to see if my slides worked correctly on the computer. This allowed me to efficiently and confidently lead off my presentation and ensure that I could capture the audience’s attention.
Voice
The voice is a valuable tool to becoming an exceptional presenter (Koegel, 84). I used my voice as an effective asset throughout my presentation. My volume was at an effective level throughout the presentation and sounded confident. I also employed inflection in my voice on key points to maintain audience attention. According to studies, eighty-four percent of the impact you have comes from your voice, not your words. I was very careful to avoid monotone voice, which significantly shortens the attention span of an audience (Koegel, 84). I also took great care to eliminate any “verbal graffiti” as Koegel refers to it. Verbal graffiti is any non-essential “filler” words that distract the audience and dilute your impact (Koegel, 87). I practiced my presentation many times and was confident enough with the material that I did not fill my pauses with any filler words. I stayed focused on my content, which helped my audience to do
• Organization. You must organize your presentation utilizing the concepts about introductions, bodies, and conclusions discussed in class.
The thought of speaking in front of an audience causes fear and anxiety in some people and prevents them in expressing their thoughts. Ability to effectively speak to people is an essential skill to be successful in the workplace. Not only the workplace but expressing thoughts, opinion, and ideas are part of everyday life. Good speaking skills are required to simply convey information. In an organization, managers, supervisors, team leaders, and employees that are required to make a speech need to have skills of good public speaking. Public speaking involves a lot more than just standing in front of an audience and talking. How thoughts and message are delivered depends on a number of factors, such as speaker’s comfort level, the nature of the information and most important, audience’s expectations. In a workplace, speeches can include impromptu speeches, informal discussion during meetings, presenting project report, selling of a product, and promoting an idea or future plan (Baccarani, & Bonfanti,2015). With the utilization of proper speaking methods, education, training, and
This about you, what you want to accomplish with the presentation and how you are going to attain the goal of getting them “there.” Make sure your goal is an achievable challenge. At this point your goal becomes your big idea. This is where it becomes about the audience. You want the audience to change to your side basically, whether it is to your opinion, to buy a specific product, or to implement a new idea. The big idea is how you get them to change, how you get them from “here” to “there.” Most presentations look like a squiggly line, veering off in different direction with radical turns throughout. You need to make a straight line approach, the most effective path. Your objective is to effectively get the audience to change, you are not there to be interesting. Always remember to use the rule of three, it has worked in literature, comedy, and in memories. Simply put people are more likely to remember things in threes. For a presentation you must consolidate it down to three concepts.
For the photograph that I took, I decided to follow Weston’s theme and photograph an organic object with interesting features. I needed to find something with a vivid texture so that the photograph could allow the viewer to almost feel what I could. I searched throughout my room until finally, I found what I was looking for. It was a shell from the Pacific Ocean that I had brought back with me from Mexico. The shell had off-whites blended into browns and reds. It also had ridges running from the origin of the shell, to the outside. I found the situation to be somewhat ironic considering that Weston had lived in Mexico taking photographs, and also took pictures of shells.
The type of audience that will be attending my presentation will be people in my particular age group. Also clients that might be interested in hearing the presentation. The particular information I will be providing and presenting to the particular audience will be, pitching my future self to the audience after my journey in graduating Full Sail University. After pitching information to the audience on my after life at full sail, and what I have managed to complete in a short amount of time. Convincing the audience that I'm a capable, forceful ,and dynamic presenter. Giving them the willpower that a woman , can have the willpower and strength to achieve anything in life, no matter what the obstacle is .
But my storytelling wasn’t strong enough because I wouldn’t finish telling the story of each slide, 15 min wasn’t enough time for me. Other than that, I believe my presentation was interesting because by the look at the audience faces; they were all paying attention and manage to laugh at some parts that I presented. My narrative was quite easy to understand because I wouldn’t finish what I had to say for each slide for talking at a normal pace. I should have talked a bit faster than that.
A good presenter is someone who ensures the information being presented is interesting, is not made up or fake, not a speech or written essay being read off paper. As someone who is performing a presentation, you should always ask these questions to ensure the audience is getting the best possible experience. 1.How does/is your audience (going to) feel about the subject being presented? What would they want to hear me talk about? 2.Is my delivery being executed in such a way the audience gets the clear message in the tone desired? Ensure you're getting the message across and getting across the way you want. 3.What is the objective of my speech? What is my speech trying to accomplish? What is the motive? 4.How would I feel if I were the audience?
An exceptional presenter speaks to their audience’s interests, and uses stories to make their speech more pleasant. Exceptional presenters own the room by making themselves the center of attention. To be the center of attention one must appear organized, and credible. You should have a passion for the subject that you’re speaking about, and you must engage your audience. Engaging your audience relies on the ability to understand your audience, and relate to them. Relating to your audience can be difficult if you are working with a diverse set of individuals, but if you appear natural they will be more accepting of you. Above all, practice is key.
He should focus on planning and structure his presentation by conducting a study to understand his audience well to deliver the right information. David should know his objectives, for example, is his speech persuasive or was he able to sell the services or products. Handouts can make David?s presentation easier for his audience in the future as they can listen to him actively without making notes (Laws 2000, p. 102). The audience not only listens to his thoughts, likewise but, also reacts to the way he utilizes his voice and his body movements. David needs to convey it in an exuberant, adaptable and fascinating way. Furthermore, a presenter would want to have a proper relation with the audience for the presentation to be
The feedback I received was varied. The planning, structure and content of the presentation was good and well structured. Based on this feedback I was happy with the flow and how the presentation came across from this perspective. As a result I don’t think I would change how I went about creating the presentation. I do a lot of planning and project work as part of my day to day job so structuring it I found quite
As a student, I never paid much attention to my presentation skills and was never required to take a class that made me assess them. I never considered myself a fearful presenter or one that is petrified of speaking in front of an audience. I always measured my fear as average, like the “usual presentation jitters” that everyone gets. This presentation revealed to me that every presentation is relative to the audience, objectives, topic, and implementation. This self-reflection is the first time I have every truly assessed my skills and I think that is a fear in itself. After every presentation throughout my college career I rarely took the time to evaluate myself and make self-improvements. In “7 Steps to Fearless Speaking”, Lilyan Wilder discusses the 5 fears of public speaking one of them being “avoidance” (Wilder 15). Although Wilder is referring to the avoidance of preparing for your speech, it is evident my fear is avoiding self-evaluation. I have avoided my fears as a public speaker by just categorizing them as “normal”.
In this report, I will expand upon what was spoken in the presentation by providing a more in-depth look at each section I talked about. The presentation was divided into six sections:
In public speaking of any form to a diverse group of individuals, my main consideration as the speaker is my concentration on the audience that I am speaking to. In starting an effective presentation,
The main stakeholders of football clubs, their 'stake' in the organization and legitimacy of their interests.
If you have the opportunity, go to the room ahead of time and practice your presentation. Actually speak the words and choreograph your movement. If you can’t get to the room, rehearse in front of a mirror. Rehearsing your presentation out loud will help you be more effective. Anticipating questions will help you formulate your answers before you get in start a live audience.