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Do you find the idea of speaking in front of people to rank right up there with poking your eyes out? Relax, you aren’t alone! Delivering a presentation can be a frightening experience but if you’re prepared it can be utterly painless! This session will help you size up your audience and identify their needs. You will learn how to fine tune your delivery. We’ll also address ways to make presentations painless for your audience, by reviewing common design issues, and working through ways to remedy them.
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Sweaty Palms, Quivering Voice and Brain Cramps: Delivering a
Painless Presentation
How Many Errors Can You Find?
There are always three speeches for every one you actually gave.The one you practiced, the one you gave,
and the one you wish you gave.
- Dale Carnegie
Top 10 Fears
Speaking Before a Group
Heights
Bugs
Financial Problems
Deep Water
Sickness
Death
Flying
Loneliness
Dogs
“I guess we’d rather be in a casket than delivering the eulogy.”-Jay Leno
Why the Fear?
Difficult Content
Time- Management Audience
Questions Inexperience No Interaction
Distraction Nervousness Technology
They’re Just People!
What you need to know about people:
Think Learn
Hear See
React Decide
Audience Analysis
“A well prepared speech given to the wrong audience can have the same effect as a poorly
prepared speech given to the correct audience.”
http://www.ljlseminars.com/audience.htm
Who Is Your Audience?
• Sassafras – Local Chamber of Commerce• BiblioColorado – CAL Conference Presentation• Aspire- ILEAD Poster Session• Silver Surfers- Library Board
Grab and Hold
People Don’t Multitask – They Task-Switch
Grab and Hold
Sustained Attention Lasts About 10 Minutes
Grab and Hold
Wandering Minds We wander 30% of the time!
Grab and Hold
The Unconscious Directs Attention
The Environment
The more filled a room is, the more energy people have.
The Environment
Dark rooms put people to sleep
The Environment
If you are out of site, you might be out of mind
The Environment
People are affected by temperature
The Environment
When people are uncomfortable, they can’t pay attention
Present Yourself
Common Mistakes
You Don’t Know Your Topic! ______________________________________________
Basics of AstrophysicsHydrostatic Equilibrium
Jean M. HeiligLibrarian
Common Mistakes
Rehearsals Aren’t Just For Broadway!
Common Mistakes
Hardware MalfunctionsPlan “B”
Common Mistakes
Um, like, you know, I mean, really don’t you find it distracting when people use filler words in their presentation?
UMMM………
Common Mistakes
Going Over Your Allotted Time
Feed Back!
BREAK TIME!!
