Developing your presentation

Chapter 11: Presentations Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20071

DEVELOPING YOUR

PRESENTATION


PUBLIC SPEAKING PROCESS OVERVIEW

• Select and narrow topic

• Identify your purpose

• Develop central idea

• Generate main ideas

• Gather supporting material

• Organize presentation

• Rehearse presentation

• Deliver presentation


DEVELOPING THE PRESENTATION

• Understanding speaker anxiety• Managing speaker anxiety• Selecting and narrowing your topic• Identifying your purpose• Developing your central idea• Generating main ideas• Gathering supporting material


SPEAKER ANXIETY

• Speaker anxiety or stage fright involves physiological symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, butterflies, shaking hands and knees, quivering voice, and increased perspiration.

• Illusion of transparency is a mistaken belief that physical manifestations of nervousness are apparent to an audience.


MANAGING SPEAKER ANXIETY

• Know how to prepare a presentation• Be prepared• Focus on your audience• Focus on your message• Give yourself a mental pep talk• Use deep-breathing• Take advantage of chances to speak• Seek available professional help


SELECTING & NARROWING TOPIC

• Who is the audience?

• What is the occasion?

• What are my interests and experiences?

• Brainstorming

• Web searches


IDENTIFYING YOUR PURPOSE

• The general purpose is the broad reason for giving a presentation…to inform, persuade, or entertain.

• The specific purpose is a concise statement of what listeners should know or be able to do, or feel when the presentation is finished.


DEVELOPING CENTRAL IDEAS

• The central idea specifies the topic of the presentation and makes some definitive point about the topic.

• Criteria for central ideas– Audience-centered– Single topic– Complete declarative sentence– Use direct, specific language


GENERATING MAIN IDEAS

• Use the central idea to generate main ideas, main ideas are subdivisions of the central idea.

Does the central idea have logical divisions?

Can you think of several reasons the central idea is true?

Can you support the central idea with a series of steps or chronological sequence?


GATHERING SUPPORTING MATERIAL

• Supporting material includes verbal illustrations, descriptions, definitions, analogies, statistics, and opinions


SUPPORTING MATERIAL-1

• Illustrations– Hypothetical illustration

• Descriptions and explanations

• Definitions– Classification– Operational definition


SUPPORTING MATERIAL-2

• Analogies– Literal and figurative

• Statistics…verbal or visual

• Opinions– Expert or lay testimony– Literary quotations


ACKNOWLEDGE SOURCES

• Cite your sources– “According to . . .”

• Direct quotations• Opinions, assertions, or ideas of others• Statistics and other data

Summary

• Topic

• Research

• Cite


Technology

Developing your presentation