Presentations Skills

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Presentations Skills by Mind Map: Presentations Skills

1. The Communication Orientation

1.1. "A Speech is not an Essay on its Legs"

1.2. Speaking = aural and oral event

1.2.1. Eye contact

1.2.2. Body language

1.2.3. Story telling makes it personal

1.2.4. Natural pace

1.2.5. Informal register, colloquial

1.2.6. Intonation on key words

1.2.7. Fewer sentences

1.2.8. Variety in pauses

1.2.9. More intensifiers

1.3. Reading = visual event

1.3.1. Limited eye contact

1.3.2. Monotonous

1.3.3. Awkward hesitations

1.3.4. Too fast

1.3.5. Not engaging, not convincing

1.3.6. Limits body language

1.3.7. Formal register, not natural

2. The Performance and Orientation Continuum

2.1. The Performance Orientation End

2.1.1. Literary

2.1.2. Full Manuscript

2.1.3. Read or completely memorised

2.1.4. Speaking AT the audience

2.1.5. More nerve-racking

2.2. The Communication Orientation End

2.2.1. Oral

2.2.2. Minimum outline

2.2.3. Engaging the audience

2.2.4. Practiced but interactive

2.2.4.1. Feels like a conversation

2.2.5. Speaking WITH the audience

2.2.6. Less nerve-racking

2.3. Examples

2.3.1. Robert Reich A Turning Point 2012 8'

2.3.2. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Discusses Presidents at DePauw University 1999

2.3.3. The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren 25'

3. The TED Approach = the Performance Orientation

3.1. Framing talk

3.1.1. Beginning of the journey: what do people know and what do they expect?

3.1.1.1. Jargon

3.1.1.2. Interest for subject

3.1.1.3. Don't over-explain

3.1.1.4. Keep intro short

3.1.2. Define scope

3.1.2.1. Key details

3.1.2.2. Specific examples

3.1.3. Tell a story

3.1.3.1. E.G. problem + solution

3.1.3.2. E. G. share an idea and demonstrate how people would benefit from it

3.1.4. Visual aids

3.1.4.1. PP

3.1.4.1.1. Don't list your key ideas

3.1.4.1.2. Don't read

3.1.4.1.3. Don't use it?

3.1.4.1.4. Alternatives: Prezi, MindMeister, Keynote

3.1.4.1.5. Don't describe the slide

3.1.4.2. Videos

3.1.4.2.1. Illustrations better than words

3.1.4.2.2. Should be short = 60 seconds

3.1.4.2.3. Don't use them to show off

3.2. Practice

3.2.1. Practice a lot

3.2.2. Practice on your own

3.2.3. Practice in front of other people

3.2.3.1. Be selective

3.3. Delivery

3.3.1. 3 techniques

3.3.1.1. Read off a script/teleprompter

3.3.1.1.1. Distancing, no connection with audience

3.3.1.2. Use a set of bullet points

3.3.1.2.1. Memorise transitions between points

3.3.1.3. Memorise your talk

3.3.1.3.1. Craft manuscript

3.3.1.3.2. Memorise your script

3.3.1.3.3. Practice

3.3.2. Tone

3.3.2.1. Conversational, talk to people

3.3.3. Stage presence

3.3.3.1. Don't move too much

3.3.3.1.1. Stand still

3.3.3.1.2. Hand gestures for emphasis

3.3.3.2. Eye contact

3.3.3.2.1. Find 5-6 friendly faces, imagine they're friends

3.3.3.3. Nervousness

3.3.3.3.1. Stay with audience until last minute

3.3.3.3.2. Before talk: walk, stand tall and extend your body

3.3.3.3.3. Breathe deeply

3.3.3.3.4. Natural body response

3.3.3.3.5. Shows vulnerability, if authentic can engage audience

3.3.3.4. Be yourself = play to your strengths