I Have to Give a WHAT????
How
to Prepare for A Presentation...General Tips for Students
Purpose:
To help you prepare for your public speaking situation.
First: Do you
know what is expected of you? Determine what you need to do and what the guidelines
are. All communication situations ask, "Who am I, who are you and why
are we doing here together?" This can guide your work. Other initial
questions to consider include:
1) What is my
general purpose? Am I persuading, informing or entertaining?
2) Who is my audience? Do I need to conduct an audience analysis?
3)
What specific requirements must I address in my presentation?
Now...what
should I do?
1) Brainstorm
2) Analyze your Audience
3) Research your topic
4) Narrow your topic to best meet your audience's need and the assignment
5) Write the body of your speech.
Add order. Stir in your supporting materials (each main point should have
a fact/statistic, example/story and piece of testimony). Top with transitions
between your main points (statements that help you move from point to point.
For example, "Now that we have covered ______________________, let's move
on to___________________________.").
6) Have fun with the introduction
and conclusion of your speech.
7) Revise, reorder as needed, revise, reorder as needed, revise!
And
Now Practice...Really?
Read these tips on anxiety.
Read aloud to yourself
as you write.
Work up a manuscript.
Read it through several
times until you know it. Time yourself. Are you in the required limit? If not
revise!
Now reduce your ideas
to key word notes. This is an extemporaneous style. Here you practice concepts
not words.
Practice your movements.
Watch yourself in the mirror. Videotape yourself. Practice in front of another
person. Practice in front of the dog or stuffed animals if you can't get a live
audience.
More Delivery Tips:
And More Suggestions
Links
and Additional
Resources
Related
Online PowerPoints:
Public Speaking Overview:
http://www.acd.roch.edu/lhalverson/Anxiety/
How to use PowerPoint:
http://www.acd.roch.edu/lhalverson/how_to_use_powerpoint/index.htm
More
PowerPoint http://www.acd.roch.edu/lhalverson/powerpoint_demo/index.htm
~Still worried...here
are even more links than you can ever use.~
Publisher's Advice:
Just for kicks,
try a little humor!
Perhaps just try to RELAX!
A site dedicated to helping folks
relax:http://www.shpm.com/articles/stress/relax.html
Look Here for more Relaxation Scripts:
• http://members.aol.com/DonJohnR/Hypnosis/ProgRelaxn.html
• http://members.aol.com/DonJohnR/Hypnosis/SHRoutine.html
• http://www.ethicsofchoice.com/ReSc.html
• Bottom of
this page: http://www.rit.edu/~schpsych/FrameSet3.html
•• http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/har/les1.htm
• http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/har/journey.htm
You
might like this Online Guided Imagery:
http://www.relax-online.com/imageryonline.htm
Other Relaxation Activities
Links
A Collection of Stress Management and Emotional Wellness
Links: http://imt.net/~randolfi/StressLinks.html
The Quieting Response:
http://imt.net/~randolfi/QR.html
Stretch!
See: http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/ergo/stretch.htm
Just
for kicks, try a little humor: http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/pubspeak/humor.htm
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Halverson-Wente:03/01/03