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Pur posi ve Communication GEC 005 ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Preparing a Speech or Oral...

Pur posi ve Communication GEC 005 ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Preparing a Speech or Oral Report When you become professionals, there will always be a time that you will face an audience. It may come as an unplanned activity in which you will be forced to speak impromptu, or it may be a previously planned event that has given you sufficient time to prepare. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Preparing a Speech or Oral Report Being able to speak effectively in front of an audience will always be an advantage. Some professionals become most sought-after speakers because of their good oral communication skills. So, how do you prepare for this difficult task? We already learned some tips from the topics “General Principles of Effective Communication” and “Principles of Effective Oral Communication”. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation These principles are related to public speaking. Consider the following so that you can render an effective speech and be a good public speakers: Audience Be aware of your listener’s profile. Know how to deal with any unpleasant incident or conflict with your audience and always stay in control of the situation. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Logistics Know who is organizing the event. That way, you will be able to tie up the earlier presentation with your own, resulting in a more coherent presentation. Venue Facilities ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Content of Report / Speech / Lecture If the event aims to inform, like in a convention, conference, or a training- seminar, you are expected to contribute new information. Note that there is always a more dominant one. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation How do you prepare for the big event? The following are some tips: 1. Read a lot Research on the topic assigned to you. As a speaker, you should be kept abreast of new developments by reading a lot. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 2. Prepare your oral presentation with an introduction, body, and a conclusion. Different techniques to open and close your presentation: - Using a startling or shocking statement - Beginning with a question - Using a quotation - Narrating an anecdote or story - Singing a line from a song - Presenting statistics ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 3. Rehearse by practicing aloud and getting feedback during the rehearsal stage from those who will act as your audience For introduction use gambits such as: - I would like to talk about… - I believe that the topic is… - Let me relate a... ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 3. Rehearse by practicing aloud and getting feedback during the rehearsal stage from those who will act as your audience For the conclusion use gambits such as: - Summing up the points I discussed earlier… - To summarize… - In conclusion… - To conclude… - Finally… - To end my talk / speech… ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 4. Use Technology Technology forms part of speakers of their audio and visual aids. Through this, listeners can easily follow the discussion because they can both hear and see the highlights of the presentation. Visuals should only be used to enhance presentations. It is important to use key words in your presentations. Use pictures, graphs, tables, chars, maps, important quotes/passages/sayings for they will represent concepts. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Delivering the Report / Speech Talk When you deliver a report, speech or talk, make use of both verbal and non-verbal code. These two are always linked together. 1. Paralinguistic Cues – this category are facial expression, posture, gesture and movement. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 1. Paralinguistic Cues a. Facial expression There is a saying that the “eyes are the window to the soul” which means establishing eye contact or through gazing, one can detect the emotional state of a person. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 1. Paralinguistic Cues b. Posture Refers to the speakers’ stance. The way speakers carry themselves in presentations show whether they possess credibility. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 1. Paralinguistic Cues c. Gesture These are used to make a point more emphatic. However, they should be used only for important points raised as they can become distractive when used often. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 1. Paralinguistic Cues d. Movement This is made by the entire body. Swaying one’s body from left to right, side to side, front to back, or pacing from one side of the stage/platform to the other, can be exhibiting a negative nonverbal cue. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 2. Prosidic Features These are features that need to observe when presenting. When you speak, aim at delivering the message clearly through intelligible and comprehensible pronunciation. Consider the examples below: - to each his own - the pros and cons to eachizown the prosend cons - the splendor in the grass - for a while thus plendor in the grass fora while ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation 2. Prosidic Features Note that successful communication depends on these features such as intonation, tone, stress and rhythm. While it is impossible to imitate or sound like Americans or the British who use English as their native tongue, try to at least approximate them. If the listeners cannot understand what you say because of the rate or speed by which you speak, do it more slowly. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Presenting in Groups Guidelines should be strictly followed, especially if its is a group. Planning is of the essence so that your presentation is coherent and does not become fragmented. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation As you prepare your presentation, note the following tips: 1. Assign a specific task to each group member. 2. Divide the work accordingly. 3. Pick a strategy on how you will start and end your group presentation. 4. Prepare your audio-visual aids to increase the interest of your listeners and hold their attention. 5. Practice by yourself and then come up with an acceptable schedule for the team, one in which you can do a group rehearsal. ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation As you prepare your presentation, note the following tips: ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Overcoming Anxiety or Stage Fright At the beginning, you may experience anxiety, but as you go along with your presentation, your nervous tension will ease up. White and Henderlinder (1956) stated, “We do not actually fear the process of speaking as such but a negative response from the listeners.” This is true, what people fear is not the actual speaking but the negative reaction, feedback, or comment they may get from the listeners ILO: Analyze vocal and physical factors, eye contact, and presentation aids for effective delivery Oral Presentation Oral Presentation Overcoming Anxiety or Stage Fright Stage fright can be overcome through some ways. One of these is by preparing for your presentation thoroughly. The more you rehearse or practice, the more confident you will become. This can be minimized. It is not a negative feeling all the time as well. Learn how to convert this social fear into something positive so that you aim for the best performance.  Synthesis ❖ When preparing a report or speech for oral presentation, make a profile first of your audience and the logistics involved, that is, venue and facilities. Then, read up and research on the topic so that you can write an effective report, speech, or talk. ❖ When making your oral presentations, pay attention to the paralinguistic cues and prosodic features of the language. Whereas paralinguistic cues involve facial expression, posture, gestures, and movement, prosodic features include intonation, tone, stress, rhythm, and pause. ❖ When making a group presentation, follow the guidelines strictly so that you can come up with a good performance. Be a team player so that the individually assigned parts cohere with each other. Pur posi ve Communication GEC GEC 005 005