The Demonstration

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The Demonstration

• Less Is More - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
• There are two types of people when it comes to
  public speaking those that are nervous, and
  those that are liars. - Mark Twain

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Outline

• Audience
• Topic
• Structure
• Content
• Presentation

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Audience

• Its YOUR Audience!
• Never deliver a speech! Speak to, not down to.
  Show respect
• Treat audience as entitySpeak to entire group,
  not individuals
• Make eye contactDont speak to floor, ceiling,
  screen or speck on the back wall

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Audience

• Audience Characteristics
• Easily distracted
• Become impatient
• Lack your technical knowledge
• Have diverse backgrounds

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Topic

• Focused, clearly defined objective
• TEACH,
• PERSUADE,
• STIMULATE , or
• ENTERTAIN.

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Topic

• Nothing tangential or extraneous
• Thoroughly researched
• Audience-oriented

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Structure

• I-B-C
• Three major components
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

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Structure Introduction

• Make clear
• Who you are
• P-I-P
• Purpose of your talk
• Why is it Important
• Your Plan (outline)

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Structure Body

• Follow your plan
• 3 to 5 main sections (Memory limit)
• Choose most appropriate pattern Question/Answer
  Cause/Effect Problem/Solution Sequence of
  Events Topics of Importance Parts of
  Objects

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Structure Body

• Mini-IBC format for each section
• Many transitional devices
• Sequence Words (first, second, third)
• Contrast words (however, on the other hand)
• Pauses between major points
• Distinct gestures at points of transition

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Structure Body

• Follow each abstraction with concrete examples
• anecdotes
• stories
• analogies
• illustrations

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Structure Conclusion

• Summarize
• Restate main 3-5 points
• What happens next?
• Add a personal note

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Content

• Text
• Avoid memory overload
• Short term memory 7 items 2
• Limit text per visual to six lines
• 6x6 rule (six words/line)
• Use minimum 24 pt font size

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Content

• Microtext
• Avoid memory overload
• Short term memory 7 items 2
• Limit text per visual to six lines
• Limit lines to six words each
• Use minimum 24 pt font size Avoid vertical
  lettering
• Check all spelling!
• Limit font types to two per visual

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Content
Vertical

• Text
• Avoid lettering
• Check all pselling!
• Limit font types to 2 per visual
• Never read the screen(talk about whats on it)
• Provide minimum information
• Dont try to impress with detail

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Content

• Graphics
• Dont overdo it!
• Minimum audio visual effects
• Vision friendly colors and textures
• Simple charts and graphs
• Beware of switching from dark to bright!

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Graphics

• Dont overdo it!
• Minimum audio visual effects
• Vision friendly colors and textures
• Simple charts and graphs.
• Beware of switching from dark to bright!

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Content
Effects

• effect

• overuse

• Beware

• Sounds

• Fades

• Dissolves

• Wipes

Overused effects distract from you and what you
have to say
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Content

• Speakers Notes
• Main function To remind you
• Use, but do not
• Read them verbatim
• Bury your face in them

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Presentation

• Speech
• Enunciate
• Avoid monotone
• Dont whisper or mumble
• Dont shout
• Maintain steady pace(but dont race)

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Presentation

• Speech
• Avoid distracting ers and uhms, slang
• Avoid cliché and hackneyed expressions
• Pause only to let point sink in

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Presentation

• Body Language
• Be a window, not a door!
• Dont shadow dance in front of screen.
• Dont crouch, slouch, dance, make jerky body
  movements.

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Presentation

• Body Language
• Keep hands out of pockets, ears, mouth, etc.
• Maintain good posture and natural body movements
• Maintain eye contact, but dont stare

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Presentation

• Dress Appearance
• Dress comfortably
• Avoid distracting clothing and other accessories
  
• baseball caps
• sunglasses
• lingerie

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Presentation

• Well before your scheduled time to present,
  check
• Room size
• Acoustics
• Seating Layout
• Audio Visual equipment
• Location of light controls

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Presentation

• More crucial to success than almost any other
  aspect
• Timing
• (10 minutes really means 7 min 3 min)
• Less, but never more!
• Time
• Bad timing kills

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Presentation

• Would you star in a play without rehearsing your
  lines?
• Rehearse in front of someone not afraid to offer
  constructive criticism
• Practice, with your computer
• in room where you will be presenting
• or one that is similar.

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Presentation Killers!

• Speaker reads.
• Entire text echoed on slides
• Top of speakers head
• Illegible slides
• microtext
• poor choice of font/colour
• Yellow lines on white background

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Presentation Killers!

• Ive never done this before.
• Like, wow, these slides are so dark.
• This stuffs pretty boring, so just bear with
  me.
• Look at the time! Ill justfly through the rest
  of the slides real fast.
• Uh, I guess thats all I have to say.

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The End