Public speaking: the basics

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Public speaking the basics

• experiential learning 9th grade the
  communication process

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What is public speaking?

• Public speaking is anytime you have to speak in
  public!
• Speaking in public scares more Americans than
  going to the dentist, falling, or death!
• This presentation will give you public speaking
  basics and help you realize some good multimedia
  presentation skills at the same time.

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Fears

• While most people fear public speaking there are
  some very simple ways to get around it
• Practice
• Practice
• Practice
• By practicing you get around the reason for the
  fear saying something stupid or messing up in
  front of people.

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Before the presentation

• Preparation is key!
• Figure out a thesis for your paper.
• Write down the structure for your presentation.
• Introduction, body, and conclusion.
• Read it out loud.
• Edit your writing.
• Read it out loud again.
• Put it into your presentation.
• Practice again.

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Basics of Public Speaking

• Know your topic
• Your are the expert of the topic you have chosen.
• Nobody in the room knows more than you so make
  sure that you know it thoroughly so you can teach
  others.
• Know your audience
• What do they find funny? What are they
  interested in? What would they like to hear
  about your topic?
• Find a hook
• A hook is an interesting, funny, or creative
  beginning to your presentation. The first 30
  seconds of a presentation are very important, so
  a good hook will keep your audience focused.
• Be yourself
• If you try to do what your friends would do, you
  will mess up. Just be yourself and you will feel
  the most comfortable!
• Stay on point
• Do not discuss topics that are not important to
  your presentation. They will distract your
  audience and you will lose your focus.
• Do not repeat yourself
• Do not repeat yourself. ? Repeating a point
  more than a few times sounds as if you do not
  have anything else to say. So avoid repetition.

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Confidence

• Project a calm, confident tone while speaking.
• You are the expert on the topic, so you have
  nothing to worry about!
• Audience members can tell when you are nervous or
  do not know what you are talking about.
• Confidence can be gained through good preparation
  and effective practicing.

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Tips

• Attitude is everything!
• Preparation is key
• Confidence comes with practice
• Refer to sources correctly
• You will need to have outside sources for your
  information in the presentation. Make sure to
  know how to pronounce names and the authors main
  idea correctly.
• First 30 seconds are the most important!
• This is the hook.
• If you have a creative, witty, or interesting
  introduction, you can hold the audiences
  attention for the rest of the presentation.
• Strong conclusion
• Just like the introduction, have a strong message
  the audience can take away from your
  presentation.
• Avoid just repeating your introduction and your
  thesis statement.
• Action statements make good conclusions.

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Now Presentation basics

• You have just worked your way through a
  multimedia presentation. Now you are going to
  learn how to construct a multimedia presentation!

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First, a tutorial.

• There are 6 tips for all multimedia
  presentations. Before you can start that,
  however, you should become familiar with how the
  presentation program works. If you are new to
  the program, please click here.

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6 Power point tips

• Have consistent slide backgrounds.
• Contrast helps people see your presentation.
• Animation adds some flavor.
• Make it large!
• Too many words turns your audience off.
• Images are important!

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Consistency

• Having a consistent background adds to your
  presentation.
• An easy way to distract your audience is by
  having your slide background constantly change.
• You want to seem in charge of your presentation,
  so keep the design simple and consistent.

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Contrast
Can you read me now?

• Contrast is when two colors are put next to each
  other which are very different from one another.
  
• For example green and blue or black and white.
• Look at the boxes to the right. Which one is
  easier to view?
• The greater the contrast, the better your
  audience will be able to read your slide.

Can you read me now?
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Animation

• Animation can assist in a given situation, but
  too much can distract.
• Animation can be for an image or letters in a
  slide or between slides.
• There are two types of animation to the left
  which one is more distracting?
• Use animation to give some flavor to a slide that
  is a little flat.

Too many words? Animation can help improve a
slide!
Too many words? Animation can help improve a
slide!
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Large

• Notice that in this slide everything is large and
  easy to see. Making your words and pictures
  large is very important when working with power
  point!

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Wordy Slides

• Multimedia presentations are visual tools. It is
  not a good tool to use if you have too much to
  say.
• So keep your words to a minimum.
• This slide has quite a few words, some may say
  too many.
• They are easy to read, however, because they are
  large enough.
• Also, the addition of the fish animation adds to
  the slide.
• A multimedia presentation is not a chance for you
  to write a paper. It is a chance to give a
  summary of the main points of a paper.
• Use bullet points to break up the writing.

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Images

• Images are important to a multimedia
  presentation, so do not shy away from clip art,
  images, or artistic designs to show off your
  text.
• The slide at right has an image, a box around the
  words, and a strong background.
• The overall effect is very professional and
  pleasing to the eye.

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Youre done!

• Congratulations and good luck! Hope your
  presentation goes well!