1. Speech Power:Speech Power:
How to Give a PresentationHow to Give a Presentation
Instructor: Maggie

2. Speech POWERSpeech POWER
• Prepare
• Organize
• Write
• Extemporize
• Rehearse

3. "You shouldn't give a public speech
unless you want to make something
happen."
-Tom Peters

4. PreparePrepare
• Purpose
• Audience
• Topic

5. Purpose
• WhyWhy are you talking?
(What is your goal?)
− To inform
− To demonstrate
− To explain
− To persuade

6. Audience
• You are not speaking for your own
benefit...
• But for the benefit of your audience
• Academic - teacher and classmates
– Who are you speaking to?
– Why are you speaking to them?
– What are they expecting from you?

7. Topic
• Choose your topic early!
• What to choose
− Topics you know a lot about
• Draw on your knowledge and experience
− Subjects you want to know more about
− Often chosen for you (in academic, by your teacher)

8. Topic
• Questions to ask yourself...
− What are you talking about?
− What do you know about the topic?
− What must you talk about? (required)
− What do you want to talk about?
− Will you enjoy talking about this topic?
• If not, how can you get excited about this topic?

9. OrganizeOrganize
• Plan what you're going to say
− Research
− Controlling Statement
− Outline
− Patterns of Organization

10. Research
• Carefully study your topic
– Use your own knowledge and
experience
– Do library research
– Search the internet
– Interview people connected to
your topic
• Start early, list resources,
take notes

11. Contolling Statement
• States and reveals your topic
• States what you're going to say about your
topic
− Today I will inform you about the scientific uses of hot
air balloons.

12. Patterns of Organization
• Chronological
• Spatial
• Cause-Effect
• Problem-Solution
• Topical

13. Do you remember?

14. Outline
• Introduction
– Tell them what you're
going to tell them
• Body
– Tell them
• Conclusion
– Tell them what you told
them
Remember to...
• Identify general ideas
• Use key words and
phrases
• Write down important
info

15. "What you get from experience isn’t
the ability to skip the ground work –
it’s the facility to make it look like you
didn’t have to do the ground work!"
- Unknown

16. WriteWrite
• K.I.S.S.
Keep
It
Simply
Said
• Last minute preparation doesn't count
− You'll look foolish

17. Write
The audience needs help accepting what you say!
− Give examples
− Show statistics
− Use testimony
• Organize directly with main points
− Misplaced materials are confusing

18. Introduction
• Get the attention and interest (hook) of
your audience
• Reveal the topic of your speech
• Preview the body of the speech

19. Hooks
1. Ask a question
2. Tell a story
3. Use a shocking or surprising fact
4. Begin with a quotation
5. Tell a joke
6. Use audio or visual aids

20. Reveal your topic
• Give your controlling idea
− Today I am going to tell you about...
− Today I am going to tell you about stress.
− Today I am going to share my dream job.
− Today I am going to explain how to bake a cake.

21. Preview Statement
• Also called "Outlining Statement"
• Identifies the main points to be discussed
in the body
− First, I will explain... Next, I will discuss...
Finally, I will share...

22. • First I will describe my dream job.
• Next I will tell you why it’s always been
interesting to me.
• Finally I will share with you why I would be
great at this job.

23. Connecting Ideas
• Join the ideas in your speech and show
the relationship between them
− Transitions
− Internal previews
− Internal summaries
− Signposts

24. Conclusion
• Lets the audience know you are ending
your speech
− In conclusion,...
− My purpose has been...
− Let me end by saying...

25. Conclusion
• Reinforces the message you want your audience
to remember (your controlling idea)
− Restate the main points
− End with a quotation
− Make a dramatic statement
− Refer to the ideas in the introduction

26. ExtemporizeExtemporize
• Speak extemporaneously
– Be natural
– Don't memorize
• Memorization = Robot

27. Cue Cards
• Cards with words written on them help you
– remember your words
– make eye contact
– gesture
– move freely

28. Use Visual Aids
• Visible, Simple, Colorful, Purposeful
• Pictures and Videos
• Handouts
• Flipchart
• Computer-based
– PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.

29. SHAKES
• Sound
• Humor
• Actions (Body Language)
• K.I.S.S.
• Excitement
• Scan for eyes

30. RehearseRehearse
• Practice to help you earn
a higher grade
• In front of a mirror
• With a friend
• With a timer
• Use a video camera

31. "Dress for Success"
• Be neat and professional
• Always dress a bit better than your
audience
• Don't wear loud accessories that will
distract the audience

34. If you fail to prepare,
prepare to fail.

35. Speech POWERSpeech POWER
• Prepare
• Organize
• Write
• Extemporize
• Rehearse

36. Thank you