Tips on preparing a public speaking presentation. To be used with the handout file. Presented in ECC Public Speaking Workshop 2015, 3 March 2015 at Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Indonesia

1. What’s in Your Mind?
(and speak it up…)
Neny Isharyanti

2. Why are you here?
• Everything starts with the objective.
• What is your objective in attending
this workshop?

3. Public
Speaking:
Tidbits

4. Why do you need successful public
speaking?
• reducing your stress
• eliminating miscommunication with others
• enhancing self-esteem
• getting a job
• increasing prestige/status
• professional success
• improving organizational and personal
image
• etc.

5. You consist of…
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6. Skills for successful public speaking
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7. Introduction
to the
Material

8. Video: Ernest Prakasa at TEDx Ubud
• Read the background information on
your handout pp. 1-2 to prepare for the
video
• Prepare to answer the questions about
the video
• Note anything interesting about the video
• Let’s watch the video!
• Discuss the answers and your note with
the class

9. Content

10. Content
• Research skills
• Preparation for content
 Topic
 Purpose
 Audience
 Structure

11. Content: Topic
 Finding a topic – ask
 Selecting a topic -- brainstorm
 Going deeper – read
 Limiting the topic width – mindmap

12. Content: Purpose
• to give information – trustworthiness
• to make people do something – logic
& appeal
• to entertain – enjoyable
• a mix of two or three

13. Content: Audience
• Audience’s frame of reference?
• Speak in your audience’s language

14. Content: Structure
• Opening
• Body
• Closing
• Question & Answer

15. Content: Structure | Opening
• Attention Getter
• Thesis statement and your position/
perspective/ appeal of the topic
• Background of the topic
• Aim(s) of the presentation
• Structure of the presentation

16. Content: Structure | Body
75% of your presentation time
• Point 1
 Support/details for point 1
• Point 2
 Support/details for point 2
• Point 3
 Support/details for point 3

17. Content: Structure | Closing
• Conclusion/summary of points in the
body
• Restating of the thesis statement and
your position/perspective/appeal of
the topic

18. Content: Structure | Q & A
• If necessary

19. Points Ordering
Depending on purpose and audience
• Informing
 The obvious to the least obvious
 the least important to the most important
• Influencing
 cause and effect
 if-then
• Telling a story
 chronological
• Mix some ways of structuring

20. Delivery

21. Delivery
• Communication skills
• Steps
 Planning your delivery
 Delivering your presentation
 Evaluating your delivery

22. Planning
your
delivery

23. Delivery : Planning the Delivery
• Tools of presentation
 Materials
 Equipments

24. Delivery : Planning the Delivery | PPT
• Size
 Visible from the back of the presentation
room
 font size at least 24 pts
 use only the top 3/4 or 2/3 of the visual.
 Emphasis not in colors; use bold font
face.

25. Delivery : Planning the Delivery | PPT
• Background
 same format for all slides with one or
two choices.
 Dark background & bright text for dark
room
 Light background & dark text for bright
room.

26. Delivery : Planning the Delivery | PPT
• Layout
 only put small portion of information per
slide; one subject matter per slide.
 bullet points or simple sentences (no
more than 40 words)
 large amount of texts, large detailed
pictures, diagrams, or tables in the
handout, not on the slides.

27. Delivery : Planning the Delivery
• Environment of the presentation
 Place
 Time

28. Delivery : Planning the Delivery
• Practice, practice, practice
 Self- practice
 Mock presentation
 Record the mock presentation

29. Delivering
your
presentation

30. Tips
• Project enthusiasm
• Look at your audience (or pretend that
you do)
• About Visual Aids
• Be sensitive to the feedback from the
audience
• Get ready for questions

31. Evaluating
your
presentation

32. Steps
• Question yourself
• Comments/Criticism from the
audience
• Record analysis

33. Any
questions?

34. Go ahead…

35. Let’s
practice!

36. Mock-Up Public Speaking Event
• See page 8 of your handout for
instructions

37. neny@staff.uksw.edu
@nenyish
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