1. Chapter 14
Delivering
Presentations

2. • Identify and control your anxieties
• Choose a delivery style best suited
to you and your speaking situation
• Employ effective vocal cues
• Employ effective visual cues
Chapter Outcomes

3. • Connect with your audience
• Enhance your words with effective
presentation aids
• Make efficient use of your practice
time
Chapter Outcomes
(cont.)

4. Understanding and
Addressing Anxiety
• Public speaking anxiety (PSA):
– Nervousness from knowing we have to
communicate publicly to an audience
– May include physical symptoms
• Communication apprehension
(CA):
– General “…fear or anxiety associated with
either real or anticipated communication
with another person or persons”

5. Understanding and
Addressing Anxiety
(cont.)
• Identifying Anxiety Triggers
– Upsetting experiences
– Fear of evaluation
– Distaste for attention

6. Understanding and
Addressing Anxiety
(cont.)
• Building Your Confidence
– Prepare for the unexpected.
– Desensitize yourself.
– Visualize your success (performance
visualization).
– Take care of yourself.
– Practice, practice, practice.

7. Methods of Delivery
• Speaking from
manuscript
– Useful when accuracy is
critical
• Speaking from memory
(oratory)
– May feel more like a
performance

8. Methods of Delivery
(cont.)
• Speaking spontaneously
(impromptu)
– Think on your feet
– Listen to others
• Speaking extemporaneously
– Uses key-word or phrase outline
– Requires advance preparation, an
outline, practice

9. Guidelines for
Effective Delivery
• Effective Vocal Delivery
– Vary your pitch (avoid monotone).
– Adjust your volume.
– Adjust your speaking rate.
– Use pauses for effect.
– Speak clearly and precisely.
• Use correct pronunciation and
articulation.
• Avoid mumbling.
• Be mindful of accents.

10. Guidelines for
Effective Delivery
(cont.)
• Effective Visual Delivery
– Dress for the occasion.
– Use effective eye behavior.
• Use scanning.
– Incorporate facial expressions
and gestures.
– Control body movements.
• Watch posture.
• Use planting.

11. Guidelines for
Effective Delivery
(cont.)
• Connecting with Your Audience
– Express emotion.
– Adapt to your audience.
– Create immediacy with your audience.

12. Effective
Presentation Aids
• The Function of Presentation Aids
– Help listeners process and retain
information
– Promote interest and motivation
– Convey information clearly and concisely

13. Effective
Presentation
Aids (cont.)
• Types of Presentation Aids
– Props and models
– Media clips and images
– Graphs and charts
• Bar graphs, tables, pie charts display
data and facts clearly
– Posters and transparencies
– Flip charts and marker boards
– Presentation software

14. Practicing Your
Speech
• Remember Your Speaking Outline
• Practice Using Presentation Aids
– Eliminate surprises; test facilities in
advance.
– Write notes to yourself.
– Rehearse with a partner.
– Have backup plan.

15. Practicing Your
Speech (cont.)
• Simulate the Situation
– Create similar conditions.
– Practice in front of someone.
– Keep an eye on the time.

16. Practicing Your
Speech (cont.)
• Practice Your Delivery
– Focus on your message.
– Use mirrors cautiously.
– Record a practice session.
– Ask for feedback.