COMMUNICATION SKILLS CAREER DEVELOPMENT

1. GIVINGPRESENTATIONS
COMMUNICATION SKILLS

2. DEALING WITH FEARS
WORK ON IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING YOUR FEARS
• The fear of public speaking is pretty common, but not
everyone experiences it the same way. The fear manifests
differently for different people.
• Knowing how you feel about public speaking is very important
because the first step to conquering your public speaking
anxiety is identifying what makes you so nervous.
• To find a solution, it is always important to identify the
problem. It is possible that you found a way to overcome the
fear of public speaking if you had been looking for one.

3. MAKE SURE YOU PRACTICE YOUR SPEECH
• Public speaking is feared mostly because
people are afraid of making a mistake.
• Practice allows you to get comfortable giving
your speech or presentation.

4. PLANNING YOUR PRESENTATION
Careful planning is required for a successful
presentation. Plan a successful presentation by
following these steps.
• Do you have any knowledge of it? Why are you
presenting this? Why are you presenting it? To whom
are you presenting it?
• Learn more about your topic by researching it, then
use examples and statistics to support your
argument.
• Organize your thoughts

5. • Draft your paper
• Plan any visual aids you would like your
audience to see, such as PowerPoint slides or
any activities you would like them to
participate in
• Be sure to practice! Your presentation
shouldn’t be exceedingly long, so make sure
you edit it if necessary.

6. STRUCTURING YOUR PRESENTATION
• Organizing a presentation properly with a
beginning, middle, and end is key.
1. Beginning
2. Body
3. Conclusion

7. BEGINNING
A good presentation starts from the beginning! The first few
seconds of your presentation are a chance for you to grab the
audience’s attention and start things off right.
• Make your presentation memorable. You can use an attention-
getting statement. You can use a variety of techniques to grab
your audience’s attention, such as asking a provocative question,
drawing an intriguing picture, providing a real life story or
example related to your topic, sharing a shocking statistic, sharing
an inspiring quote, and playing a video.
• Let’s begin by introducing ourselves and the topic we will be
discussing
• Submit a brief outline of your presentation.

8. BODY
• Organize your thoughts in a logical sequence
• If you are moving from one point to another,
you should make sure your audience is aware
of it.
• Provide examples to support what you are
saying.

9. CONCLUSION
• Provide a summary of the main points.
• For now, please don’t provide any additional
information , but if you have any additional
questions, please share them immediately.
• As you conclude your presentation, you should
inform your audience.
• End your presentation without saying,”that’s it”
or apologizing for it.
• Invite questions from the audience and thank
them for listening.

10. DELIVERING THE PRESENTATION
• Dress appropriately
• Arrive early
• Meet the moderator
• Decide how to handle audience questions
• Have a plan if the technology fails
• Greet the audience
• Load your visuals before your allotted
presentation time
• Smile

11. • Change the inflection of your voice to gain
audience attention or to emphasize content
• Use appropriate gestures
• Make proper eye contact
• Stand beside the screen
• Do not talk to the screen or board
• Do not read line-by-line
• Use the microphone effectively
• Do not conclude abruptly
• Responding to audience questions

12. TECHNIQUES OF DELIVERY
• Impromptu Speaking
• Extemporaneous Speaking
• Speaking from a Manuscript
• Speaking from Memory

13. Impromptu speaking
Impromptu speaking is the presentation of a short
message without advance preparation.
Here is a step-by-step guide that may be useful if you are
called upon to give an impromptu speech in public.
 Take a moment to collect your thoughts and plan the
main point you want to make.
 Thank the person for inviting you to speak.
 Deliver your message, making your main point as briefly
as you can while still covering it adequately and at a pace
your listeners can follow.
 Thank the person again for the opportunity to speak.

14. Extemporaneous Speaking
• Extemporaneous speaking is the presentation of a
carefully planned and rehearsed speech, spoken in a
conversational manner using brief notes.
• By using notes rather than a full manuscript, the
extemporaneous speaker can establish and maintain
eye contact with the audience and assess how well
they are understanding the speech as it progresses.
• The opportunity to assess is also an opportunity to
restate more clearly any idea or concept that the
audience seems to have trouble grasping.

15. Speaking from a Manuscript
• Manuscript speaking is the word-for-word iteration of a
written message.
• In a manuscript speech, the speaker maintains his or her
attention on the printed page except when using visual
aids.
• The advantage to reading from a manuscript is the exact
repetition of original words.
• Success in this medium depends on two factors:
(1) The speaker is already an accomplished public
speaker who has learned to use a conversational tone
while delivering a prepared script.
(2) The speech is written in a style that sounds
conversational.

16. Speaking from Memory
• Memorized speaking is the wrote recitation of a
written message that the speaker has committed to
memory.
• Actors, of course, recite from memory whenever
they perform from a script in a stage play, television
program, or movie scene.
• The advantage to memorization is that it enables the
speaker to maintain eye contact with the audience
throughout the speech.

17. Key Takeaways
• There are four main kinds of speech delivery: impromptu,
extemporaneous, manuscript, and memorized.
• Impromptu speaking involves delivering a message on the
spur of the moment, as when someone is asked to “say a few
words.”
• Extemporaneous speaking consists of delivering a speech in a
conversational fashion using notes. This is the style most
speeches call for.
• Manuscript speaking consists of reading a fully scripted
speech. It is useful when a message needs to be delivered in
precise words.
• Memorized speaking consists of reciting a scripted speech
from memory. Memorization allows the speaker to be free of
notes.