Turning a lecture into a conversation

1. Didactic to Dialog
Talking
to
Teaching
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2. Objectives
What outcomes will you deliver?
What will success..
…look like,
…sound like,
…and feel like?
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3. Obstacles
 Presentation is not clear
 Group is confused/unresponsive
 Discussion goes off track
 Time is too short
 Personalities are problematic
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4. Plan
1. Content
 What will you say?
 What will you show?
2. Interaction
 How will you promote discussion?
3. Problems
 What could go wrong?
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5. Content Presentation
1. What will you say?
2. What will you show?
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6. Content Delivery
Speaker
Slides Audience
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7. Content Presentation
Audience
Speaker
Slides
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8. Content Presentation
Your role as speaker is to make sure
everything you say and show is……..
1. RECOGNIZED
2. ORGANIZED
3. ENERGIZED
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9. Content Presentation
RECOGNIZED:
What does the audience see/hear?
ORGANIZED
What does it mean?
ENERGIZED
Why should they care?
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10. Content Structure
Introduction
(Story + Key Points)
5 minutes
Key Point One Key Point Two Key Point Three
15 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes
KP 1 KP 1 KP 1 KP 2 KP 2 KP 2 KP 3 KP 3 KP 3
Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3
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11. Slide Presentation
Slide Next Slide
1. What do we see? 1. What do we see?
2. What does it mean? 2. What does it mean?
3. Transition to next slide 3. Transition to next slide, etc.
4. Advance Slide 4. Advance Slide
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12. Presentation
Audience
Speaker
Slides
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13. Interaction
Speaker Audience
Slides
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14. Promoting Interaction
 Talk to people, not slides
 Talk to individuals, not groups
 Focus and Finish
 Ask Questions
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15. Promoting Interaction - Questions
Ask, don’t tell

 Ask early and often
 Start with the easy ones
 Closed questions first, open-ended later
 Listen carefully
 Use what you learn later
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16. Problems
Time Management
 Discussion will take longer than you
think, especially with larger groups
 Follow your agenda
 Time is always the best reason for
actively managing the discussion
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17. Remember!
 Plan what you can, anticipate what you cannot
 To move a group, connect to individuals
 Ask, don’t tell
 Listen
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