This presentation was prepared for and delivered to group of senior Korean civil servants who were embarking on a two-year fellowship overseas.

1. @walter_foreman
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Public Speaking
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2. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

3. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

5. Stage Fright

6. Stage Fright
Completely Normal
Happens to everyone
Five ways to manage

7. Take a class
Be Prepared
Think Positively
Be Realistic
Visualize

8. Be Prepared
“If I’m to speak for 10
minutes, I need a week
for preparation. If 15
minutes, three days. If
half an hour, two days. If
an hour, I’m ready now.”
-- Woodrow Wilson

9. Think Positively
You always feel
more nervous
than you look or
sound!

10. Be Realistic
Don’t expect perfection
Never apologize for:
• Nervousness
• Language
• Mistakes

11. Visualize
Find an
attractive face
in the audience.

12. Other Tips
• Enter the room as early as possible
• Chat to people as they enter the room
• Work especially hard on your introduction
• Avoid dairy products and caffeine

13. Structure

14. Presentations are like hamburgers

15. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

17. Practice Task
O Watch these two 90-second English introductions
O Find at least five pieces of information in each
O Match your information to WISE OWL
O After watching discuss with a partner or group

20. Practice Task
O Watch these two 90-second English introductions
O Find at least five pieces of information in each
O Match your information to WISE OWL
O After watching discuss with a partner or group

21. elcome the audience
O Formal
O Inclusive
O Positive
O Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen
O Hello everyone
O Hi guys
O It’s my great honor to be here today talking to
you…

22. ntroduce yourself
O Full name & title (if applicable)
O Speak extra clearly and slowly
O If international: state home country
O My name is Walter Foreman, and although
originally from Canada, I now work in South
Korea as the director of the Gangnam-
University of California, Riverside
International Education Center, or GNUCR as
we call it.

23. tate your topic
O I’m here today to talk to you about…

24. xplain the importance
of your topic
O Why should the audience listen to you?
O What will they gain from listening to you?
O Why is your topic important?
O Why is your topic important to them?
O Establish your expertise
O Talk about your credentials and explain why
you are the expert

25. utline the structure
O Today my presentation is divided into (x) parts

26. hat comes when?
O First I’ll talk about…
O Second I’ll talk about…
O Finally, I’ll talk about…

27. et the audience know…
O Time
O Materials
O Questions

28. et the audience know…
O Time:
O My presentation should take about (x) minutes…
O Materials:
O If you don’t already have a handout, extras are
available here at the front of the room and also at
the back.
O You can download my presentation materials from
my website: www.walterforeman.com and I’ll give
you that address again at the end of my
presentation.
O I don’t have any materials for you today, but you
can download…

29. et the audience know…
O Questions:
O During:
O If you have any questions today, please feel free
to ask them at any time.
O After:
O If you have any questions today, please hold
them until the end of my presentation. We’ll
have about (x) minutes for question and answer.

31. Practice Task

32. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

33. 국가공무원인재개발원
Signposting

35. "I'll start by describing the current position
in Europe. Then I'll move on to some of the
achievements we've made in Asia. After
that I'll consider the opportunities we see
for further expansion in Africa. Lastly, I'll
quickly recap before concluding with some
recommendations."

36. Throughout your presentation, you will put up signposts
telling the audience where you have been and where you are
going next.
When you finish Europe and want to start Asia, you might say:
"That's all I have to say about Europe. Let's turn now to
my second point, Asia."

37. Throughout your presentation, you will put up signposts
telling the audience where you have been and where you are
going next.
When you finish Asia and want to start Africa, you might say:
“So now that we’ve talked about Europe and Asia, let’s
move on to my last point: Africa.

38. Throughout your presentation, you will put up signposts
telling the audience where you have been and where you are
going next.
When you finish your last point and want to sum up, you
might say:
“Well, we’ve looked at the three continents: Europe,
Asia, and Africa. Now I’d like to sum up.

39. Signposting
Function Language
Introducing the
subject
 I'd like to start by...
 Let's begin by...
 First of all, I'll...
 Starting with...
 I'll begin by...

40. Signposting
Function Language
Finishing one
subject…
• Well, I've told you about...
• That's all I have to say about...
• We've looked at...
• So much for...

41. Signposting
Function Language
...and starting
another
• Now we'll move on to...
• Let me turn now to...
• Turning to...
• I'd like now to discuss...
• Let's now look at...

42. Signposting
Function Language
Summarizing and
concluding
• In conclusion,...
• Right, let's sum up, shall we?
• I'd like now to recap...
• Let's summarize briefly what
we've looked at...

43. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

44. Practice Task
O Watch these two 60-second English conclusions
O Find at least three functions in each
O After watching discuss with a partner or group:
O What did each person say or do in the conclusion?

47. Conclusions
• Signal the end of the speech
• Reinforce the central idea
• Summarize the main points
• Make a lasting impression!

48. Signal the end…
• In conclusion…
• Finally, let me remind you…
• Let me finish by saying…
• Tell me three more

49. Reinforce Central Idea
• Restate your topic
• Summarize (and restate) your
main points

50. Lasting Impression
• End with a quotation
• Make a powerful statement
• Refer back to your introduction
• Give a “call to action”

51. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

52. Handling Q&A Sessions
• Make answers to possible
questions IN ADVANCE!
• Practice delivery of answers
IN ADVANCE!

53. • Approach questions with a
positive attitude
• Listen carefully
• Direct answers to entire
audience, repeat question
(with mic)
Handling Q&A Sessions

54. • Clarification
• Avoiding
• Postponing/recovering
• Admitting
Handling Q&A Sessions

55. Clarification
• I’m sorry. Could you repeat
your question, please?
• I’m afraid I didn’t quite
catch that.
• Were you asking about…?

56. Avoiding
• Perhaps that’s something we
could talk about after my
presentation.
• If you could email your question
to me, I’d be happy to answer it
that way.

57. Postponing/recovering
• I’ll be talking about that a bit later.
• Good question. Could you please
hold it until the end of the
presentation?
• So, as I was saying…

58. Admitting
• To tell you the truth, I’m not really
too sure.
• I’m afraid I don’t know, but I’ll try
to find out for you.
• Good question, but I’m not sure.
Does anyone in the audience
happen to know? He was asking…

59. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

60. Introducing Others
• Brief
• Accurate
• Make speaker feel comfortable
• Sense of anticipation
• Boost speaker’s credibility
• Delivered with sincerity and
enthusiasm

62. Introducing Others
Brief:
About one minute

63. Introducing Others
Accurate:
Information must be 100%
accurate; no exceptions!
When in doubt, find out
(or leave it out)!

64. Introducing Others
Make speaker comfortable:
Don’t say or do anything to
embarrass the speaker (this
includes mispronouncing the
speaker’s name),
don’t raise expectations to an
unachievable level

65. Introducing Others
Sense of anticipation:
Say the speaker’s name LAST,
tell the audience something
new, original, and unknown
about the speaker, try to build
anticipation/excitement for
both the speaker and the topic

66. Introducing Others
Boost speaker’s credibility:
Let the audience know about
the speaker’s previous
successes, accomplishments,
awards, recognitions,
publications, etc.

67. Introducing Others
• Brief
• Accurate
• Make speaker feel comfortable
• Sense of anticipation
• Boost speaker’s credibility
• Delivered with sincerity and
enthusiasm

69. Introducing Others
Children, we have a very important guest
today. You know her by the character she has
created – Harry Potter. What you don’t know
is all the hard work that goes into writing the
books that we all love to read. Today she is
going to tell us how she came up with the idea
of Harry Potter and his friends and how she
goes about writing her books. Let’s give a big
round of applause to J.K. Rowling.

70. Introducing Others
• Brief
• Accurate
• Make speaker feel comfortable
• Sense of anticipation
• Boost speaker’s credibility
• Delivered with sincerity and
enthusiasm

71. Introducing Others
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to introduce to you today
the world’s best-selling author. We are all acquainted with her Harry
Potter series that has captured the imagination of children – and
more than a few adults – around the globe. Many of us know the
remarkable story of her writing life: The inspiration for Harry Potter
came on a train ride from Manchester to London in 1990. Over the
next few years, she compiled notes as the story took shape in her
mind. The bulk of the writing took place when she was a single
mother on public assistance in Edinburgh. She was teaching French
to teenagers in the mid-1990s when she heard the first Harry Potter
book had been accepted for publication. The rest is literary history.
She will be telling us this afternoon more about what inspired her
fascinating story of wizardry, where she gets her ideas, and what
kinds of books she want to write next. Please give a warm welcome
to J.K. Rowling.

72. Introducing Others
When introducing another speaker remember this:
• Who: Name at end, but position, job, or title near beginning
• Where: Organization, department, or country (if international)
• Background: Known and unknown things
• Topic: Level of details depends on situation and speaker
• Name: Slow, deliberate, and with enthusiasm

73. Introducing Others
• The person being introduced (ie. the main speaker) should thank
the emcee (ie. the introducer) for the introduction.
• Giving this thanks can be done by saying something like:
“Thank you for that (adjective) introduction.”
• Lovely, wonderful, kind, warm, generous
• After giving your thanks, begin your presentation.

74. Stage fright & Structure
Introductions: WISE OWL
Body: Signposting
Conclusion:Tell ‘em what
you told ‘em
Handling Q&As
Introducing Others

75. Practice Task
Choose one of these two tasks: A or B
A: Prepare and present a WISE OWL introduction
B: Introduce yourself as the speaker at an event

76. @walter_foreman
walter.foreman
Public Speaking
and
Communication