2. Learning Objectives:
• How the oral research presentation differs from and is similar
to traditional public speaking.
• Why historical rhetorical theory has practical influence on
business presentation skills in the 21st century.
• How to plan for the research presentation.
• The frameworks and patterns of organizing a presentation.
• The uses and differences between the types of materials
designed to support your points.
3. Learning Objectives:
• How proficiency in research presentations requires designing
good visuals and knowing how use them effectively
• The importance of delivery to getting and holding the
audience’s attention.
• Why practice is an essential ingredient to success and how to
do it.
• What needs to be assembled and checked to be certain that
arrangements for the occasion and venue are ready.
7. Questions
Guide the
Plan
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Audience
• Who makes up the audience?
• What do they want to learn about?
Content
• Why is this presentation occurring?
• How does it connect to the larger picture?
Venue
• When will the presentation take place?
• Where will the presentation take place?
8. Audience
Analysis
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Seven Questions
to Understand
Your Audience
Who are they
Why are they here
What keeps them up at night
Why should they care about the
presentation
What do you want them to do
Should you expect resistance
How can you best reach them
19. Causes of Anxiety
Perceiving audience as judges
Possibility of visible failure
Need to avoid failure
Uncertainty of ability to do well
Focus on own behavior & appearance
20. Anxiety
Coping
Strategies
• Reduce imagined audience power
• Think positive, not negative, outcomes
• Put performance in perspective
• Control your own performance
• Increase knowledge of audience
22. Speaker
Behaviors to
Avoid
Physical
Rock back and forth
Pace without purpose
Fiddle with things, hair, jewelry, clothing
Stare into space
Fail to make eye contact
Move cursor without purpose.