-start early on research

-keep watchful for subject matter, interviews/news stories

-choose something you care about if you get to pick

-personalize it so ppl can relate

-make a visit or two to place of presentation, will give you a feel of atmosphere and reveal if you need to tailor presentation.

-make a list of equip you need and ask the coordinator to practice w it before hand

-avoid distracting jewlery/novelty ties

-arrive early

-alway have a colleague if you fall ill that can present for you

-ask who is going to introduce you and give them a script of how to announce

-keep biography short

sit in quiet place, breath deeply. Squeeze hands in fists for 3-5. Never tell audience your nervous.

-use only relevant visual aids..no data tangents

-shake hands with as many audience members as possible

-checking the microphone

-ummmms

-leaning on podium

-busy hands

-fidgeting, rocking, etc...

-find a few members of audience for feedback.

-focus on friendly faces

-enhance, don't detract

-use only necessary visuals

-give proper credit to intellectual property

-powerpoint a visual aid, not verbal aid

Types:

objects

models

photos

drawings

graphs

charts

videos (30sec/5min)

powerpoint

you

AVOID-transparencies

-Limit #of words to 6/6 Rule

-use sans serif fonts

-same style throughout

-use high contrast color combinations

-never use bright florescent colors/ background

-limit each visual to one idea

-illustrate main points, not entire speech

-no audio files/fading/whipes

-keep folders on usb of video/audio/photos and transfer to desktop along w ppt before presentation

-make sure equipment works

-arrange for all to see

-do not create a source site slide

-have a back up plan

*Never use ppt as handout for presentation. (design professional handout w summary and contact info)

-don't read visuals to audience.

-keep eyes on audience, don't turn your back.

-familiarize yourself w remote

-images-put exact url in 8pt font directly under pic

-never use watermarked images

-don't use grainy images must be at least 300x300

-don't stretch images

-framed/enhanced photo-use same styles

-if audience notices misspelling, no credibility

1.Audience analysis

  -demographic analysis: age/gender/etc. will it affect listeners ability/willingness to understand/accept what you're trying to say?

  -psychological analysis:

-nature/purpose

-voluntary audience

-captive audience

-prevailing rules and customs

-physical conditions

-events preceding and following

-pick topic interesting to you/relate to audience

-offer solution to recognized problem

-involves a contraversy or conflict of opinion

-pick topic that can be expanded/narrowed

-persuade

-inform

-actuate

-entertain

*allows you to set particularized goals for your speech and to determine the exact responses you want.

Explanations: what/how/why

-use analogy or comparison (literal or figurative)

-examples- illustrations/narratives. (hypothetical or factual)

-specific instance

-testimony- direct quote or paraphrase

-expert

-prestige

-statistics- solitify an issue

trends

magnitude

segment

predictions

show relationships

sources

-book: title/author/date

-mag or journal: name/author

-research study: place/date/research

-TV/Radio broadcast: program name/date aired

-Interviews: name of interviewee/their title/ date conducted/place only if significant

-Email:writers name/date sent

-Web:if address short, give url address. If lengthy, state whose site it is and date visited.

topical

chronological

spatial (space)

causal

pro-con

compare/contrast

problem/solution

motivated sequence

Monore motivated sequence-

info mercials

(politicians)

attention 

need

satisfaction

visualization (pos.neg.both)

action

gain attention

reveal topic and introduce yourself

state thesis

establish credibility and goodwill

main pts

attention getters

startling fact

creative question

humor/joke

narrative

reference to occasion

brief demonstration

creative wordssmithing

words/phrases that indicated when a speakers has completed one thought and moved on to the next

function

link ideas

create unity/flow

introduce

summarize

when finished, make good exit. Don't just quit and sit down.

-summarize main pts

-reinforce central message

-make message memorable

-issue a challenge/appeal

-offer an additional inducement for action

-refer to introduction

-express own intention/endorsement

-close w impact conclusion statement

-keep intro/conclusion brief

-locate attention getters during research

-write body first

-exp with various beg/endings

-refer ending back to beg

-transitions reinforce patterns of main points

language and gender

essentials of effective wordchoice

-accuracy

-simplicity

-coherence

-language intensity (pos/neg/neutral)

-appropriateness

Gender specific communication: uses lang in a way that either focuses on members or excludes members of one sex.

Inaccurate usage of gender

-excludes members of one sex w/o valid reason

-stereotypes male/female psychological/social characteristics w/o clarification

-uses gendered nouns

-nicknames/terms interpreted as disrespectful

-speak in plural

-say he/she when must use

-rewrite a sentence to avoid use of pronouns

-remove gender inflections from professions and job titles.

-resist tendency to stereotype gender

-don't assume absence of one gender from a profession.

-don't violate grammer rules in attempt to be gender-neutral.

-use gender specific nouns/pronouns for gender specific processes/ppl/activities/

reasons to change gender specific lang

inaccurate

inaccurate impression of you

offend others

limit potential

methods of delivery

improptu

extemptoraneous

manuscript

memorization

what makes good delivery

-create common ground

-do not detract from messege

-help audience listen/understand/remember/act)

-flexibility

intelligibility (volume)

rate

enunciation

artiulation (delete/substitute/add/slur)

pronunciation

Stress:

emphasis

pauses

variety

rate 

pitch

force

emotion

control

nonverbal delivery

-eye contact: deliver complete thought to each person, once you do so, each person will think your talking to them through entire speech.

-hand gestures: natural/don't lean

-Movement: keep feet planted

operating notes

-don't turn back and read slides

-don't bury eyes in notes

-3by 5 write on one side

-key phrases, easy to read

-main points stand out

-portrait syle

-don't use to many

-avoid colors