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Powerful Presentations Jeff Stafford Consultant OHR/OE staff086@umn

Powerful Presentations Jeff Stafford Consultant OHR/OE staff086@umn.edu. According to the Book of Lists, the Number 1 fear people have is … Public Speaking. The Bad News:

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Powerful Presentations Jeff Stafford Consultant OHR/OE staff086@umn

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  1. Powerful Presentations Jeff Stafford Consultant OHR/OE staff086@umn.edu

  2. According to the Book of Lists, the Number 1 fear people have is … Public Speaking

  3. The Bad News: "The ability to clearly communicate ideas to clients and colleagues is a rare skill, yet one that often makes the difference in whether or not a great concept succeeds."   - William Hewlett, co-founder Hewlett-Packard • The Good News: "Great speakers are not born, they’re trained." - Dale Carnegie (1921)

  4. Role Models When you think of a really great presenter or speaker, who comes to mind? Identify the characteristics they possess that make them a great speaker.

  5. Coping with Speech Anxiety • Know your audience and setting • Prepare your materials • Focus on your audience, not yourself • Re-label your symptoms positively • Avoid rigid rules

  6. How to Structure a Persuasive Speech • Describe a situation • Give the listeners a problem • Offer a solution and suggest an action

  7. Other Possible Structures • Present a decision to be made • Deliver bad news • Impart information

  8. Sure Fire Strategies to Fail • Read from your script • Hide at the back of the room, or behind the podium • Ignore time constraints • Go off on tangents

  9. Resources Websites: • Presentation Skills courses offered through HR/Organizational Effectiveness http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/profdev/index.html • Speaking Excellence website http://speakingexcellence.com/ • Delivery Tips http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/index.html Books & Articles: • Ayers, J. Coping with Speech Anxiety: The Power of Positive Thinking. Communication Education, 37, 289-296. • Kushner, M. Successful Presentations for Dummies. IDG Books Worldwide, 1995. • Mahin, L. PowerPoint Pedagogy. Focus on Teaching, June 2004.

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