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College of Business Oral Communication Brief Overview prepared by Dr. Terry Roach

College of Business Oral Communication Brief Overview prepared by Dr. Terry Roach. Introduction: First Part of the Formal Presentation “Tell me what you’re going to tell me.”. √ Attention Getter. Proverb or Anecdote Statistics or Shocking Statement Joke or Humor (appropriate)

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College of Business Oral Communication Brief Overview prepared by Dr. Terry Roach

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  1. College of BusinessOral Communication Brief Overview prepared by Dr. Terry Roach

  2. Introduction:First Part of the Formal Presentation“Tell me what you’re going to tell me.”

  3. √ Attention Getter Proverb or Anecdote Statistics or Shocking Statement Joke or Humor (appropriate) Headline or Related Story Reference to the Audience Reference to the Occasion

  4. √ Creates a Reason to Listen • Need or Purpose for Presentation • Establishes Rapport • Tells the Order of the Presentation

  5. √ States Central Idea • Main Idea • What is to be Proved • Assigned Topic

  6. √ Professional Attire • What Business Expects • What the Professor Requires • For the Topic • For the Workplace

  7. Want Examples for Dress?

  8. Business Semiformal Source: Bachrach

  9. Business Casual Source: Bachrach

  10. Business Relaxed Source: Bachrach, Dillards

  11. Casual Source: Bachrach, Dillards

  12. Business Source: Dillards

  13. Business Casual Source: Dillards

  14. Business Relaxed Source: Dillards

  15. Casual Source: J. C. Penny, Dillards

  16. Body:Second Part of the Formal Presentation“Tell me what you’re going to tell me.”

  17. √ Sources were quoted/ established credibility Sources were quoted. Source Credibility Where (sources) did the information come Articles, Interviews, Personal Experiences Television, Movies, Training Programs Books, Magazines, Handouts, Class notes

  18. √ Developed Each Point • Points to be made: 1, 2, 3, or more • Points are related • Points are supported with sources • Points support the Purpose

  19. √ Used Transition between Points • FANBOYS: for, and, nor, because, or, yet, so. • Although Further • Also Additionally • In addition Furthermore • Hence Thus • Consequently However • Nevertheless Therefore • Nonetheless On the other hand

  20. √ Appropriate language -Spoke with professionalism, confidence, and authority • Uses terms of the trade • Knowledgeable • Self-assured • Has the support of the sources

  21. √ Good sentence structure and grammar • No “ums, uhs, ahs, and uhs, ands” • Complete thoughts called sentences • Subject-verb agreement • They was, he don’t, she seen • Singular/plural subject-singular/plural possessive pronoun • ‘each-their, his/her-their, employees-his/her’

  22. √ Appropriate uses of PowerPoint (1 of 2) • No more than three colors. • Exceptions: themes, graphics, photos. • No more than three fonts • Seven Lines with seven words • No red beside green • Usually one slide for each minute • Source credit on the slide • Color families: orange/yellow, red/pink • Uses blank screen to draw attention to self

  23. √ Appropriate uses of PowerPoint(2 of 2) • High contrast colors over low contrast colors High Contrast Color families Low Contrast

  24. Other Visuals (not on the evaluation) • Handouts • When needed • Boards and Flip Charts • Professionally written: Get someone who can write for you • Overhead Transparencies • Electronic Presentations • PowerPoint • 35 mm Slides • Models or Physical Objects • Safety of items belongs with presenter

  25. Closing:Third part of the formal presentation“Tell me what you told me.”

  26. √ Alert the audience toclosing • Makes a statement of summary or closing • Begins the ending statements that draw conclusions

  27. √ Appropriate summary • The summary reflects the points made in the Introduction and Body of the presentation • Summary is a conclusion to the presentation with a course of intended action and or purpose

  28. √ Reviewed/re-listed the main points • Review/relist the one, two, three, or more points made in the presentation and the brief reason(s) why these points were made.

  29. √ Time limit is met • What is the time limit? Five minutes, ten minutes.

  30. √ General delivery • Appropriate hand, eye, and other body language. • Did the speaker look at his/her audience, use hands, arms, eyes, and/or stance to make positive or negative emphasis? • Maintained eye contact with audience. • Did the speaker look more at his/her audience than at his/her PowerPoint and notes? • Did the speaker read the presentation rather than tell it?

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