Public speaking (oral presentations)

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PUBLIC SPEAKING (ORAL PRESENTATIONS) Dr. Rajesh Lankapalli Lecturer in the dept. of English Mail id: [email protected] Contact: 9676652125 “There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience.Alexander Gregg Language Lab by Dr. Rajesh L is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

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PUBLIC SPEAKING (ORAL

PRESENTATIONS)

Dr. Rajesh Lankapalli

Lecturer in the dept. of English

Mail id: [email protected]

Contact: 9676652125

“There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to

get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself,

and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your

audience.” –

Alexander Gregg

Language Lab by Dr. Rajesh L is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

License.

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Definitions:

Delivering an address to a public

audience.

Formal way of speaking with

communication purpose

Expressing ideas in a structured

manner

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Overcoming Fear

Successful or professional speaker need to overcome the fear

People never fear in informal setups but they do in formal setups

Choose your mode of presentation (Ppt, Black board, OHP, Handouts, Charts etc.)

Understand that fear is a common phenomena that is experienced by many

Fear doesn’t come with English language (whose mother tongue is English will also fear the same)

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Aspects Making You Frighten in

Public Places: Humiliation

Unfamiliarity with situation (that

something would go wrong)

Stage fright (facing crowd)

Anxiety

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How to get rid of fear

Stage fear: Visualize earlier

Think positive (think its an opportunity

to grow big, have a good image of

yourself)

Take initial movements to get rid of

fear

Prepare well the concepts

◦ Know your subject

◦ Believe/confident in you subject

◦ You’re the centre of your presentation

◦ Practice practice and practice

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Reducing Anxiety

Visualize your delivery of talk

Know your subject

Respect preparation

Practice preparation

Relax your mind

Respect your audience

Breath in and out (inhale and exhale )

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How to become the professional

presenter: View the venue (get familiar and

rehearsal)

Welcome the audience (greet, smile,

introduce topic and create interest)

Master your material (practice, extra

information, be thorough and time

limit)

Clear your mind

Visualize yourself

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Some Tips:

Realize that people want a winning

leader (authoritative and decision

maker)

Avoid apologies (never say I couldn’t

prepare)

Focus on your message (not the

medium; never bother the language as

you can not use the language

artificially, you suppose to be learning

language to use it in a natural way)

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Turn nervousness in to positive energy (channelize)

Gain experience (through practice /volunteer /observing/ initiation part by part)

Main objectives:

To create the necessity of talk(create interest and clear picture of talk )

To educate (information or teach)

To provoke (to stimulate or impress)

To influence (to convince or persuade)

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Structure your Speech:

Make three to four major points

Keep audience interest by anecdotes and start well (quotation, joke, real time incidents, story)

Summarize your main pint in an outline

End with strong positive point

Tell audience what your going to tell them and then start (introduction)

At the end tell them again what you have told them.(conclusion)

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Way of Presentation:

◦ Perfect body language is very important to

give good oral presentation

◦ By being conscious you can rectify (relax

or smile)

◦ Speak in natural tone

◦ Slow down your body movements

◦ Eye contact (don’t leave anyone)

◦ Body gestures (don’t hide behind podium)

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Body language

◦ Posture

◦ Eye contact

◦ Facial expression

◦ Hand gestures

◦ Appropriate dress

Voice quality

◦ Volume/tone

◦ Inflection

◦ Articulation

◦ pitch

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Body language does and

don'ts: Does ◦ Face the audience

◦ Look at each person in the audience

◦ Glance at notes or screen when ever required

◦ Smile

Don'ts◦ Don’t hold anything

◦ Do not read directly from your notes or system

◦ Do not put your hands in pockets

◦ Don’t keep on looking at the screen

◦ Do not look at the examiner or evaluator

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Voice quality: does and

don'ts: Does:◦ Speak loud and clear, enunciate well

◦ Speak slowly but with confidence

◦ Emphasize important points

◦ Make a transition to the next speaker (group presentation)

Don'ts:◦ Racing through the speech

◦ Reading directly form the notes

◦ Talking too fast or deliberately too slow

◦ Mumbling

◦ Avoid repetition

◦ Do not take too long pauses but when ever necessary only

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Do not shout but speak loud Do not start immediately at your turn Do not mismatch the pitch and tone with

the context of the presentation

All the best, Practice well and become successful public speakers and professional presenters

THANK YOU

“90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker

steps on the platform.” – Somers White

“It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation

time.” – Wayne

Burgraff