COMM 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Impromptu Speaking
1 Feb 2017
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Oral presentation: an informative or persuasive speech delivered using only notes and visual aids to guise the speaker"s performance. Giving talks to clubs, societies and organizations. Making a speech to a conference or gathering. Identify yourself and establish credibility: arouse interest, make your purpose clear, preview your main points, hook audience in first 90 seconds. Body: chronological order, topical/logical order, spatial order, journalistic order, problem-solution-demonstrate, exclusion of alternatives, causal order-cause and effects, comparison/contrast, pro-con- review arguments, process. Conclusion: restate the main issues you want the audience to remember, restate the point you started with in order to frame your presentation. Issue a challenge or call to action: ask a question for the audience to think about. Never allow visual aids to dominate so much that they prevent you from connecting to the audience. Use aids sparingly for a maximum impact. Limit the amount of information for each slide.
