CMN 124 Lecture 5: Week5-Oral Presentations

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 124
• Professor: Sheila Rosenberg

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Lecture: activity, assignment, sign up, preparation, organization, delivery, visual aids. Inform: persuade, build goodwill, do everything to achieve to communicate your purpose, be (cid:448)ery dire(cid:272)t a(cid:271)out your purpose: tell the(cid:373) (cid:862)this is (cid:373)y purpose . (cid:863) Organization: tell the audie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)hat you"re goi(cid:374)g to say, say it, tell the audie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)hat you"(cid:448)e said, kiss-keep it super simple, use simple words, do(cid:374)"t o(cid:448)er/u(cid:374)der (cid:449)hel(cid:373) your audie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Introduce topic: state purpose, preview main points, say how questions will be handled. Gain attention with: startling statement, anecdote, question, humour, promise, quotation, demonstration, samples. Organization: body: develop two or three points. Arrange points logically: chronologically, problem-causes-solution, pros and cons, 1, 2, 3, compare and contrast, order of importance. Use transitions: to bridge, to summarize, to switch directions. Organization: conclusion: review your main points, provide a final focus, refer to opening, end of a high note. If you do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er, the(cid:374) tell the(cid:373) you"ll get (cid:271)a(cid:272)k to the(cid:373) later.