"Today it includes speaking, formally or informally, to an audience through digital technology – live, pre-recorded or at a distance."
Exploring different styles of presenting, such as formal speeches, impromptu talks, and panel discussions.
Audience Analysis: Understanding the audience's needs, expectations, and interest level is essential to deliver a successful presentation.
Speech Writing: Learning how to organize and structure ideas in a way that is easy to understand and engaging.
Delivery Techniques: Different methods of delivery and how to use them effectively to communicate your message.
Vocal Variety: The importance of varying your tone, pitch, and pace to add emphasis and interest to your speech.
Body Language: Understanding how body language conveys different messages and how to use it effectively.
Visual Aids: How to select and use appropriate visual aids (e.g., PowerPoint, props, handouts) to enhance your presentation.
Handling Questions and Feedback: Effective ways to manage questions and feedback from the audience.
Confidence and Stage Presence: Strategies to help you appear confident, calm, and engaging in front of an audience.
Timing and Pace: How to manage your time effectively, keep your audience's attention, and avoid rushing or dragging.
Storytelling: How to use storytelling to effectively communicate your message and connect with your audience.
Informative: This is a presentation style where the speaker aims to educate and inform the audience on a specific topic.
Persuasive: In this style, the speaker tries to convince the audience to agree with their viewpoint or take a particular action.
Motivational: This style aims to inspire and energize the audience to achieve their goals or overcome obstacles.
Demonstration: This presentation style involves demonstrating how to accomplish a task or use a particular product or service.
Impromptu: Impromptu presentations are speeches given without any prior planning or preparation.
Extemporaneous: This style involves delivering a speech with little to no preparation while still maintaining a natural flow and good delivery.
Keynote: Keynote presentations are high-level speeches given at conferences or events to set the tone and provide overarching ideas or vision.
Panel Discussion: In a panel discussion, a group of individuals presents various viewpoints on a topic and engages in discussion around it.
Debate: In this style, two opposing viewpoints are presented and debated.
Storytelling: Storytelling presentations use personal or fictional stories to make a point or convey a message.
Interactive: Interactive presentations involve the audience in activities or discussions to enhance their understanding of the topic.
Technical: Technical presentations are focused on complex technical information and may require in-depth knowledge of the subject matter.
Educational: Educational presentations are designed to teach specific skills or knowledge, often used in formal educational contexts.
Entertainment: Entertainment presentations are meant to entertain and delight the audience and may include elements of humor or performance.
Status/ Update: This style of presentation is used to give updates or reports on ongoing projects, events, or organizational changes.
"Confucius, a philosopher and public speaking scholar, believed that good speech should impact individual lives, regardless of whether they were in the audience."
"He also believed that someone of power could influence the world through words and actions."
"Public speaking has many purposes, usually mixing teaching, persuasion, and entertainment."
"Each purpose calls on slightly different approaches and techniques."
"Public speaking was studied in Ancient Greece and Rome..."
"...where prominent thinkers analyzed it as a central part of rhetoric."
"Today, the art of public speaking has been transformed by digital technologies, such as videoconferencing, multimedia presentations and other non-traditional forms of presentation."
"Public speaking, also called oratory or oration..."
"Confucius, a philosopher and public speaking scholar..."
"...believed that good speech should impact individual lives..."
"He also believed that someone of power could influence the world through words and actions."
"...mixing teaching, persuasion, and entertainment."
"...has been transformed by digital technologies..."
"...videoconferencing, multimedia presentations..."
"...speaking in person to a live audience."
"Public speaking was studied in Ancient Greece and Rome..."
"...central part of rhetoric."
"Today, the art of public speaking has been transformed..."
"...videoconferencing, multimedia presentations and other non-traditional forms of presentation."