Module 20 for June 24th

This is a great Module because it gives us insight on making oral presentations.  There are three types of presentations.  Informative presentations inform or teach the audience.  Persuasive presentations obviously persuade the audience.  Goodwill presentations entertain the audience.  The first thing you have to do is choose which presentation you're doing.  You could do a monologue, which consists of a speaker with no interpretation and then questions after the presentation.  You could do a guided discussion, which consists of helping to audience find a solution.  Or you could do a sales presentation, which consists of a conversation between seller and group or person.  Secondly, you will adapt your ideas to the audience.  This means preparing the message for the audience.  Thirdly, you will plan any visuals or others devices used to involve the audience.  You need to make sure you follow any guidelines we've already covered in the other modules that tells you how to format and make visuals appealing to an audience.  You also want to make sure that you create a strong opener and closing statement.  This is very important, and I want to stress this because it is the attention grabber and it's what makes the message stick. There are also several different ways you can organize your work.  These include: chronological, problem-causes-solution, excluding alternatives, pro-con, and 1-2-3.  An effective presentation is composed of transforming fear, using eye contact, standing and gesturing, and using notes and visuals.  With any presentation you are mostly likely going to encounter questions from the audience.  Before you presentation you may want to anticipate any questions that may be asked and prepare for these.  You may also have to give a group presentation.  When you have a divided pres. you want to make sure you have transitions between person to person so that your pres. flows.  You will also have to include time limits, and make sure you create main points and visuals together.