No matter which major you choose or what profession you practice, public presentations will always be there.
Presentational Speaking are reports delivered by individuals or teams addressing classmates or people in the work area.
- Degree of Formality-Presentational speaking is less formal than public speaking itself.
- Audience Factors- Public speaking audiences tend to be self-selected or voluntary participants. Attendees of oral presentations are more likely to be part of a "captive audience.
- Speaker Expertise-Listeners generally assume that the speaker has more knowledge than they do on a topic
A commonly assigned speaking task in many courses is the review of academic articles. Usually, when you are assigned to review an educational article, be prepared to do to following
-Identify the author's thesis or hypothesis
-Explain the methods by which the author arrived at his or her conclusions
-Explain the author's findings.
-Evaluate the study's validity.
-Describe the author's sources, and evaluate their credibility.
Team Presentations are oral presentations prepared and and delivered by a group of three or more people.
Debates use your skills in persuasion, in delivery, and in the ability to think quickly and critically.
-Take a side; In the individual debate format, one person takes a side against another person
-Support Strong Arguments
- Claim makes an assertion or declaration about an issue.
- Evidence is the support offered for the claim.
- Reasoning is a logical explanation of why the evidence supports the claim.
Prepare yourself for different audiences.
- The types of audiences you will likely come across include the expert or insider audience, colleagues within the field, the lay audience, and the mixed audience.
Here are a few websites that have guided me through learning to become a better speaker.
