Exam 12: Developing Oral and Online Presentations

Jonas was giving a presentation and when it was time to for his final remarks he said, "Well, I guess that's it." Instead of what Jonas did, you would have ________.

The preferred highlight and accent colour is ________.

Well-designed ________ overcome the drawbacks of the alternative approach by providing complementary information through textual and visual means, limiting the amount of information delivered at any one time to prevent cognitive overload, and helping viewers process information by identifying priorities and connections.

Ronan is giving a presentation to convince the board of directors that they should build a new plant in Dallas to eliminate bottlenecks. He has "presenter's block" and needs help defining his main idea. Your suggestion to him would be to ________.

As multiple outlines can lead to anxiety and confusion, speakers should only prepare one speaking outline.

Well-designed ________ overcome the drawbacks of the alternative approach by providing complementary information through textual and visual means, limiting the amount of information delivered at any one time to prevent cognitive overload, and helping viewers process information by identifying priorities and connections.

During the planning stage of presentations, if you define your main idea, limit your scope and verify timing, and outline your content, you are ________.

Ian is preparing a presentation that he intends to use at a trade show. He needs to know which technology will help him easily edit and update, add sound, photos, video, and animation. He should use ________.

Which of the following is NOT true of free-form slides?

Integrating the storytelling approach into the structure of your presentation is ________.

Arun is preparing a presentation for his organization and he has been asked to analyze the situation thoroughly before embarking on the presentation. To be able to adjust his message and delivery he needs to focus on ________.

A line of communication created by people in an audience to connect with others inside or outside the room, with or without the knowledge of the speaker, which is akin to texting with your classmates or live-blogging during a lecture, is generally known as ________.

________ is usually the most effective and easiest delivery mode.

While preparing for his presentation, John is working on arousing audience interest in his topic and establishing his credibility. Which part of the presentation is he working on?

Many speakers like to prepare both a detailed planning outline and a simpler ________ that provides all the cues and reminders they need in order to present their material.

Nancy Duarte, whose design firm has years of experience creating presentations for corporations, offers this rule of thumb: for an important one-hour presentation that uses 30 slides, allow ________ to research, conceive, create, and practise.

As with written communications, analyzing the situation involves defining your purpose and defining an ________.

Transitional words such as therefore, because, and in addition can be ________.

When using the backchannel during presentation, you need to establish expectations with the audience.

Which of these scenarios would be considered part of the backchannel?