Exam 12: Developing Oral and Online Presentations

Oral presentations, delivered in person or online, offer important opportunities to put all your ________ skills on display.

Aaron 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 the ________.

Nadia is planning to use visually oriented free-form slides that many presentation specialists now advocate. While creating her slides, Nadia should make sure that ________.

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, akin to texting with your classmates or live-blogging during a lecture, is generally known as the ________.

Make sure your final remarks are memorable and have anecdotes that catch the audience off-guard for an element of surprise.

To help build your credibility before a presentation, ________.

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.

You have to create a presentation for junior high school kids regarding the ill-effects of obesity. Which of these elements would you choose to appeal to your audience and how should they be used: structured or free-form slides? What considerations regarding colour, font, visuals, or background would you keep in mind? Would the backchannel be effective with this group and why?

While preparing for her presentation, Lashonda is working on arousing audience interest in her topic and establishing her credibility. She is working on the ________ in her presentation.

Before ending your presentation, tell listeners that you're about to finish and ________.

To avoid struggling to get your main idea across to the audience, you should ________.

When you're speaking to high-ranking executives in your company, the ________ period will often consume most of the time allotted for your presentation.

The close of your presentation should do which of the following?

Whether or not you can establish ground rules for Q&A depends on the audience and the situation. If you are presenting to a ________, establish some guidelines, such as the number of questions allowed per person and the overall time limit for questions.

You are giving a presentation about "green solutions for organizations," to an audience consisting mostly of members from upper-level management. Based on your knowledge of the benefits of free-form slides versus structured slides, which type of slides will better serve your purpose and why?

Derrick knows that visuals for presentations need to be simpler than visuals for printed documents. Therefore, when he is creating his presentation, he should ________.

Explain how defining your main idea is different from limiting your scope?

Nadia is working on a presentation that has a large number of points in a sequence. To help the audience focus on one point at a time, she can use ________.

When you deliver an oral presentation to people from other cultures, it is important to take into account any cultural differences in ________. To make appropriate changes for a specific audience or occasion, consult your host or interpreter.

Marcel is all set to give his presentation in a couple of days, but he is really nervous and about to lose sleep over it. He wants to know, what is the best antidote for anxiety that will give him confidence and help him overcome glitches. What is your suggestion?