Exam 12: Planning Your Presentation

Identifying and sharing your unique gifts and talents with an audience can contribute to your credibility.

Rahfik explains a complex process to his audience, but also uses humor to enliven the content. What two types of presentations is he using in his presentation?

The size of a room, the lighting, the attractiveness of the setting, the mood of the audience, and the temperament of the speaker are all aspects of

As it relates to the room in which you will be delivering a presentation, discuss three questions you would ask to assess the facilities, as well as three questions you would ask to assess the equipment. Explain (a) how these logistics could affect a presentation, and (b) what you could do to improve the presentation's logistics.

According to your textbook, speakers should dress

Your presentation should be the center of an audience's attention. If something in your appearance could distract listeners, fix it.

The Audience Bill of Rights declares that audience members have the right to expect that a presentation start and stop on time, and to know in advance how much time it will take.

Adapting to your audience during a presentation requires doing three things at once: deliver your presentation, correctly interpret audience feedback as you speak, and skillfully modify your message, the logistics, and/or delivery.

A speaker's character is the most important component of speaker credibility.

Describe the challenges of giving a web-based presentation.

A speaker's level of credibility is determined by

Online presentations usually do not require significantly more preparation than a traditional speaker facing an audience.

According to your textbook, if you are not given a time limit, you should not speak longer than twenty minutes.

What strategy for enhancing your credibility are you using when you draw parallels between your characteristics and the characteristics of the audience?

Aristotle divided the different types of persuasive proof into four types that support a speaker's character and competence.

According to the Institute for Global Ethics, respect for life and tolerance of others are two of the eight universal values.

"You should learn all the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventions of heart disease" is a good example of a presentation's purpose statement.

When giving a presentation, you should choose your words and delivery style to meet the audience's needs and interests.

Now that you have read Chapter 12, which three of the most important, top-ten presentation speaking skills described at the beginning of the chapter are the ones you most want to improve in order to become a more effective presentation speaker? Explain why you have chosen these three skill areas.

If you examine the values that are most important to you, you may find a presentation topic that is appropriate for you and your audience. Identify three of the Institute for Global Ethics' universal values that are most important to you. Next to each value, identify a potential topic for a presentation.