CH ENGR 145 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Body Language
9 Jan 2019
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Public speaking: know your audience and the purpose of your presentation. Purposes: exposition, persuasion, argumentative, etc: prepare appropriate level of detail, pace, and word choice. Do not talk down onto your audience, regardless of their expertise: explain why people should care before presenting, rehearsal, not a recital. Verbatim makes presentations dry: make sure your audience can follow along. Slides are meant to assist in understanding. Maintain a clear train of thought: reading your audience will provide adjustments. You can often predict questions based on audience response. Delivery techniques: enunciate, talk more slowly than you think you should, talk to your audience (maintain eye contact, show enthusiasm, body language, focus on the material to help steady you from stage fright. Preparing for q&a: know your material, listen carefully, answer the question that is asked. Ask for clarification: think before you answer, repeat the question of people cannot hear, answer concisely.
