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Speech & Presentation
Rahul Xavier SinghThe Washington Center
5/21/2010
About Me
• Selling • Presenting• Speaking• Teaching• Debating• Coordinating• Facilitating• Planning
• Anant Corporation• Accenture• USPS• Aetna• Miller Brewery• Merrill Lynch• ATT• MCI Worldcom
Why we are here.
"To inspire Students at the Washington Center to develop and cultivate their presentation
skills by showing them how to craft their
presentation and become a finished speaker. "
Agenda
Presentation (30 m) • You
• Message
• Slides
• Resources
Workshop (30 m) • Table Topics
• Groups
• Deliver a Speech
You : Ethos
• Credibility -> People will listen. • Confidence -> You and your audience feels
good. • Knowledge -> Your audience is there to learn. • Poise -> Show's that you are not tired. • Manner -> Formal speech shows
professionalism. • Style -> Unique style makes you memorable.
You : Pathos
• Energy -> You must have inner strength. • Passion -> You must have inner fire. • Tone -> Tone adds quality to your voice. • Voice -> A unique voice differentiates you. • Rythm -> A good speech has a cadence.
You : Logos
• Truth -> It will set you free. They will trust.
• Experience -> Nothing beats first hand stories.
• Stories -> Captures attention. Yours or not. • References -> Name dropping is ok
sometimes. • Visuals -> Pictures and videos are good
evidence.
Video!
Here's a video of a presentation.
Message : Purpose
• What do you want the Audience to do?o Buy a book?o Come to a city?o Vote on a referendum?
• What's in it for them?o Learn something new?o Experience a new pleasure?o Tax cut?
• One Sentence Purpose is easy to work with.
Message : Purpose
"To empower individuals, non-profits, small-businesses to leverage their goals through the power of the internet to create a better world for ourselves and our children."
Message : Purpose
"To inspire Students at the Washington Center to develop and cultivate their presentation
skills by showing them how to craft their
presentation and become a finished speaker. "
Message: Structure
Introduction Sections Conclusion Theme Indicators Mantras
Introduction Argument 1Supporting Evidence 1.1Supporting Evidence 2.1 Argument 2Supporting Evidence 2.1Supporting Evidence 2.1 Conclusion
Message: Delivery
Practice Speaking. Listen to yourself. Get Critiques. Practice with others. "Speak like Churchill,Stand like Lincoln"
Message: Delivery
Message : Tips & Tricks
Power Pause Eye Contact Movement Quotes Poems
"We, me, why now" Ask questions. Speak to one person at a time. Breathe. Hand movement.
Slides : Keep it simple.
Beginning Agenda Slides Conclusion / Take Away Resources End
Have a backup plan. Can you deliver the speechwithout the slides? Do you need to make hand outs? Send it to people digitally.
Resources
Great Sites• http://talkforchange.wordpress.com• http://www.learnoutloud.com/• http://www.americanrhetoric.com/• http://www.toastmasters.org/• http://www.slideshare.net
Great Books• Speak like Churchill, Stand like Lincoln• The Lost Art of the Great Speech• Presenting to Win: The art of telling your story• Rhetoric