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Speaking skills test

Instructions:

1.Examine the following picture carefully. It is a picture of two dolphins jumping out of the water.

2.Compare the dolphins

3.The more differences you can spot, the better your ability to make presentations

In October 1973, the SundayTimes asked 3000 Americans whattheir greatest fear was ...

Typical ‘fear’ responses

• Sweats, shivers, flushes etc.•Dry mouth and/or wet mouth•Mumbling/stuttering/rushing• Talking backwards• Toilet trips•Wanting to die!

Top 5 fears

• Snakes - 51%

• Presentations - 40%

• Heights - 36%

• Small spaces - 24%

• Bugs - 27%

5 nightmares

•Snakes - 51%

•Presentations - 40%

•Heights - 36%

•Small spaces - 24%

•Bugs - 27%

36%

40%

51%

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The meaning of a message is the response it gets.

•I sent you an Email•The explanation is in the posters•It’s in the handbook/handout/slides

The ‘underpinnings’ of communication

•Potentially frightening•A process – not an act or action✓A mutual process – two parties•Intelligence vs information•Meta-information (structure)•Congruence (and media)

Two parties involved

•A correct definition of “to communicate”–to make known

•A wrong definition of “to communicate”–to tell

As calm as you please on the surface...

.... but paddling like hell underneath!

A little aside about learning styles...

• Kolb

• Honey & Momford

• Gregorc & Butler

• VAK

• MBTI

• Cognitive Load Theory

• Piaget

• Vygotski

• Gardner

• Benzinger

• Bloom’s Taxonomy

• more...

Part one, slide one

•Part one, slide one, point one

•Part one, slide one, point two

•Part one, slide one, point three

•Part one, slide one, point four

•Part one•Part two•Part three•Part four•Part five

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Part one, slide two

•Part one, slide two, point one

•Part one, slide two, point two

•Part one, slide two, point three

•Part one, slide two, point four

•Part one•Part two•Part three•Part four•Part five

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Part two, slide one

•Part two, slide one, point one

•Part two, slide one, point two

•Part two, slide one, point three

•Part two, slide one, point four

•Part one•Part two•Part three•Part four•Part five

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Definition of congruence

In this context, the definition is the state when all parts are

–‘pointing’ in the same direction–complimentary, not competing–not necessarily the same

congruence with messagecongruence with expectationcongruence with logisticscongruence with technologycongruence with abilitycongruence with ambiancecongruence with self

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Prepare

1.Start from where your audience are2.Decide what key points you want them to

know by the end of the presentation3.Draw the flow-chart of how to get there4.Convert the flow-chart to index cards5.Convert the index cards to slides6.Test and repeat

Design in the process!

BeginFocusDumpCopyConvertRevise

The gist list!

BeginFocusDumpCopyConvertRevise

Tricks

Sensory stimulationBlack boxingPersonal AligningThree-phazing

Have they got it

Structure and design

Structure and design•Banquet•Theatre or arena•Conference•Classroom

•Casual style•Good groupwork•Good interactions

•Less attentive•Bad ergonomics

Structure and design•Banquet•Theatre or arena•Conference•Classroom

•Immediate attention•Good acoustics•Excellent ergonomic

•Less comfort•Poor interactions

Structure and design•Banquet•Theatre or arena•Conference•Classroom

•Small numbers•Good groupwork•Medium ergonomic

•Often intimidating•Technically tricky

Structure and design•Banquet•Theatre or arena•Conference•Classroom

•Good for working•Good ergonomics

•Often intimidating•Very formal

Make marriage fun

★Some middle-age crisis are because all the fun has gone

out of marriage. It is all work and no play!

★Enjoy each other!

★Ecclesiastes 9:9: Enjoy life with the wife of your youth

★Enjoy sex: Song of Solomon

★Learn to have fun with little money.

Master your instrument,

master your music,

then forgetall that stuff and just play

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we believe:

presentations should be as simple as necessary

but no simplerbut no simplerbut no simpler

but no simplerbut no simplerbut no simplerbut no simplerbut no simpler

Mary had a little lambIts fleece was white as snowAnd everywhere that Mary wentThe lamb was sure to go

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where’s the peck of pickled peppers

Peter Piper picked?

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Mary Mac’s mother’s making Mary Mac marry me; and

My mother’s making me marry Mary Mac. Oh,

I need to marry Mary to get Mary t’take care of me; and

We’ll all be making merry when I marry Mary Mac!