SLIDE 1 How to Give a Video Presentation
Thinking Matters Spring 2020
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Agenda
➔Speech Patterns ➔Rhetorical Strategies ➔Visual Aids ➔Presentation Structure
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Agenda
➔Speech Patterns ➔Rhetorical Strategies ➔Visual Aids ➔Presentation Structure
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Speech Patterns
Volume Pace Tone Projection Practice & get input!
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Agenda
➔Speech Patterns ➔Rhetorical Strategies ➔Visual Aids ➔Presentation Structure
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Rhetorical Strategies
Repetition
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender." (Winston Churchill)
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Rule of Three
“Friends, Romans, countrymen. Lend me your ears.“ (Shakespeare) “Government of the people, by the people, for the people“ (Abraham Lincoln) “Be sincere, be brief, be seated.” (FDR’s advice for public speakers)
SLIDE 8 Rhetorical Strategies
New & Shiny
Emphasize what is new about your work
- Applying something old in a new way
- In a new location
- To a new audience
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Analogy
Compare difficult concept to something familiar
“Using antibiotics for viruses is like using a large net to catch minnows. They just go through the holes.” (Helen Osborne, Health Literacy)
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Agenda
➔Speech Patterns ➔Rhetorical Strategies ➔Visual Aids ➔Presentation Structure
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Visual Aids
Less is more! One slide per minute Simple & uncluttered Avoid animation, sound effects, clashing colors, etc
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SLIDE 16 Visual Aids
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Agenda
➔Speech Patterns ➔Rhetorical Strategies ➔Visual Aids ➔Presentation Structure
SLIDE 18 Presentation Structure
Introduction Grab their interest
- Funny story
- Interesting fact
- Question to ponder
SLIDE 19 Presentation Structure
Agenda
you’re going to tell them
if necessary
You can get fancy, but not too fancy
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Content & Timing
- No more than 5 key points
- Avoid overloading
- Think of examples in advance
- Logical order
Intro
Conclusion Point 1 Point 2 Point 3
Examples/evidence Examples/evidence Examples/evidence
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Conclusion
- Tell them what you told them
- End on a positive note
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Agenda
➔Speech Patterns ➔Rhetorical Strategies ➔Visual Aids ➔Presentation Structure