Public Speaking

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

1.Planning

2.Preparation

1.Projection

2.Pacing 

The Four P's Of

Presentation & Public Speaking

3.Practice 

4.Performance

3.Pitch

4.Pauses

Presentation

“By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail”.

- Benjamin Franklin

Planning

• The most important of all the P's!
• Execution dictates your flow - 
• Elements to consider:
• Main Topic
  
• Sub-topics
  
• Timing

“By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail”.

- Benjamin Franklin

Presentation

Planning

• If you throw something together at the last minute (previous slide!), it shows when it most counts (in the presentation!)
• Elements to consider:
• Main Topic
  
• Sub-topics
  
• Timing - Keep it appropriate per topic
• Use bullet points / short sentences: Negative space is good!

Presentation

Preparation

• Know your audience
• Size dictates body language. Age dictates language. 

How to prepare the 'performance'?

• Know your topic
• This ensures a flowing speech + audience trust

Become a master of your topic!

- Advice from Ms. Ziervogel

“I'm starting with the man in the mirror”.

- Michael Jackson

Presentation

Practice

• In front of a mirror
• In front of friends or family
• Film yourself

How?

Presentation

Performance

• Engages the audience
• Helps convey the message
• Sticks to the point*

A good performance:

Try not to be a sea cucumber!*

- Advice from Ms. Ziervogel

What are the 4 P's of Presentation?

1. Practice, Persistence, Perseverance, Patience
2. Preparation, Peanut Butter, Practice, Performance
3. Planning, Preparation, Politics, Performance
4. Planning, Preparation, Practice, Performance

What does a good performance do?

1. Begs audience to take over the presentation
2. Helps convey the message
3. Puts the audience to sleep
4. Engages the audience

“The human voice is the organ of the soul.” 

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Public Speaking

Projection

• Keep your speech volume balanced - loud enough to be easily heard throughout the room, but without shouting or straining.
• Posture helps!
• Volume is used for emphasis. Usually with introductory words / rhetoric - 'however', 'what happened?'

Pacing

• Slowing down helps build drama
• Speeding up breaks monotony
• Pace makes key words seem either less or more important

“Pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself.”

- Haley Bennett

Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Pitch

• Raising or lowering your tone of voice can change the emotional mood of the presentation.

A tiny sip of water before you present gets rid of 'dry throat'  

- Advice from Ms. Ziervogel

Pauses

• Pause before and on important points
• This gives the audience time to understand and absorb them!

Public Speaking

A pause gives you time to think before you speak

- Advice from Ms. Ziervogel

What is one thing that can help you project your voice?

1. Good diet
2. Good posture
3. Good hairdo
4. Good eye contact

What effect does pacing have on your words?

1. Makes your body language seem more emotional
2. Makes your voice sound more beautiful
3. makes key words seem either less or more important
4. Makes you seem less confident than the guy next to you

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