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Writing and Completing Are Three Key Elements in Any Oral

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INTRODUCTION :

An oral presentation is a formal, research-based presentation


of your work. Presentations happen in a range of different
places. For instance, if you work at a company that assigns
people to teams to collaborate on projects, your project team
might give an oral presentation of your progress on a particular
project. If you work with a nonprofit organization that hosts an
annual meeting at which the organization shares its activities,
budget, and goals with funders and community members, you
might give an oral presentation delivering that information.
Learning how to construct and deliver an effective oral
presentation is a useful skill.
The main purpose of an oral presentation is to present subject
content in an organized, concise and effective manner to a live
audience. When delivering an oral presentation, certain
challenges require ingenious techniques to engage into an
impromptu interaction with the audience members. Planning,
writing and completing are three key elements in any oral
presentation process.
TYPES OF ORAL PRESENTATION :

Manuscript
The manuscript method is a form of speech delivery that
involves speaking from text. With this method, a speaker will
write out her speech word for word and practice how she will
deliver the speech. A disadvantage of this method is a person
may sound too practiced or stiff. To avoid sounding rehearsed,
use eye contact, facial expressions and vocal variety to engage
the audience. Use frequent glances at highlighted key points
instead of reading the speech word for word.

Memorization
The memorization method is a form of speech delivery that
involves fully memorizing a speech, from start to finish, before
delivering it. This method of delivery allows a speaker to move
around the stage or platform and maintain eye contact with the
audience without relying on a script or notes. For speakers who
deliver their speeches by memorization, add inflection to the
voice and keep notes nearby to avoid forgetting an important
key point.

Impromptu
The impromptu speech is spur-of-the-moment, with little to
no time to prepare for this type of speech. For this method,
you may be asked to give a few remarks, or share your
thoughts with the group. The important thing to remember
with this type of speaking is to know your main point, limit your
thoughts to two to three ideas, and wrap it up with a
conclusion. If you can think well enough on your feet, your
conclusion will connect to your opening remarks or main idea.
Impromptu speeches are best kept brief.

Extemporaneous
The extemporaneous method is ideal for most speaking
situations. While it requires a great deal of preparation, it
allows for great flexibility for the speaker, often delivering a
much more engaging speech. For this method, a speaker will
organize a speech with notes or an outline, and practice the
delivery, but not word-for-word. A speaker may highlight key
points in the speech and memorize a few portions of the
speech, but will also speak in a more conversational tone. The
extemporaneous method of delivery gives a speaker the
flexibility to deliver a speech in a natural manner while
maintaining eye contact and engaging an audience.
PRINCIPLES OF ORAL PRESENTATION :

 Well Planned :- Before presenting something, there should


be proper planning regarding the audience, topics to be
delivered, timing and other factors: So, a person must be
well-prepared to deliver his speech.
 Clear Pronunciation :- To make oral messages meaningful
to receivers, words should be clearly and correctly
pronounced. There should not be any lack of clarity,
otherwise the communication would be confusing one.
 Brevity:- Effective oral communication desires that a
message should be brief. If the sender took a long time for
talking, his message may not get attention of the receiver.
 Precision :- Precision is needed to make oral
communication effective. There should not be any
confusing words rather message to be delivered should be
specific so that there is no misunderstanding.
 Natural Voice :- Any sort of unnatural voice may distort the
message. Natural voice can do a lot to make oral
communication effective.
 Logical Sequence :- Ideas should be organized in a
sequential way to make the message communicative and
attractive. Unorganized ideas do not provide clear sense
while logical sequence of ideas gives clear sense.
 Suitable words :- Words have different meanings to
different people in different situations in oral
communication, a speaker should use the common, simple
and familiar words so that receiver can react to the
message without any problem.
 Courteous :- Courtesy costs nothing but can earn many
things. So, a speaker should be courteous while
addressing listeners. It helps create good impression in
the mind of listeners regarding the speaker.
 Attractive Presentation :- It is another principle to make
oral communication effective. A speaker should deliver his
speech in a very nice and sweet language so that receiver
is attracted to take part in the communication.
 Avoiding Emotions :- Speaker must control his emotions to
make oral communication effective. Too much emotion
will take the speaker away from the main subject.
 Emphasis:- The speaker must be knowledgeable regarding
the portion of speech where he should give emphasis.
Giving emphasis on respective points will help draw
attention of the audience.
 Controlling Gesticulation :- Speaker at many occasions,
consciously or unconsciously, gesticulates for expressing
his ideas or thoughts. This is a habit and should be
avoided. Otherwise, application of such habit may lead to
100% disinterest of the audience.

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