Noise
Types of Presentations
Patterns
Functions & Adaptations
Anxiety Management
100
Anything that interferes with the communication process.
What is noise?
100
Presentations that tell listeners something they do not already know, or that supplement or reinforce listeners' existing knowledge.
What is an informative presentation?
100
A structural pattern of organization in which the main points of the message are organized in a time related sequence.
What is a chronological pattern?
100
What a presentation accomplishes or aims to accomplish.
What is a function?
100
The key to reducing anxiety.
What is practice?
200
Internal distractions within the mind of the listener.
What is psychological noise?
200
Type of informative presentation that satisfies the audience members' needs for facts, figures and other data.
What is a description?
200
A structural pattern of organization in which main points are organized in terms of their physical locations, especially in relation to each other.
What is a spacial pattern?
200
Level of adaptation that is based on how much or little an audience knows about your message and material.
What is the knowledge level?
200
Supplemental features to your presentation that should be used INSTEAD OF long quotations.
What are paraphrases?
300
Distractions in the environment of the presentation. For example, things within a room that could cause distraction.
What is physical noise?
300
A type of informative presentation that aims to explain the how of an issue.
What is a demonstration?
300
Structural pattern of organization that identifies a familiar situation and then relates it to a unfamiliar situation.
What is a compare and contrast pattern?
300
Level of adaptation that is based on how much or little an audience is interested in your material and message.
What is the interest level?
300
Ways to watch yourself practice a presentation in order to reduce anxiety.
What is practicing in the mirror/watching a videotape of yourself?
400
Competing personal needs the listener might have. For example, hunger or thirst.
What is physiological noise?
400
Informative presentations that educate listeners to help them gain or improve on specific skills.
What is a training presentation?
400
Structural pattern of organization in which the message is organized around the origins and the results of a series of events.
What is cause and effect pattern?
400
Tailoring the message and material of the presentation to the audience's needs and requirements.
What is adaptation?
400
This addition to your presentation should be carefully assessed to be sure it does not distract your audience more than it helps you clarify ideas.
What is a visual aid?
500
The best way to control noise and have a successful presentation.
What is planning in advance?
500
Relatively short presentations that inform an audience about a particular event.
What is a briefing?
500
A structural pattern of organization in which the main points of the message are organized in a time-related sequence.
What is a topical pattern?
500
These are the three goals of informative presentations.
What is sharing information, shaping presentations and setting agendas?
500
This should be made each time a speech is to be presented to alleviate anxiety. It should also have one or two examples in each major section.
What is an outline?
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