You are invited to give a speech titled, “Problems faced in oral presentation and ways to overcome these problems” to the Sales and Marketing staffs.
1. Write your speech based on the following headings:
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Problems
3.0 Ways of solving these problems
4.0 Conclusion
2. You can write using the guidelines below:
• 1.0 Introduction – Problems identified in oral presentation
o The importance of learning oral presentation skills
o How learning these skills will benefit audience
• 2.0 Body
Problems
- The use of inappropriate phrases/expressions which could disrupt
audience’s attention.
- Problems in delivering the speech....
- Lack of confidence and fear of public speaking
- Shyness due to poor verbal skills
*Note: Above problems are only examples. You may list other problems as well.
• 3.0 Ways of solving these problems.
- Show how the problems above could be solved with good communication practise/ skills.
• 4.0 Conclusion
Note: Each point should be elaborated with significant examples. You may add any other points deemed appropriate
B. ORAL PRESENTATION
1. You need to prepare 8 -12 MS PowerPoint slides based on the content of your paper (written assignment) for a 10 minute talk (oral presentation). 2. Use phrases rather than whole sentences to write the text of your slides. Use numbered/bulleted lists to organise and present main/supporting ideas on a given slide. 3. Make your slides visually interesting by using suitable colours for the background and embedded symbols and pictures as appropriate. 4. You can prepare a presentation slides using the guidelines below:
Slide 0 Self-Intro
Slide 0 Title
Slide 1