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Presentation Skills & Technologies
BC 3000
Instructor: David Williams  (405) 325-5595 Office: Price Hall, Room 2050

Office hours by appointment

Calendar

Day Date

Activities
Mon 3 • Review syllabus and calendar
• Form teams
• Activity: Intro to Effective Presentations and You 
 
Tues 4 Holiday.  No class.
Wed 5
• Review Final Presentation Guidelines
• Review Individual Presentation Guidelines
• Review PowerPoint Project Guidelines
• Activity: Eyes, hands, voice, stance
• PowerPoint Lab 1 - Effective Slide Design (Adams Hall, lab 312)  see PowerPoint Tutorial List (.DOC)
Thu 6
Presentation 1: (Baby steps. 0 pts.)                                                       Presentation Tips
Practice eyes, hands, voice & stance                                                    PowerPoint Files
P1 Team 1: Ch.1 - Challenges and Choices in Public Speaking
P1 Team 1: Ch.2 - Getting Started with Confidence
P1 Team 1: Ch.5 - Audience Analysis              
  All presentations this semester may omit these sections: Interview, Focus on Technology, Cultural Perspective, Focus on Ethics, and Making a Difference.
  

•

 Teamwork exercise - page 51
Fri 7
Presentation 1: (Baby steps. 0 pts.)                                                       Presentation Tips
Practice eyes, hands, voice & stance                                                    PowerPoint Files
P1 Team 2: Ch.6 - Selecting a Topic and Purpose
P1 Team 2: Ch.7 - Developing Supporting Material
P1 Team 2: Ch.8 - Organizing and Outlining the Speech
  All presentations this semester may omit these sections: Interview, Focus on Technology, Cultural Perspective, Focus on Ethics, and Making a Difference.

•

 Teamwork exercise - page 51
Mon 10
Presentation 2: (Baby steps. 0 pts.)
Practice eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design

P2

 Team 1: Ch.9 - Developing Introductions and Conclusions

P2

 Team 1: Ch.10 - Using Language: Styling the Speech

P2

 Team 1: Ch.11 - Delivering the Speech
   
• Choose final presentation topics (scissors-rock-paper)
Tues 11
Presentation 2: (Baby steps. 0 pts.) 
Practice eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design

P2

 Team 2:  Ch.12 - Preparing and Using Presentation Aids

P2

 Team 2:  Ch.16 - Small Group, Business, and Professional Presentations

P2
Team 2:  Ch.13 - Informative Speeches (only pages 311-316 & 326-330)
  Ch.14 - The Persuasive Speech (only pages 337-339 & 353-361)
   
Wed 12
Presentation 3: (50 pts. Graded on eyes, hands, voice & stance) 
Practice intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design

P3

 Team 1: Synopsis of team's previously-presented material from Ch.1 & 9

P3

 Team 1: Synopsis of team's previously-presented material from Ch.2 & 10

P3

 Team 1: Synopsis of team's previously-presented material from Ch.5 & 11
   
Thu 13
Presentation 3: (50 pts. Graded on eyes, hands, voice & stance) 
Practice intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design

P3

 Team 2: Synopsis of team's previously-presented material from Ch.6 & 12

P3

 Team 2: Synopsis of team's previously-presented material from Ch.7, 13 & 14

P3

 Team 2: Synopsis of team's previously-presented material from Ch.8 & 16
   
Fri 14
• Exam #1 over chapters 1, 2, 5-12, 13 (partial), 14 (partial) and 16
  (Bring Scantron form(s) number 882-E and # 2 lead pencil)
Mon 17
• Review exam 1 questions
• PowerPoint Lab 2 - Navigation, Narration, Animation, and Slide Masters
Tues 18
Presentation 4: (50 pts.)      
Graded on eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design
P4 Team 1
  1.1 Taming Presentation Anxiety
P4 Team 1
  2.1 Get Those Butterflies in Formation! -- Managing Speaking Anxiety

  2.2 Stage Fright Strategies
P4 Team 1
  3.1 Creative Presentation Openings

  3.2 Capture an Audience's Attention: Points on Posture, Eye, Contact and More
Wed 19
Presentation 4: (50 pts.)      
Graded on eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design
P4 Team 2
   4.1 How To Get Your Audience More Involved In Your Presentation

  4.2 Break up the Monotony
P4 Team 2
  5.1 10 Little-Known, Rarely Discussed, Highly Effective Presentation Techniques

  5.2 How to Gesture Effectively
P4 Team 2
   6.1  Presentation Tips from Dale Carnegie Training
Thu 20
• Video: "Speaking Effectively to One or One Thousand"
• PowerPoint Lab 3 - Navigation, Narration, Animation, and Slide Masters cont.
Fri 21
Presentation 5: (100 pts.)      
Graded on eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design
 

Friday's presentations have been re-scheduled for Monday
P5 Team 1
  7.1  5 Step Approach to Mapping Your Presentation Content

  7.2 Five Ways To Make Your Body Speak
P5 Team 1
  8.1 Top Ten Tips for PowerPoint Slide Shows

  8.2 Generate Results with PowerPoint: Tips for Slide Design
P5 Team 1
  9.1 Three tricks to avoid missing font styles in PowerPoint  

  9.2 Using Embedded and Linked Sound Files in PowerPoint

  9.3 Print Handouts in PowerPoint
 
Mon 24
Presentation 5: (100 pts.)      
Graded on eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design
P5 Team 2
  10.1 Timing Animation Sequences in PowerPoint Presentations

  10.2 About Setting Up Self-running PowerPoint Presentations
P5 Team 2
  11.1 Animate your PowerPoint Web presentation
  11.2 Team Up on PowerPoint Presentations
(including expanded section on "Technical requirements for online meetings")
   11.3 Broadcast PowerPoint Presentations to Small Groups
(ignore embedded links)
P5 Team 2
  12.1 Why, Where, and How to Record a PowerPoint Broadcast
(ignore embedded links)
  12.2 Microsoft Producer: Overview
(ignore embedded links)
  12.3 Pocket Presenting with PDAs
Tues 25
Presentation 6: (100 pts.)      
Graded on eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design
P6 Individual Presentations                                   See Individual Presentation Guidelines
 
Wed 26
Presentation 6: (100 pts.)      
Graded on eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design
P6 Individual Presentations cont...                       See Individual Presentation Guidelines
 
Thu 27 • Course evaluations

• Exam #2 over online readings                                                        See Study Questions
 (Bring Scantron form(s) number 882-E and # 2 lead pencil)
 
Fri 28
Presentation 7: (200 pts.)      
Graded on eyes, hands, voice, stance, intro, conclusion, transitions, slide design
P7 Final team presentations                                         See Final Presentation Guidelines
 
Mon 31 PowerPoint projects due by start of class time                   See PowerPoint Project Guidelines
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