Book contents
- The Art of Presenting
- The Art of Presenting
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Preparing Your Presentation
- Part II Delivering Your Presentation
- Chapter 5 The Moment of Truth: Stand Up and Deliver
- Chapter 6 Discussion Time
- Chapter 7 Verbal and Non-verbal Behaviour
- Chapter 8 How to Deal with Stress
- Part III Adapting Your Presentation
- Part IV Attending Oral Presentations
- References
- Index
Chapter 7 - Verbal and Non-verbal Behaviour
from Part II - Delivering Your Presentation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 2020
- The Art of Presenting
- The Art of Presenting
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Preparing Your Presentation
- Part II Delivering Your Presentation
- Chapter 5 The Moment of Truth: Stand Up and Deliver
- Chapter 6 Discussion Time
- Chapter 7 Verbal and Non-verbal Behaviour
- Chapter 8 How to Deal with Stress
- Part III Adapting Your Presentation
- Part IV Attending Oral Presentations
- References
- Index
Summary
When delivering oral presentations, we tend to focus on the content of our presentation and our accompanying audiovisual material. We focus on what we say, and less on how we say it. However, the way a presentation is delivered is probably just as important as its content. A high-quality presentation on paper may not be experienced as such when delivered in a monotonous voice and by a presenter who avoids all eye contact. In this chapter, we will give you some tips to help improve how you deliver your presentation. We will first deal with breathing, which may be of special interest to nervous presenters who tend to have a feeling of light-headednessError! Bookmark not defined. or simply run out of breath during their presentation. We then turn to of the use of your voice: its volume, intonation, and pace. We will also cover body posture and eye contact.
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- The Art of PresentingDelivering Successful Presentations in the Social Sciences and Humanities, pp. 87 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020