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DARCY WALKER MANAGEMENT REPORT 06.16.2020 <br />Challenging Activities <br />• Consider joining organizations that offer the opportunity for you to speak in front of others. Active <br />participation in local clubs can help polish your speaking skills. <br />• The audience can become visually overwhelmed with too many bullet points and sub -points. <br />Limit visuals to no more than ten per topic. Review recent presentations and note the ten <br />visuals that present the most important points. Add variety by presenting further information on <br />flipcharts or handouts. Visuals should focus attention, reinforce key messages, stimulate interest, <br />and illustrate points that are difficult to visualize. <br />COVERING issues I HowouciHLY WI 1 Hou r OVERD iNiCi1 <br />Skills, Behaviors, and Attitudes to Adapt and Practice <br />• Never tell your audience more than they need to hear. Analyzing your audience in advance will <br />help establish how much information is required. Do not become so enthusiastic about the topic <br />that you tell them everything you know about it. <br />• Be succinct. You can lose your audience's attention with too much data and too many stories. <br />Apply the "Rule of Three:" identify three important points you want to convey and support each <br />point with three pieces of evidence. Consider introducing the topic with a strong delivery, and <br />closing the presentation with a call to action. <br />• Limit your response to a question to a minute or less. If a participant asks an unrelated question, <br />assure them you will address the issue later. Return quickly to the subject and follow your outline. <br />If you stray off -topic, apologize, and return back to the important topic as soon as possible. <br />Challenging Activities <br />• George Bernard Shaw said, "If you teach a person everything, they will not learn." Before sharing <br />information, ask yourself, "What do I need to share with this person? If I could only share one piece <br />of information about this topic, what would it be?" Repeat this for all topics in the presentation. <br />This could produce a succinct and successful presentation. <br />• Before meeting with a group to discuss an issue, conduct a thorough analysis of your audience. <br />Answer the questions below before preparing your presentation. <br />o Who will be present? How does this issue affect them? <br />o What do they need to know? <br />o How much do they already know about this subject? <br />o What types of examples, stories, or illustrations could interest them or offend them? <br />o How can I present information most efficiently? <br />© by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part, is prohibited. <br />31 <br />