Oral Presentation skills - 7 - BCA - 3

7. Main body of the presentation:

 

          The message which you are presenting has to be yours. Organization is the key to clarity. The following points could help during the presentation:

1. Message – based approach:

       A message based approach makes facts secondary. Presenter should present a message with facts which supports his message. In other words, facts should prove that our message is true and appropriate. If a presenter divides his message, he will divide it in sub-topics, as the product description, comparative study and advantage. When he delivers the first part, which is product description, a presenter has lots of topics to discuss such as difficulties during designing the presentation.

2. Creativity and presentation and speeches:

     The essence of creativity is to be able to look at familiar objects and situations, enriched by experience.

The four steps in creative process are as follows:

1. Preparation:

     A presenter should know what he wants to achieve. A presenter should get the knowledge about his topic/subject. Converting content skills in to process skills will help the presenter to prepare well.

2. Incubation:

    At this stage, sub-conscious mind works more. Think over the topic and make a note of your all thoughts. The relevance of some thoughts may not be apparent for, hours, days, or weeks. Ideas come into being when some thoughts crash, it is necessary to give some time for this to happen.

3. Illumination:

    Creative ideas are break through ideas. Some ideas are well connected to the presentation and that helps us to convey the message to the audience.

4. Verification:

    Here, presenter needs to allow conscious brain to take over and evaluate the suggestions given by sub-conscious mind. In other words, a presenter is testing his assumptions to check their validity.

3. Mind mapping the presentation:

     A mind map is made of one central idea or concept, and 5 – 10 related concepts. A presenter can define the type of relationships between the centre and the branches. Mind maps are the most effective and versatile thinking – tool available. The use of shapes, colours, and dimensional as visual stimulants further adds to this simple and powerful too. 

Reference book: - Business Communication. Sathya Swaroop Debasish & Bhagaban Das. PHI Learning Private Limited. New Delhi.  

Questions for students:

1. Explain the main body of presentation in brief.

2. Explain any two points of the main body of presentation.