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Making Effective Oral Presentation
Making Effective Oral Presentations

Northeastern University, College of Business Administration

Edward G. Wertheim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Human Resources Management

Retrieved March 2, 2009 from http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/oral.htm#visual

|Outline of this Note |
|Introduction |
|Podium Panic |
|Four Basic Steps |
|1. strategy |
|2. structure |
|3. style |
|Are You Distracting the Audience and Drawing Attention away from your Message? |
|Regional accents or colloquialisms: (or I'd rather jump in the Boston Hahbah than give a speech) |
|Physical mannerisms |
|Voice Tone |
|Keeping your Audience's interest |
|4. supplement: questions and challenges
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