Speech Organization When a Presentation

Speech Organization

When a presentation is made there are certain verbal and visual supports that can be used to aid it. This supports are quite important in that they help in clarity as they make ideas that are complicated clear. They also help in developing interest in the audience as they make the main points more vivid. Finally this supports make the presentation more convincing because they provide evidence that enhance the claims made. This paper will therefore look into these supports and the impact they had on a presentation that I attended. Verbal supports include definitions, examples, stories, statistics, comparisons, quotations, citing sources and so on. On the other hand the visual supports include objects, diagrams, list and tables, photographs and so on.

What captured my interest in the presentation?

The verbal support that captured my interest in the presentation is the use of "Examples." I really liked the way the use of examples has been used in the presentation was. This helped me as the audience in understanding well what the presentations were all about. The brief illustrations of the points allowed me to get exactly what the presenter was talking about and it became very effective since several of the examples were given out.

What confused in the presentation

The use of statistics really confused me. This is because there were many numbers that the speaker used to present their ideas. The choice of the statistics that was applied and hence the statistics presented were very overwhelming to me. Another verbal support that confused me was the use of comparisons. This is because I did not seem to clearly get the figurative analogies that were being applied. They were very confusing to me since I could not seem to get the validity of the comparisons that were being made.

What bored me in the presentation

What made me bored in the presentation was in the way the stories were narrated. For instance, the stories given was non-fiction, hence did not create materials that helps the presenter in supporting his points. His stories on the other hand did not improve his clarity of the point represented making it of no interest to the audience. The story narrated was also too long and at some time I got bored up and switched my mind away from the presentation.

What helps best helps me to understand the topic

What helps me best to understand the topic is the way the presenter used diagrams in presenting his work. The use of diagrams in the presentations helped me in understanding the information more readily. Diagrams in most cases helps to attract the attention of the audience to keenly listen and get the points well. This helped me to flashback while picturing about what the presenter was presenting to the audience.

Supports that left a lasting impact

It is said that a picture is worth more than words. The photographs that were used left a lasting impact on me. This is because the photographs left a lasting image stuck on my mind as they were easy to remember and associate with. The stories that the speaker used also left an impact in m. this is because I can easily remember the story and hence associate with the topic that was being presented.