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Fun F Fun Forw orwar ard: d: An Intr An Introductor oductory y Wor orkshop to kshop to Pr Presenta esentation tion Skills Skills Tuesday, November 13 th , 2018 David Kinne, Clearwater Marine Aquarium

What Are You Afraid of? To the average person, if you have to go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. ~ Jerry Seinfeld

What Are Your Fears About Public Speaking? Activity: Flip Chart Your Fears • Rotate to Other Charts • Check Mark Common Fears • Debrief: What Fears Were Most Common?

Common Fears • Embarrassment • Something goes wrong • Forget or not seem knowledgeable • Looking foolish • Unfamiliar with material How do you Overcome these Fears?

Build Confidence Through: • Knowledge of Topic • Awareness of Body Language • Organized Information • Improve Technical Skills • And Most Importantly: Practice, Practice, Practice! Handout

Knowledge • Assume you are an Expert • Begin with the End in Mind • “Tell Them What you’re gonna tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them.”

Knowledge • Checks for Understanding • Interactivity • Are Handouts a Good Idea?

Body Language & Verbal Language Activity Watch Video Focus on Body Language and Verbal Language

Body Language & Verbal Language Activity Debrief: What Issues did you identify from the Video?

Body Language • Posture • Smiling • Eye contact • Movement – Too Little / Too Much • Extraneous and /or Repeating Gestures • Fidgeting

Verbal Language • Rate of Speech • Volume • Tone • Jargon

Avoiding Death by PowerPoint TEDx Talk by David JP Phillips

five design principles that will cognitively and psychologically optimize your PowerPoint slides

One Message 1 + 1 = 0 No Text Sentences

SIZE Moving objects Signaling colors like red and yellow Contrast rich objects Big objects Headlines?

SIZE Moving objects Signaling colors like red and yellow Contrast rich objects Big objects Headlines?

Contrast Controls focus Dark Backgrounds You are the presentation

Contrast Controls focus Dark Backgrounds You are the presentation

Contrast Controls focus Dark Backgrounds You are the presentation

Contrast Controls focus Dark Backgrounds You are the presentation

Objects 5-6 per page Counting takes 500% more time and energy

Fun Place The Place for Fun! TM • Due to the heat, all water has generally evaporated by 11:00 am daily. This is due to the thermal motion of molecules of liquid being sufficient to overcome the surface tension, that is, its kinetic energy exceeds the work function of cohesion at the surface. It is beyond our control. Nothing we can do about it because, science. • The lack of water results in an increase of what our Safety Team, Sean, calls “Gnarly Road Rash.” • On the upside, drowning risk significantly reduced during afternoon hours. • We are also legally prohibited from calling ourselves an “Amusement” Park until we gather enough data proving guests are actually amused. • Amusement data is currently being collected by a variety of means. • Introduce next speaker.

Fun Place The Place for Fun! TM • Water evaporated by 11:00 am daily • Downside: “Gnarly Road Rash” • Upside: Fewer Drownings

Fun Place The Place for Fun! TM • Water evaporated by 11:00 am daily • Downside: “Gnarly Road Rash” • Upside: Fewer Drownings

Quarterly Smiles Per Minute (SPM) “Every face has a smile, even if you 110 250 250 think it doesn’t, it 82.5 200 2E+02 probably does. 200 2E+02 55 …so seriously, just 150 2E+02 150 y = -47.7ln(x) + 103.89 keep making balloon R² = 0.9642 27.5 1E+02 100 animals while you’re 100 y = -60.62ln(x) + 96.416 R² = 0.9405 0 on the clock Kevin, 5E+01 April May June July 4E+01 50 50 3E+01 3E+01 it’s your job…” 2E+01 5E+00 0 - Fun Place Entertainment 0 First 2th Tres IV #5 Operations Supervisor Eligible Smiles in SPM Data Collection: : / :-) :} :-] :-| : \ :-E :-p ;-) :-$ :-O :-& <(-,-)>

Pie Chart Pie I Have Eaten Pie I Have Eaten Pie I Have Not Eaten

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Pie Bar Chart 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Blueberry Apple Cherry Banana Jan Feb Mar

Quiz 1. Name One Way to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking • Knowledge of Topic • Awareness of Body Language • Organized Information • Improve Technical Skills • Practice, Practice, Practice!

Quiz 2. Name Two Body Language Problems to Avoid • Posture • Smiling • Eye contact • Movement – Too Little / Too Much • Extraneous and /or Repeating Gestures • Fidgeting

Quiz 3. Name Two Verbal Language Problems to Avoid • Rate of Speech • Volume • Tone • Jargon

4. Name Two PowerPoint Design Principles • One Message • No Sentences • Size • Contrast • 5-6 Objects

If you had a question, what would it be?