Effective Oral Presentation in a

Workplace
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Effective Communication
 Communicating effectively is an
indispensable tool not only in academic
setting but as well as in working
environment.
 Through this, success in any organization
is dependent upon how one
communicates in a certain environment.

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 In the workplace, people are

ceaselessly engaging in
communication in which there are
certain times that catastrophic
circumstances occur with co-
workers’ daily interfaces.

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 In every communicative act, an
interlocutor’s style, manner, belief, etc. are
always subconsciously carried as one
engages in a conversation.
 Unknowingly, it creates conflict among
other employees thus establishing
boundaries within the organization.
 Emotion, communication and conflict are
present in all human interactions and
affects each of us in different ways.
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 In fact, it is said that more than fifty

percent of workplace problems is
related to communication.
 This is where the breakdown of
oneness in a working environment
begins.
 So how can success then be achieved.

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 Success in the workplace can simply
be attained through effective
communication for it is an indication
of one’s intellectual capacity.
 This speaking ability allows one to
influence others in working together
in realizing one common goal of the
workplace.

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Without communication
in the workplace, no
transaction can be done
any sort.

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Presentation skills will help in the following
workplace or professional circumstances:
At networking functions, meeting new
people or getting to know ones you
already know.
At interviews, as the interviewer or
interviewee
At meetings, face to face or in a
conference call
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Cont.
Delivering a presentation to clients
detailing a technical topic or selling a
product
Presenting at conferences
Speaking at large internal meetings
Speaking at Chamber of Commerce or
Rotary promoting your business
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 Oral presentation is an activity that
professionals are expected to do as part
of their job.
 However, according to Lake (2015),
“around 75% of the population struggles
with a fear of public speaking to a certain
degree.”
 It simply implies that roughly 238 million
people have butterflies in their stomach
when they talk publicly.
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 It doesn’t matter how big or small

the group, there are some people
who struggle to give
presentations.
 And this have an impact on their
work.

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So what are the areas that are important in the workplace,
with respect to presentation skills?
 
“Presentation skills and public speaking are a “learnt” skill – by working
on these skills, the quiet and shy person can learn to present with
confidence and evidentially “Find their voice””
 

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1. Know Your Audience
● Understand what the audience wants to
get out of the presentation.
● You need to be mindful of the people in
the meeting or in the conference room.
● This is so your presentation will meet
and exceed the audience’s expectations,
and so your audience gets what they
came for.
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2. Plan your Presentation
● Planning the structure of your
presentation – and knowing
what structure works for your audience
– is very important. 
● For your audience to absorb
your information, it needs to be
delivered in an easy-to-follow format.

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3. Make it Interesting
● Attention spans are not long, no matter how
advanced the audience is.
● Make sure you’ve included some really
interesting points, and vary the type of
interest points, as this will help to keep the
attention of the meeting.
● “A Gallup Poll found that 40% of the
population have a fear of speaking in public …
Does this have an impact on their
work? Potentially, yes”
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4. Dress the Part 
● Your appearance in the workplace matters.
● Not only are you meant to be a thought
leader in your chosen presentation topic,
you are also in competition with others
wanting to advance.
● If you are not well presented, with respect
to clothes, hair, shoes, paperwork, etc.,
people will notice and it will have an impact

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5. Show you Care
● Your enthusiasm for the topic is
essential.
● If you seem disinterested in the topic
you are talking about, your audience will
pick up on this.

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6. Be Organized
●Your audience will appreciate you being
organized for a meeting or a presentation.
●If there are little changes or hiccups, your
audience will understand.
●If you are unorganized and you appear to
have not put in an effort, the attendees
will not sympathize, and they will get
annoyed.
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6. Be Organized

●“Make sure you’ve included some

really interesting points … this will
help to keep the attention of the
meeting”

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7. Discuss the “Elephant in the Room”
● If there is an issue, if
something isn’t working, you are
experiencing a problem, then make a
mention of whatever it is and then move
on.
● If we hold back from discussing something
important (which may not have an impact
on the meeting topic), then get this
discussion done, and then move on.
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7. Discuss the “Elephant in the Room”

●If you don’t, the attendees will be

thinking about that rather than the
actual topic at hand.

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8. Get a Grip on your Nerves
● Handling nervousness and building
confidence is important – you will struggle to
get your message across if you struggle here.
● Being mindful of how you present at work
will really help with your interactions with
colleagues and clients.
● This will ultimately impact on whether you
get that important raise, or that desired new
job.
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Communication Styles
 In an oral presentation, speakers carry with them their
communication styles.
 These communication styles are classified into four, and with a fifth as
the combination of any of the four.
 Each of the four styles describes how a communicator acts in the
majority of communications.

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For example, do you usually:
• Take an active role in the communications?
• Connect and empathize with others?
• Take time to think and respond?
• Follow a logical path?
• Or do you find that you usually use a combination of the four?

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 Each person's communication style is a

unique combination of their own innate
skills and those learnt both formally and
through experience.
 What makes some people better than
others at communicating is their ability
to adapt their style to suit the message,
environment, and exchange.

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 Communicating effectively in the

workplace is an essential life skill and
everyone has their own style that they
naturally adapt and develop to suit the
different environments they operate in.
 Our need to educate, inform, persuade,
or entertain drives our communications.

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Communication Style
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